Communications of the ACM
Addressing Labor Shortages with Automation
Labor shortages have many companies turning to automation technology, but with mixed outcomes.
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Can Wireless Networks Support the Promise of the 'cloud'?
Google, Apple, and Amazon are pushing more and more of your entertainment, your data—heck, your life—into the cloud. But what's it mean for the wireless network...
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Who Is Behind the Hacks?
Every day there's another report of a computer hack. Yesterday it was a video game company and a U.S. Senate database. And today it could be the Federal Reserve...
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Arrests in Spain Don't Mean Sony's Troubles Are Over
The Spanish police say they've taken down three of the people allegedly behind the massive PlayStation Network security breach in April. But while it's probably...
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Ipv6 Day: Kicking the Tires of a Next-Gen Net Today
The computing industry has begun a major 24-hour test today to work the kinks out of IPv6, a disruptive but necessary overhaul of the Internet's inner workings...
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Intel Ceo: Big Shift to Mobile
CEO Paul Otellini said today that Intel is embarking on a big shift in focus, moving its center of gravity to the most power-efficient devices.
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Andy Rubin: Why Android Is Only Quasi-Open
Android is open-source software, but it doesn't come with much of an open-source community, and the Google leader of the project explained why.
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Ralph Langner on Stuxnet, Copycat Threats
A year ago, Ralph Langner was plugging away in relative obscurity, doing security consulting work for the industrial control system industry in his Hamburg headquarters...
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Bin Laden's Computers Will Test U.s. Forensics
For the U.S. government, the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan represents a unique opportunity to test advanced computer forensics techniques called...
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Sohaib Athar on Twitter Fame After Bin Laden Raid (q&a)
As U.S. special forces assaulted Osama bin Laden's walled compound in Pakistan, a Twitter user was already recording a rough outline of the events to come. Sohaib...
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Apple, Google Leagues Ahead in Developer Survey
Google lost some ground in its effort to catch Apple's lead in the effort to attract mobile developer interest, but other rivals aren't even close, survey data...
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Testing Google's Panda Algorithm: Cnet Analysis
Google's sweeping changes to Web site rankings have roiled the Web industry, including the company's announcement last week that its algorithms now incorporate...
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Kinect For Windows Sdk Means Business
Microsoft had some fun while offering up details of the software development kit for Kinect for Windows. A technology evangelist named Clint Rutkas jury-rigged...
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IBM Says It Knows How Bad Your Commute Will Be
If you're a commuter stuck in traffic, it doesn't help you all that much to know what road conditions are like right now. You already know you're being delayed...
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Who Is Epsilon and Why Does It Have My Data?
If you didn't get an email warning this week that your name and email address were part of a database that was breached, consider yourself lucky, and unique.
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Benchmark Battle: Chrome vs. Ie vs. Firefox
There's no doubt the latest crop of stable browsers from Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla are the best the companies have ever produced. But how do they perform...
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Browser Communication Boost Back on Track
After a security problem derailed it last year, a technology to open a high-speed browser communications link is getting back on track again.
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Wolfram Education Apps Raise Teaching Dilemma
Wolfram Research, a software company with deep mathematical and scientific expertise, is expanding to the broad education market with a range of mobile apps.
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Intel's 2nd-Gen Chip Arrives, with Hollywood in Tow
Intel is officially announcing its next-generation processor tomorrow—and Hollywood is playing a big role.
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