Computer software programmed to detect and report illicit behavior could eventually replace the fallible humans who monitor surveillance cameras.CNET From ACM News | October 26, 2012
Two years ago, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was working on a file synchronization technology that would make stashing and grabbing pictures, documents...CNET From ACM News | October 22, 2012
The Federal Trade Commission is offering a cash reward of $50,000 to whoever develops a solution to block robotic calling on both landlines and mobiles.CNET From ACM Careers | October 19, 2012
Moore's Law has sustained its momentum despite worries of it hitting its physical limits, thanks to materials scientists' progress in getting more computing power...CNet From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2012
According to Velvin Hogan, the 67-year-old foreman of the jury in the U.S. trial between the Apple and Samsung, one of the turning points in group's journey to came...CNET From ACM Opinion | August 28, 2012
To many in the high-tech business, a troll plots his schemes in a white office building on a hill in this leafy suburb of Seattle.CNET From ACM News | August 27, 2012
The electronic brain controlling NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has far less horsepower than the microchips typically found in a modern smart phone.CNET From ACM News | August 13, 2012
Walking through gallery after gallery of classical European paintings, sculptures, and other antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum here, it's easy to get lost...CNET From ACM News | July 27, 2012
Jay Parikh is happy to never get a call from Mark Zuckerberg. Why? It means he's doing his job well. As the vice president of infrastructure engineering at Facebook...CNET From ACM Opinion | June 26, 2012
As people, we understand instinctively what flowing hair looks like. Or the way layers of clothes move on someone's body, or how water would splash when a bear...CNET From ACM News | June 19, 2012
The U.S. government recently held Collaborative Innovation: Public Sector Prizes, a one-day forum in which public-sector employees, as well as representatives from...CNet From ACM TechNews | June 19, 2012
Like to pick your browser? Beware, because new mobile devices threaten to stifle the competitive vigor of the market for Web browsers on PCs.CNET From ACM News | May 23, 2012
Hands-free motion control, a technology pioneered by Nintendo's Wii and later improved upon by Microsoft's Kinect, just took a very big leap forward.CNET From ACM News | May 21, 2012
IBM researcher Dimitri Kanevsky was recently honored at the White House to celebrate his achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math...CNet From ACM TechNews | May 15, 2012