The computational expense of creating three-dimensional images that can be viewed by all is just one factor holding them back…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
After a security problem derailed it last year, a technology to open a high-speed browser communications link is getting back on track again.CNET From ACM News | March 22, 2011
While the secret for Apple's success seems patently obvious to most&meash;as obvious as the form and function of the iPhone 4—a more subtle reason is the company's...CNET From ACM Opinion | January 24, 2011
George Mason University researchers were scheduled to demonstrate a computer device attack using a USB cable at the Black Hat DC conference. CNet From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2011
Wolfram Research, a software company with deep mathematical and scientific expertise, is expanding to the broad education market with a range of mobile apps.CNET From ACM News | January 18, 2011
The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will renew its effort to pass the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act this spring, which would give the government...CNet From ACM TechNews | January 13, 2011
Consumer electronics companies used to tout the energy efficiency of individual gadgets. Now many want to make your whole house more efficient.CNET From ACM News | January 10, 2011
As smartphones using Google's Android operating system become mainstream, James Steele and Nelson To are in a pretty good position.CNET From ACM Opinion | December 30, 2010
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology researchers have developed a method to preserve the world's treasures in three-dimensional life-like models using...CNet Asia From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2010
The easiest way to sum up the Web in 2010 is that it was a year of growth. The big got bigger and smaller companies came out of the woodwork with new plays on...CNET From ACM News | December 21, 2010
Apple has decided to use Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge processors in its MacBook line, a transition that will occur in 2011, squeezing out Nvidia's graphics processors...CNET From ACM News | December 10, 2010
As its operations have come under increasing financial and political pressure, WikiLeaks has quietly bolstered its electronic defenses in an attempt to become...CNET From ACM News | December 8, 2010
Behind the fly-off-the-shelf popularity of products like Apple's iPad and iPhone are hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs—mostly overseas. Is it possible...CNET From ACM News | December 6, 2010
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski recently previewed new Net neutrality rules designed to preserve the Web "as a platform...CNet From ACM TechNews | December 3, 2010
IBM has achieved a major milestone in making the dream of silicon photonics, in which computer chips send signals of light rather than electricity, into reality...CNET From ACM News | December 1, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining "security measures, passwords, personalWikiLeaks...CNET From ACM News | November 29, 2010
When the first Windows operating system was introduced by Microsoft, Ronald Reagan was in the White House, John Hughes was introducing touching teen stereotypes...CNET From ACM News | November 23, 2010
AT&T says it has devised technologies to boost the accuracy of speech and language recognition technology as well as extend voice activation to other modes of communication...CNet From ACM TechNews | November 22, 2010
The Internet Engineering Task Force has developed a security mechanism to mitigate the threat from browser add-ons that allow attackers to easily capture the cookies...CNet From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2010