IBM Canada Lab director Martin Wildberger predicts that unlimited computing capacity will become a reality in the near future, putting the power of modern mainframes...Computerworld Canada From ACM TechNews | November 9, 2009
The organizers of the Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge (MAGIC) have created a list of 12 teams and has asked them to develop their proposals...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | November 6, 2009
Three cybersecurity experts recently told a meeting of the Congressional Cyber Caucus that current U.S. policies for protecting the United States against various...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | November 2, 2009
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA), a robot that would act as a helpful...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2009
One of the most popular and successful open source software development initiatives is Ruby on Rails, created by David Heinemeier Hansson. "I think the fundamental...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | October 30, 2009
Tom Igoe is a co-developer of the Arduino programming language, which he says was created out of a desire to provide a tool for teaching physical computing to artists...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | October 19, 2009
Despite the mainstreaming of multicore processors for desktops, not every desktop application can be rewritten for multicore frameworks, which means some bottlenecks...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | October 14, 2009
A pilot group within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is months away from creating a global IT education-focused body to address the needs of the industry. ...Computerworld From ACM News | October 13, 2009
There has been some concern that the new agreement between ICANN and the U.S. Department of Commerce will not provide enough accountability. Under the new agreement...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | October 7, 2009
Xerox is executing a research and development (R&D) strategy with concentrations on information explosion, mass customization, and sustainability, says Xerox CTO...Computerworld Canada From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2009
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is creating the Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA), a new body designed to help ensure that educational institutions around...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | September 30, 2009
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a microchip that could be used with wireless technology and eyeglasses equipped with a camera...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | September 29, 2009
Google's Project 10
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— a contest celebrating the company's 10th anniversary — asked participants in September 2008 to submit ideas that could help change the...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2009
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have combined silicon and gallium nitride to create a hybrid microchip that they say is smaller, faster,...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | September 24, 2009
Cities will be transformed by WiMax, smart grids, social networks, and other emerging technologies, once they are cohesively integrated. WiMax is seen as a critical...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | September 21, 2009
Groovy project manager Guillaume Laforge says the Groovy programming language was designed to make life simpler for developers through its seamless integration...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | September 18, 2009
Microsoft developer Catherine Eibner recently hosted a Women in IT workshop at the annual Microsoft Tech Ed IT Forum in Queensland, Australia. It was the first...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | September 14, 2009
A new scheduling algorithm developed by researchers at the University of Sydney promises to cut the energy consumption of processors in data centers by more than...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | September 11, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently released a report that outlines several scenarios in which attacks against vital elements of the U.S.'s IT infrastructure...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | September 3, 2009
When eBay Inc.'s PayPal unit suffered a worldwide outage early last month, Sailrite Enterprises Inc., a sailing supply company based in Churubusco, Ind., lost its...Computerworld From ACM News | September 2, 2009