The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is using its Binary Executable Transforms program to developed revolutionary technologies for analyzing...Network World From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2011
When Nobel Prizes are dished out each fall, the most accomplished professionals in computing, telecom, and IT have usually been left out in the cold. That's...Network World From ACM News | June 10, 2011
AT&T researchers are calling on developers to build more energy-aware apps to conserve battery life in smartphones. Network World From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2011
A security researcher who says he's found serious problems with Siemens computers used in power plants and heavy industry is now expecting to go public with his...Network World From ACM News | June 8, 2011
Vint Cerf, one of the Internet's original inventors, notes in an interview that although industry awards are important, they do not receive enough visibility. Network World From ACM TechNews | June 7, 2011
Vint Cerf is one of the most recognized network engineers of all time. He is often referred to as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his groundbreaking...Network World From ACM News | June 1, 2011
Researchers with the U.S. Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity want to build a repository of metaphors. You read that right. Not just American/English...Network World From ACM News | May 31, 2011
Although ambitious, the White House's recently issued International Strategy for Cyberspace could be difficult to deploy as some of its objectives conflict and...Network World From ACM TechNews | May 25, 2011
If you think you can build the next generation of unmanned flying aircraft, the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency want to hear from...Network World From ACM News | May 26, 2011
A planned presentation on security vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems was pulled Wednesday over worries that the information in the talk was...Network World From ACM News | May 19, 2011
Researchers at the University of Electro-Communications have developed a tactile communication system dubbed the Kiss Transmission Device, which involves one user...Network World From ACM TechNews | May 10, 2011
The Accredited Standards Committee X9 has approved NTRUEncrypt, a public-key algorithm that is considered to be faster than both elliptic-curve cryptography and...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 21, 2011
The Internet2, which is reserved for research and education, recently received $100 million in new funding that will upgrade its backbone capacity to 8.8 terabytes...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2011
Microsoft researchers are developing ServerSwitch, a programmable, low-cost switching chip that could supplement cloud and other network-based services. Network World From ACM TechNews | April 4, 2011
Microsoft researchers have developed SpecNet, an architecture for measuring whether licensed radio frequencies are being used so that unlicensed devices can utilize...Network World From ACM TechNews | March 28, 2011
Does the RSA SecurID two-token authentication system include a back door that was built in at the request of the U.S. government in exchange for letting RSA export...Network World From ACM News | March 24, 2011
The novel use of accelerometers, GPS locators, and gyroscopes that are standard features of smartphones and tablets can speed up wireless networks by up to 76 percent...Network World From ACM TechNews | March 14, 2011
Washington is in the process of deploying a statewide system that will provide early warnings about cybersecurity threats to participating organizations and the...Network World From ACM TechNews | March 10, 2011
If humans can't beat a computer at "Jeopardy!" why should we trust them to make the right call on fourth down in the Super Bowl? That was the fundamental question...Network World From ACM News | March 8, 2011
From malware on Google's Android phones to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency trying to understand how stories or narratives impact security and...Network World From ACM News | March 4, 2011