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A novel technique could see future Web services work with sensitive data without ever being able to read it. Several implementations of a mathematical proof unveiled...Technology Review From ACM News | June 11, 2010
University of Hong Kong students trained a convolutional neural network built for image recognition to classify music.Technology Review From ACM News | June 3, 2010
Cell phone companies are finding that they're sitting on a gold mine--in the form of the call records of their subscribers.Technology Review From ACM News | May 27, 2010
It's hard sending a text message with arms full of groceries or while wearing winter gloves. Voice control is one alternative to using your fingers, but researchers...Technology Review From ACM News | May 24, 2010
Physicists have mounted the first successful attack of its kind on a commercial quantum cryptography system.Technology Review From ACM News | May 20, 2010
Overworked and much in demand, IT support staff can't be in two places at once. But software designed to watch and learn as they carry out common tasks could soon...Technology Review From ACM News | May 19, 2010
When Google launched Buzz, a microblogging social network, several months ago, the company boasted that the network had been generated automatically, by algorithms...Technology Review From ACM News | May 14, 2010
Next flu season, mining Internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google news may provide a faster way to track the spread of H1N1 than reports from official...Technology Review From ACM News | May 6, 2010
Last week, in an essay criticizing Adobe's Flash platform, Apple CEO Steve Jobs drew attention to, among other things, its lack of support for touch--something...Technology Review From ACM News | May 4, 2010
It's basically impossible for a journalist who relies on Twitter to find stories, stalk editors, rack up "whuffie" and beef with rap stars to be objective about...Technology Review From ACM News | May 3, 2010
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal, Canada have developed floor tiles that can simulate the look, sound and feel of snow, grass or pebbles underfoot....Technology Review From ACM News | April 29, 2010
How do you parse a tweet? Five years ago, that question would have been gibberish. Today, it's perfectly sensible, and it's at the front of Amit Singhal's mind....Technology Review From ACM News | April 20, 2010
A service launched last week by Skyhook Wireless will make it possible for other businesses to predict, with new accuracy, which local bars will be hot at 8 p.m...Technology Review From ACM News | April 14, 2010
Microsoft researchers have developed Manual Deskterity, a computer interface that combines touch input with the precision of a pen. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 14, 2010
When the stimulus bill passed last year--allocating $20 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records (EMRs)--many scientists were excited...Technology Review From ACM News | April 6, 2010
In the wake of a massive public-relations nightmare involving brake problems in its cars, Toyota is investigating two more reports this week of unintended acceleration...Technology Review From ACM News | March 11, 2010
New molecules produced at Georgia Tech could enable engineers to build all-optical data routers, ultimately leading to transmission speeds as high as two terabits...Technology Review From ACM News | March 5, 2010
Forget putting your phone on vibrate. A novel "high-definition" touch-feedback display can give a touch screen the feel of a textured surface. The technology was...Technology Review From ACM News | March 3, 2010