Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
From ACM News
Web's Reach Binds N.s.a. and Silicon Valley Leaders
When Max Kelly, the chief security officer for Facebook, left the social media company in 2010, he did not go to Google, Twitter, or a similar Silicon Valley concern...
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Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind
In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo's top lawyers made their case.
From ACM Careers
Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools
With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.
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How the .s. ses Technology to Mine More Data More Quickly
When American analysts hunting terrorists sought new ways to comb through the troves of phone records, e-mails, and other data piling up as digital communications...
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Administration Says Mining of Data Is Crucial to Fight Terror
In early September 2009, an e-mail passed through an Internet address in Peshawar, Pakistan, that was being monitored by the vast computers controlled by American...
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If Our Gadgets Could Measure Our Emotions
On a recent family outing, my mother and sister got into a shouting match. But they weren’t mad at each other—they were yelling at the iPhone’s turn-by-turn navigation...
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Just Tap Here: Technology and Travel
Goodbye, plastic hotel room key. So long, wallet. Farewell, camera.
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Let's Play: Making Travel a Game
It was a Sunday afternoon in SoHo and while most New Yorkers were having brunch, Makeda Peters and her boyfriend were on a street corner craning their necks at...
From ACM Careers
Hackers Find China Is Land of Opportunity
Name a target anywhere in China, an official at a state-owned company boasted recently, and his crack staff will break into that person's computer, download the...
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Helper Robots Are Steered, Tentatively, to Care For the Aging
In the opening scene of the movie "Robot & Frank," which takes place in the near future, Frank, an elderly man who lives alone, is arguing with his son about going...
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Google Introduces New Search Tools to Try to Read Our Minds
The company revealed some new search tools on Wednesday at I/O, its annual developers conference.
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After an iPhone Is Snatched, a High-Speed Chase
The woman was talking on her iPhone, and never saw coming her induction into a large and growing subset of crime victims.
From ACM Careers
New Chief at Intel Aims to Expand Chip Making
Brian M. Krzanich, who on Thursday was named Intel's next chief executive, knows he faces a hefty challenge when he takes over the world's biggest maker of semiconductors...
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Brain Computer Interfaces Inch Closer to Mainstream
Last week, engineers sniffing around the programming code for Google Glass found hidden examples of ways that people might interact with the wearable computers...
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Scientific Articles Accepted (personal Checks, Too)
The scientists who were recruited to appear at a conference called Entomology-2013 thought they had been selected to make a presentation to the leading professional...
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Fake Twitter Followers Become Multimillion-Dollar Business
Far from slowing, the market for fake Twitter followers seems to be taking off.
From ACM Opinion
Mark Pincus Thinks Angry Birds Won't Hurt Your Kids
You are the founder and C.E.O. of Zynga, a company responsible for addictive games like FarmVille and the forthcoming Draw Something 2. You know, every time I see...
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New Test For Computers: Grading Essays at College Level
Imagine taking a college exam, and, instead of handing in a blue book and getting a grade from a professor a few weeks later, clicking the "send" button when you...
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