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.
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In Search of a Robot More Like S
The robotics pioneer Rodney Brooks often begins speeches by reaching into his pocket, fiddling with some loose change, finding a quarter, pulling it out and twirling...
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Who
My dad, who at 98 no longer drives, used to complain about women drivers, defensive drivers, slow drivers, cab drivers and, occasionally, fast drivers. I should...
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A Start-Up
With an innovative camera due out later this year from a company called Lytro, photographers will have one less excuse for having missed that perfect shot.
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Intel Increases Transistor Speed by Building pward
Intel announced that by building a key portion of a microprocessor's transistor above the chip's surface, it has found a way to make smaller, faster, lower-power...
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In Pursuit of Qubits, Uniting Subatomic Particles By the Billions
In a step toward a generation of ultrafast computers, physicists have used bursts of radio waves to briefly create 10 billion quantum-entangled pairs of subatomic...
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Smarter, Not Faster, Is the Future of Computing Research
The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology's recently released report suggests that U.S. research funds would be better spent developing effective...
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War Machines: Recruiting Robots For Combat
War would be a lot safer, the Army says, if only more of it were fought by robots.
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Quantum Computing Reaches for True Power
In 1981 the physicist Richard Feynman speculated about the possibility of "tiny computers obeying quantum mechanical laws." He suggested that such a quantum computer...
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Neighborhood Mischief Caught on Tape
Steve Miller is justifiably proud of the manicured grounds around his stately stucco home in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. So he was nonplussed last year when he discovered...
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Apple Looks to a New Computing Era
Remember the floppy disk? I'm willing to bet Steve Jobs does. I'm also willing to bet he remembers when he killed it.
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China Wrests Supercomputer Title From .s.
A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China...
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Malware Hits Computerized Industrial Equipment
The technology industry is being rattled by a quiet and sophisticated malicious software program that has infiltrated factory computers.
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3D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution
Businesses in the South Park district of San Francisco generally sell either Web technology or sandwiches and burritos. Bespoke Innovations plans to sell designer...
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IBM nveils a New Generation of Mainframes
The mainframe business is to IBM what manufacturing is to the American economy, a shrinking but strategically vital part of the franchise. With the introduction...
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To Stop Cheats, Colleges Learn Their Trickery
The frontier in the battle to defeat student cheating may be here at the testing center of the University of Central Florida.
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Roll-p Computers and Their Kin
Digital reading technology has evolved from the original Amazon Kindle, which cost $400 and displayed four shades of gray, to devices that are much less expensive...
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In Faulty-Computer Suit, Window to Dell Decline
After the math department at the University of Texas noticed some of its Dell computers failing, Dell examined the machines. The company came up with an unusual...
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Chinese Edge Toward Supercomputer Record
A Chinese supercomputer has been ranked as the world's second-fastest machine, underscoring China's aggressive commitment to science and technology.
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Google and Vmware Wed at the App Engine
Google has formed an intriguing partnership with VMware, as the company looks to build out its online business software services for companies.
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