Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question...The New York Times From ACM News | February 17, 2012
A team of European and American mathematicians and cryptographers have discovered an unexpected weakness in the encryption system widely used worldwide for online...The New York Times From ACM News | February 16, 2012
When Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a China expert at the Brookings Institution, travels to that country, he follows a routine that seems straight from a spy film.The New York Times From ACM News | February 15, 2012
Workers in the digital era can feel at times as if they are playing a video game, battling the barrage of emails and instant messages, juggling documents, Web sites...The New York Times From ACM News | February 9, 2012
Stephen Wolfram, a 52-year-old scientist, software designer and entrepreneur, tends to go his own way—often with noteworthy results.The New York Times From ACM News | February 7, 2012
In the brutal world of online commerce, where a competing product is just a click away, retailers need all the juice they can get to close a sale.The New York Times From ACM News | February 1, 2012
Chuck Bokath would be terrifying if he were not such a nice guy. A jovial senior engineer at the Georgia Tech Research Institute in Atlanta, Mr. Bokath can hack...The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2012
As crime-solving tools go, it may not have the same pedigree as, say, the oversize magnifying glass.The New York Times From ACM News | January 30, 2012
The push to move the nation from paper to electronic health records is serious business. That's why a first look at the campus of Epic Systems comes as something...The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2012
When Barack Obama joined Silicon Valley's top luminaries for dinner in California last February, each guest was asked to come with a question for the president.The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 2012
The vast data centers that process information for the Facebooks and Amazons of the Web work at a brisk clip. But even so, they can't always keep up.The New York Times From ACM News | January 17, 2012
"Gorgeous," raves The Huffington Post. "Best-looking smartphone operating system in the industry," gushes Slate. "Far superior to most if not all the Android...The New York Times From ACM News | January 9, 2012
The TouchPad tablet from Hewlett-Packard was one of the most closely watched new gadgets of 2011—and quickly turned out to be the year’s biggest flop.The New York Times From ACM News | January 6, 2012
Ann Rosenbaum, a former military police officer in the Marines, does not shrink from a fight, having even survived a close encounter with a car bomb in Iraq.The New York Times From ACM News | January 5, 2012
Passwords are a pain to remember. What if a quick wiggle of five fingers on a screen could log you in instead? Or speaking a simple phrase?The New York Times From ACM News | December 26, 2011
One afternoon last spring, Micky Tripathi received a panicked call from an employee. Someone had broken into his car and stolen his briefcase and company laptop...The New York Times From ACM News | December 20, 2011
There was a time not so long ago that buying a car was one of the worst shopping experiences. As you drove off the dealer's lot, you couldn't escape the feeling...The New York Times From ACM News | December 9, 2011
The stealth C.I.A. drone that crashed deep inside Iranian territory last week was part of a stepped-up surveillance program that has frequently sent the United...The New York Times From ACM News | December 8, 2011
Ever since the early days of modern computing in the 1940s, the biological metaphor has been irresistible.The New York Times From ACM News | December 7, 2011
With President Obama in town last week, things were busy for the New York Police Department's Harbor Unit. Federal security agents were disseminating lists of...The New York Times From ACM News | December 7, 2011