These days, it’s hard to find a superlative that adequately describes Apple. But maybe simplest is best: biggest.The New York Times From ACM News | February 24, 2012
It wasn't so long ago that legions of people began walking the streets, talking to themselves. On closer inspection, many of them turned out to be wearing tiny...The New York Times From ACM News | February 23, 2012
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
Even as Google tests its small fleet of self-driving vehicles on California highways, legal scholars and government officials are warning that society has only...The New York Times From ACM News | January 24, 2012
Writing is a craft whose basic purpose is to transmit meaning, but there are certain writers who seem to have different goals in mind: patent lawyers, many poets...The New York Times From ACM News | January 23, 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
Researchers at I.B.M. have stored and retrieved digital 1s and 0s from an array of just 12 atoms, pushing the boundaries of the magnetic storage of information...The New York Times From ACM News | January 13, 2012
Google's popularity was built on its ability to help people find just the right Web pages. Then came the social Web, led by Facebook, where people go to see vast...The New York Times From ACM News | January 12, 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