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From ACM NewsDavid Geer Commissioned by CACM Staff| June 23, 2022
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The German software engineer who in September was the first to report that a computer worm was apparently designed to sabotage targets in Iran said Friday that...The New York Times From ACM News | November 22, 2010
Silicon Valley is awash in tales of the "PayPal Mafia," the tight-knit group of PayPal alumni who have helped one another start and finance a crop of new companies...The New York Times From ACM News | November 8, 2010
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...The New York Times From ACM News | November 4, 2010
For $150 billion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration could have sent astronauts back to the Moon. The Obama administration judged that too expensive...The New York Times From ACM News | November 2, 2010
News Corp. said Tuesday that it had attracted 105,000 paying customers to the digital versions of The Times and The Sunday Times of London since it started charging...The New York Times From ACM News | November 2, 2010
Start-ups and big companies alike have tried to take on Google by building a better search engine. That they have failed has not stopped brave new entrants.The New York Times From ACM News | November 1, 2010
Tim Nichols measures fun. A slim, 32-year-old psychologist, he spends his days behind a one-way mirror at Microsoft’s video games research center here, watching...The New York Times From ACM News | October 25, 2010
They text their friends all day long. At night, they do research for their term papers on laptops and commune with their parents on Skype. But as they walk the...The New York Times From ACM News | October 20, 2010
If you want a smartphone powered by Google's Android software, you could get Motorola's Droid 2 or its cousin, the Droid X. Then there is the Droid Incredible...The New York Times From ACM News | October 18, 2010
Huang Kexue, federal authorities say, is a new kind of spy. For five years, Mr. Huang was a scientist at a Dow Chemical lab in Indiana, studying ways to improve...The New York Times From ACM News | October 18, 2010
Most baseball fans saw it as a dribbler in front of the plate, a throw to first and the completion of a no-hitter for Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay...The New York Times From ACM News | October 15, 2010
An average laptop contains about 1,800 components, but only one garners much brand awareness from typical consumers: the chip made by Intel.The New York Times From ACM News | October 13, 2010
Worries over Internet privacy have spurred lawsuits, conspiracy theories and consumer anxiety as marketers and others invent new ways to track computer users...The New York Times From ACM News | October 12, 2010
Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on...The New York Times From ACM News | October 12, 2010
Iranian officials announced Monday that a "small leak" was the cause of the latest setback to starting up its first nuclear power plant, and said the delay had...The New York Times From ACM News | October 6, 2010
Give a computer a task that can be crisply defined—win at chess, predict the weather—and the machine bests humans nearly every time. Yet when problems are nuanced...The New York Times From ACM News | October 5, 2010
Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran’s race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the...The New York Times From ACM News | September 30, 2010
Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap...The New York Times From ACM News | September 27, 2010
For all its success, Google is often criticized for being a one-trick pony. After 12 years, the Internet search company is still struggling to find a significant...The New York Times From ACM News | September 23, 2010
Sandra Person Burns used to love browsing and shopping online. Until she realized she was being tracked by software on her computer that she thought she had erased...The New York Times From ACM News | September 22, 2010