Internet companies have appropriated the real estate business’s mantra—it’s all about location, location, location. But while a home on the beach will always be...The New York Times From ACM News | August 30, 2010
Google is digging deeper into real-time search, with a new search page that displays only results from timely sources, like updates from Twitter and other social...The New York Times From ACM News | August 26, 2010
It’s 1 p.m. on a Thursday and Dianne Bates, 40, juggles three screens. She listens to a few songs on her iPod, then taps out a quick e-mail on her iPhone and...The New York Times From ACM News | August 25, 2010
On the Internet, he was known as BadB, a disembodied criminal flitting from one server to another selling stolen credit card numbers despite being pursued by...The New York Times From ACM News | August 24, 2010
The pianist Robert Taub was puttering around the house one afternoon in 2004 while his teen-age daughter was practicing for a violin lesson—a Schubert sonatina...The New York Times From ACM News | August 23, 2010
Moments after Facebook introduced a new feature called Facebook Places on Wednesday that allows its users to share their location and find their friends, advocates...The New York Times From ACM News | August 19, 2010
In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...The New York Times From ACM News | August 11, 2010
In a match that pitted video game players against the best known computer program designed for the task, the gamers outperformed the software in figuring out...The New York Times From ACM News | August 6, 2010
The threat by the United Arab Emirates to shut down mobile services on BlackBerrys like email and text messaging underscores a growing tension between communications...The New York Times From ACM News | August 3, 2010
At Rhode Island College, a freshman copied and pasted from a Web site’s frequently asked questions page about homelessness—and did not think he needed to credit...The New York Times From ACM News | August 2, 2010
How do you keep football fans as regular visitors to stadiums when the television coverage of every play is so good?The New York Times From ACM News | July 30, 2010
Apple likes to maintain tight control over what programs can appear on the iPhone—a task that just became a little bit harder.The New York Times From ACM News | July 27, 2010
Plumbing the world’s ever-growing pools of digitized information—on the Web, in corporate databases, generated by scientific research—for wisdom and profit is a...The New York Times From ACM News | July 26, 2010
The world of hackers can be roughly divided into three groups. "Black hats" break into corporate computer systems for fun and profit, taking credit card numbers...The New York Times From ACM News | July 26, 2010
Life, as they say, imitates art. And the way things work commercially today across much of the Web recalls that chapter in “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” where...The New York Times From ACM News | July 19, 2010
Smartphones are getting smarter. Now some new models even offer games or television broadcasts in three dimensions—and you don’t need special glasses to see the...The New York Times From ACM News | July 16, 2010
Google is bringing Android software development to the masses. The company will offer a software tool, starting Monday, that is intended to make it easy for people...The New York Times From ACM News | July 13, 2010
Middleshcool students are champion time-wasters. And the personal computer may be the ultimate time-wasting appliance. Put the two together at home, without hovering...The New York Times From ACM News | July 12, 2010
The boy, a dark-haired 6-year-old, is playing with a new companion. The two hit it off quickly—unusual for the 6-year-old, who has autism—and the boy is imitating...The New York Times From ACM News | July 12, 2010