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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
With little public attention, dozens of universities and law-enforcement agencies have been given approval by federal aviation regulators to use unmanned aircraft...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 27, 2012
As companies increasingly allow workers to use personal smartphones and tablets on the job, they are confronting a potential new security threat: malicious software...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 9, 2012
It is called an advanced persistent threat, and if it sounds like something out of a Tom Clancy novel, that's because it pretty much is.
The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | April 4, 2012
The Federal Bureau of Investigation's top cyber cop offered a grim appraisal of the nation's efforts to keep computer hackers from plundering corporate data networks...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 29, 2012
Julie Barbour-Issa calls her eight-year-old cellphone "the dinosaur. It's a brick, and I could use it as a weapon in an emergency," says the 30-year-old Norwood...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 28, 2012
The supercomputer in this southern boomtown is named Nebulae for the interstellar clouds of gas that give birth to stars.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 27, 2012
Google Inc. is giving its tried-and-true Web-search formula a makeover as it tries to fix the shortcomings of today's technology and maintain its dominant market...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 15, 2012
As soon as he was caught, an influential computer hacker agreed to become a government informant and "literally worked around the clock" to help federal agents...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 9, 2012
A growing body of university research suggests that gaming improves creativity, decision-making and perception.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 8, 2012
Federal prosecutors brought charges against a group of men allegedly behind "LulzSec"—a globe-spanning collective of computer hackers who wreaked havoc on companies...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 7, 2012
Google Inc. has dramatically expanded its presence in Manhattan in the past year, adding roughly 750 people to its outpost in 2011 in the most prominent example...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | February 29, 2012
If you're on an iPhone or iPad using the most recent version of Apple's operating system, click on the "Settings" icon, and then click on "Safari."The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 17, 2012
Google and other advertising companies have been following iPhone and Apple users as they browse the Web, even though Apple's Safari Web browser is set to block...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 17, 2012
Apple Inc. on Thursday introduced tools designed to spur the development of textbooks and other classroom materials for devices like the iPad, in the company's...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 19, 2012
Astronomers said Wednesday that each of the 100 billion stars in the Milky Way probably has at least one companion planet, adding credence to the notion that...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 11, 2012
Monograms don't usually make me cry. But there in my room at the Peninsula Beverly Hills, embroidered in cursive on the king-size pillowcase, were two beautiful...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 23, 2011
On the sidelines during every game, New York Jets cornerback Donald Strickland performs a trick familiar to any toddler who has ever held a flip book.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 21, 2011
Ordinary people are taking control of their health data, making their DNA public and running their own experiments. Their big question: Why should science be...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 6, 2011
Supercomputers, once built from handcrafted circuitry, were transformed when companies started assembling them from inexpensive PC-style microprocessors. Researchers...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 15, 2011
In a case that questions the Constitution's meaning in light of modern surveillance technology, the Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether police need a...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 8, 2011