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
A man in Emden, Mo., recently mailed a letter that he had addressed, in a scribble, to somebody in "Shelhjreille, Mo." That's the way his handwriting made it...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 7, 2011
Law-enforcement and intelligence agencies are increasingly relying on information from the Web and electronic records to help solve crimes and evaluate threats...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 7, 2011
The U.S. Department of Justice now says its use of a cellphone-tracking device in a controversial Arizona case could be considered a "search" under the Fourth...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | November 4, 2011
When David Kirkby and Daniel Margala entered a contest to find out who could most accurately map dark matter in the universe, the first algorithm they submitted...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 17, 2011
Without Steve Jobs, Apple Inc. investors and customers are asking a big question: Can it continue to turn out innovative products without its co-founder and design...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 12, 2011
It's a nightmare scenario every business fears. Your tech department has spotted suspicious activity on the company network. Your customers and employees are...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 3, 2011
For more than a year, federal authorities pursued a man they called simply "the Hacker." Only after using a little known cellphone-tracking device—a stingray—were...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 23, 2011
Today, hospitals and doctors use a system of about 18,000 codes to describe medical services in bills they send to insurers. Apparently, that doesn't allow for...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 16, 2011
During a "hackathon" last year, GroupMe co-founders Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht built a group text-messaging service in one 24-hour stretch. In August, the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 14, 2011
Western companies, including Cisco Systems Inc., are poised to help build an ambitious new surveillance project in China—a citywide network of as many as 500,000...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 6, 2011
Robots created by William "Red" Whittaker have crawled into mines and volcanoes, crossed deserts, won a 60-mile road race, helped clean up nuclear waste and harvested...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 5, 2011
Google Inc. launched its most ambitious social-networking effort yet, broadening a battle with Facebook Inc. to grab the attention of Web users and future advertising...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 29, 2011
Homeland Security's Bruce McConnell on the government's role in helping companies fight online attacks.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 28, 2011
On Monday, the organization that regulates the world's Internet domain names—yes, there is central coordination—approved changes that could allow anyone to register...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 22, 2011