The Codon compiler, from a team led by researchers from MIT CSAIL, allows developers to create new domain-specific languages
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From ACM TechNewsMIT News| March 17, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Venture capitalists are pouring millions of dollars into startups that are betting their futures on the powerful data tool called Hadoop. The tool holds promise...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | April 1, 2013
The U.S. is applying money-laundering rules to "virtual currencies," amid growing concern that new forms of cash bought on the Internet are being used to fund illicit...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 27, 2013
Seventeen-year-old Nick D'Aloisio is taking some time off from school in London, where he lives with his parents. He will let mom and dad help manage his money.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | March 27, 2013
Patterns of "Likes" posted by people on Facebook can unintentionally expose their political and religious views, drug use, divorce, and sexual orientation, researchers...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 19, 2013
A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 7, 2013
The White House threatened China and other countries with trade and diplomatic action over corporate espionage as it cataloged more than a dozen cases of cyberattacks...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 21, 2013
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is brutally clear: China is the most dangerous superpower on Earth.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | February 4, 2013
After years of collecting photos and personal data from its billion-plus members, Facebook Inc. Tuesday unveiled a search tool that sifts through people's profiles—and...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | January 16, 2013
For pirates in China, where illegal software sales greatly outmatch legal ones, a new version of Windows typically means a new treasure ship to plunder.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 14, 2012
A Des Moines television station has turned off the lights on the city's Weather Beacon, igniting a tempest among residents who were raised to look downtown for...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 23, 2012
For more than two years, the police in San Leandro, Calif., photographed Mike Katz-Lacabe's Toyota Tercel almost weekly.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 4, 2012
In 2010, Apple Inc. AAPL co-founder Steve Jobs proclaimed, "Mobile advertising really sucks." Now, however, the rule book for what works in mobile advertising is...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 1, 2012
As we head into the election homestretch, it seems a good time to ask: What is the top watched online ad of the 2012 election cycle so far?The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 7, 2012
For as long as many of us can remember, high-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley, North Carolina's...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | September 4, 2012