NASA's Mars Curiosity has debuted the first recorded human voice that traveled from Earth to another planet and back.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 28, 2012
According to Velvin Hogan, the 67-year-old foreman of the jury in the U.S. trial between the Apple and Samsung, one of the turning points in group's journey to came...CNET From ACM Opinion | August 28, 2012
By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as ones and zeroes. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and...Wired From ACM News | August 27, 2012
On the surface, ants and the Internet don't seem to have much in common. But two Stanford researchers have discovered that a species of harvester ants determine...Stanford Engineering News From ACM News | August 27, 2012
Some of the biggest bets in the computing industry were made on the fifth floor of Intel's Robert Noyce Building, on the northeast corner of the chip giant's main...Wired From ACM News | August 24, 2012
Hubble has made over a million observations since launch, but only a small proportion are attractive images—and an even smaller number are ever actually seen by...Hubble Space Telescope From ACM News | August 24, 2012
On the subway, in doctor's waiting rooms and during college lectures, millions of Japanese can be found glued to their smartphones. But they're not texting or making...NPR From ACM News | August 23, 2012
It is more than a year since Watson, IBM's famous supercomputer, opened a new frontier for artificial intelligence by beating human champions of the quiz show Jeopardy...New Scientist From ACM News | August 23, 2012
Thanks to the University of New South Wales and IBM Research, scientists are moving closer to the junction of quantum and digital computing.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2012
After decades in Flatland, the end of Moore's Law is pushing semiconductors into the third dimension.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2012
Security researchers used malware to investigate large-scale Internet censorship in Egypt and Libya.Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2012
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has begun driving from its landing site, which scientists announced today they have named for the late author Ray Bradbury.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 22, 2012
Experts predict that our cars will one day routinely "talk" to one another with wireless communication devices, possibly preventing huge numbers of traffic accidents...NPR From ACM News | August 22, 2012
Make a mistake with your average office printer and the worst that happens is a paper jam and some wasted ink. Do the same with a 3D printer, though, and your newly...New Scientist From ACM News | August 22, 2012
In late 2010, Sean Brooks received three e-mails over a span of 30 hours warning that his accounts on LinkedIn, Battle.net, and other popular Websites were at risk...ArsTechnica From ACM News | August 22, 2012
When companies go to trial, as Apple and Samsung have learned, the public gets to hear corporate secrets. Among those revealed:The New York Times From ACM News | August 21, 2012