Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Part-Human, Part-Machine Transistor Devised
University of California, Merced researchers have created a part-human, part-machine device that features a nano-sized transistor embedded in a cell-like membrane...
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How the Brain Recognizes Objects
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's McGovern Institute of Brain Research have devised a computational model describing how the primate brain...
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The Age of the Interface
Improved integration between the human body and electronic devices should usher in the age of the organic user interface, whose potential implementations include...
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Little Known Norwegian Browser Challenges the Big Boys
No. 1 in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Belarus. It might not be a slogan to attract an avalanche of American Internet users, but the Norwegian company that makes the...
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Immortal Avatars: Back Up Your Brain, Never Die
Zoe Graystone is a girl with two brains. Only one of them is human: the other is an exact digital copy that has become conscious in its own right. When the human...
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Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
When one of the most important e-mail messages of his life landed in his in-box a few years ago, Kord Campbell overlooked it. Not just for a day or two, but 12...
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Open-Source Could Mean an Open Door For Hackers
The ability to access the code of open-source applications may give attackers an edge in developing exploits for the software, according to a paper analyzing two...
From ICT Results
New Tsunami Early Warning System Stands Guard
The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami killed 230,000 people. The next time a tsunami threatens Indian Ocean nations, a lifesaving early warning system spearheaded by the...
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Quantum Computing Expert Wins Canada's Top Science Prize
Gilles Brassard, a Universite de Montreal computer science professor, was awarded Canada's most prestigious award for scientists, the Herzberg Gold Medal.
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China's Censorship Could Lead to a Brain Drain
They are coming from cities across China, including Beijing and Shanghai. Students are leaving mainland China for the opportunity to study in Hong Kong instead.
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Dna Logic Gates Herald Injectable Computers
Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers have developed DNA-based logic gates that could carry out calculations inside the body and may lead to injectable biocomputers...
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Hiring Expected to Be Robust in Second Half of 2010
Demand for technology professionals is rising and is expected to remain strong through the end of the year. Companies continue to hire entry-level positions, but...
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Augmented Reality Edges Closer to Mainstream
To an unenlightened observer, Ron Haidenger's demonstration of playing a video game by tilting a piece of cardboard back and forth looks more than a little bit...
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The Humanities Go Google
Stanford University's Literature Lab attempts to probe the evolution of literary style by using computer algorithms to sort, interrogate, and interpret some 1,000...
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Privacy Worries Inspire a New Wave of Startups
Amid the recent public backlash to the way some of the titans of the Internet handle users' personal data, a slate of ambitious online startups are aiming to squeeze...
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Touch Is Not Enough, Say Display Experts
Experts in touch technologies recently gathered at the Society for Information Display conference to explore the future of touch and interactivity for computer...
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Ranking the Most Powerful Supercomputers
The U.S. still leads in high-performance computing capacity, but China is undergoing explosive growth.
From ICT Results
Free, Open Virtual Laboratory For Infectious Diseases
Doctors around the world will soon have a powerful new tool at their disposal in the fight against infectious diseases: a virtual laboratory that will help them...
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Dmp Brings About New Design Space For Virtualization Technology
A group from Peking University has introduced a new memory virtualization technique called Dynamic Memory Paravirtualization that can dynamically patch binary...
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