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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.
Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through DataOne, a global data access...Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM News | November 19, 2009
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | November 19, 2009
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a unique and robust method to prevent cloning of passive radio frequency identification (RFID)...niversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville From ACM News | November 19, 2009
Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner believes that three-dimensional (3D) Web technologies will revive the high-performance computing (HPC) industry....Network World From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
A study of Norwegian Internet users and social media found that people are willing to post their personal information on social media sites even when they are not...SINTEF From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
CSAB Inc. — the lead society within ABET Inc. for the accreditation of college-level programs in computer science, information systems, IT, and software engineering...ACM From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
The first-ever Random Hacks of Kindness recently took place in Mountain View, Calif., bringing software developers together to focus on how technology could be...CNet From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
Researchers from IBM's Almaden Research Center and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have performed a computer simulation that matches the scale and complexity...San Jose Mercury News (CA) From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
Dutch researchers investigating how software architectural knowledge can be better disseminated discovered that many architects simply do not talk with each other...Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is debating whether it should force Internet service providers (ISPs) to share their networks with rivals and increase...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | November 18, 2009
A decade-long trend reached its inevitable conclusion this week when a supercomputer based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices became the fastest machine on the...The New York Times From ACM News | November 19, 2009
Current methods of searching audiovisual content can be a hit-and-miss affair. Manually tagging online media content is time consuming, and costly. But new 'query... From ICT Results | November 18, 2009
The biggest challenge in computing today, some experts say, is not processing power, but power consumption. To help understand and reduce power consumption, the...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM News | November 18, 2009
China has become one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five supercomputers in the world. Its Tianhe-1 computer, housed at the National Super Computer...BBC News From ACM News | November 19, 2009
University of Miami professor Mohamed Abdel-Mottaleb has developed a new way to improve the efficiency and accuracy of facial recognition technology. Abdel-Mottaleb...niversity of Miami From ACM TechNews | November 17, 2009
Amid Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's calls for modernization, one of the IT sector's top employers has said Russian high-tech companies are being let down by...The Moscow News From ACM News | November 17, 2009
Research recently funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 aims to develop computational tools that will utilize next-generation petascale computers...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM News | November 17, 2009
Georgia Tech's College of Computing has created a new Master of Science in Information Security degree available online in a distance learning format, a flexible...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM Careers | November 17, 2009
Scientists have embraced the computing and communications grid, but businesses have held back, concerned about complexity and security. Now a European research... From ICT Results | November 16, 2009
The push to develop the Semantic Web recently received fresh support through a National Science Foundation grant, which has been awarded to researchers at Rensselaer...Scientific American From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2009