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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Oregon State University students are building the Oregon State Wireless Active Learning Device, a remote-controlled Mars rover that features an extendable arm...Corvallis Gazette-Times From ACM News | May 17, 2010
The media produce a glut of material daily. Refining that ore into the gold of useful information requires new approaches. European researchers have now made automated... From ICT Results | May 17, 2010
The AMD Foundation has awarded a $115,000 grant to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to implement Club Tech: Game Tech, a digital game development program, in...MarketWatch From ACM News | May 17, 2010
Using the NSF-funded Ranger supercomputer at the Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin professor Pengyu Ren is working to develop faster...National Science Foundation From ACM News | May 17, 2010
A recent Chartered Institute for IT worldwide survey found there are positive links between access to technology and feelings of well-being. Access to communication...BBC News From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
NASA is developing a six-legged robot called Athlete that can walk or roll on wheels, and ultimately aims to have it help set up a habitat on Mars for future astronauts...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
U.S. Department of Defense official James Miller says authorities have failed to stay ahead of the cyberattacks, which have resulted in the loss of an enormous...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
Computer scientists at the universities of Hertfordshire and Southern Denmark are on track to finish building technology that would bring virtual reality to Europe's...University of Hertfordshire From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
Columbia University scientists have developed a chip design that prevents microprocessors from being equipped with malicious backdoors that could be used to steal...The Register (UK) From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
A three-year, Georgia Tech-sponsored program called Operation Reboot is helping 30 information technology professionals reenter the work force as high school computer... From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
A team from Michigan State University will study how large-scale social networks such as YouTube and Wikipedia change as users come and go over time in order to...MSU News From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
MIT researchers have developed a system that automatically finds parts of computer code where accuracy can be traded for significant increases in speed. MIT News From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
The W3C has released XProc, an XML pipeline specification that "provides a standard framework for composing XML processes [and] streamlines the automation, sequencing...eWeek From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
A federal court judge has likely dealt a death blow to LimeWire, one of the most popular and oldest file-sharing systems, according to legal experts.CNET From ACM News | May 14, 2010
When Google launched Buzz, a microblogging social network, several months ago, the company boasted that the network had been generated automatically, by algorithms...Technology Review From ACM News | May 14, 2010
She taps out her grocery lists, records voice memos, listens to music at the gym, tracks her caloric intake and posts frequent updates to her Twitter and Facebook...The New York Times From ACM News | May 14, 2010
Tennis has adopted Hawk-Eye's line-calling technology with (mostly) open arms. Why are other sports resisting the more accurate, high-tech refs?Popular Mechanics From ACM News | May 14, 2010
Foxconn Technology, the world's biggest contract maker of electronics, has been forced to answer allegations about the welfare of employees in China after its...Times Online From ACM News | May 14, 2010
Automobiles, which will be increasingly connected to the Internet in the near future, could be vulnerable to hackers just as computers are now, two teams of computer...The New York Times From ACM News | May 14, 2010