Security experts from more than 30 organizations recently called on enterprises to put more pressure on security vendors to ensure secure code development. InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
University of California, Berkeley researchers have created energy-scavenging nanofibers that can be woven into clothing and textiles. The nano-sized generators...C Berkeley News From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent recently launched an initiative to connect network operators with software developers to develop mobile applications that work with multiple networks...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
The United States, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the United Kingdom have agreed to fund projects aimed at developing software for the next generation...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
European robotics researchers are developing humanoid robots that can interact with groups of people in a realistic, anthropomorphic way. The HUMAVIPS project...Wired.co.uk From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
Right now, troops trying to listen in on enemy chatter rely on a convoluted process. They tune into insurgency radio frequencies, then hand the radio over to local...Wired From ACM News | February 17, 2010
Transfers of large amounts of data across the Internet to wireless devices suffer from a key problem: The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) used to send and receive...Technology Review From ACM News | February 16, 2010
Unknown hackers have taken out U.S. cellphone networks in an ongoing cyber-attack that will soon knock out parts of the nation's electricity grid – say the officials...New Scientist From ACM News | February 16, 2010
Robots have a vital role on the space shuttle Endeavour's mission to install two new pieces of the International Space Station. Robotics technology is a critical...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2010
Northeastern University (NU) professor Alan Mislove has developed an algorithm that can predict the personal information of any given Facebook user in the Rice...Northeastern niversity News From ACM TechNews | February 16, 2010
Emergency management and transport agencies along the Mid-Atlantic coping with the recent blizzards used an advanced visualization and data fusion system that put...niversity of Maryland, College Park From ACM News | February 16, 2010
By taking advantage of a phenomenon that until now has been a virtual showstopper for electronics designers, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Panos...Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM News | February 16, 2010
It all started with a brawny, tattooed building contractor with a passion for exotic animals. He was taking biology classes at City College of San Francisco, a...The New York Times From ACM News | February 12, 2010
Future cars will have even more complex electronics and robotic-like control systems that monitor driving conditions and assist drivers, but experts say that will...NPR Online From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2010
Australia's federal government has been given sensitive data from utilities, banks, and other organizations for the Critical Infrastructure Protection Modeling...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2010
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) researchers recently launched the High Performance Computing (HPC) Centre, which features sustainability features such as...Nanyang Technological niversity (Singapore) From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2010
University of California, Berkeley researchers recently discussed their progress in finding new parallel programming models for multicore processor architectures...EE Times From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2010
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) recently launched a new Web site at http://www.nsf.gov/open designed to encourage participation and collaboration between...National Science Foundation From ACM TechNews | February 12, 2010
Using state-of-the-art flow measurements, engineering professor Timothy Wei and students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., are employing science...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | February 12, 2010
Allegations of cheating at Stanford University have more than doubled in the past decade, with the largest number of violations involving computer science students...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | February 12, 2010