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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.
For a company that makes no products, Acacia Research spends a lot of time fighting over patents in court. Acacia has filed at least 337 patent-related lawsuits...BusinessWeek From ACM News | February 2, 2010
Why is the National Science Foundation helping Morehouse College pay students to test videogames? The school's Glitch Game Testers program is one of many NSF efforts...By Paul Hyman From ACM News | February 2, 2010
Painting the roofs of buildings white has the potential to significantly cool cities and mitigate some impacts of global warming, a new study indicates. The research...National Center for Atmospheric Research From ACM News | February 2, 2010
The recent hacking attack that prompted Google's threat to leave China is underscoring the heightened dangers of previously undisclosed computer security flaws...The Associated Press From ACM News | February 2, 2010
An innovative computational technique developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the University of Colorado at Boulder draws on statistics,...National Center for Atmospheric Research From ACM News | February 2, 2010
With a few quick keystrokes, a computer hacker who goes by the code name Majia calls up a screen displaying his latest victims. He operates secretly and illegally...The New York Times From ACM News | February 2, 2010
Being hacked by a robot requires much less hardware than I expected. There’s no need for virtual-reality goggles or 3D holograms. There are no skullcaps studded...Popular Mechanics From ACM News | February 1, 2010
Princeton University researchers have developed power-generating rubber films that can harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power electronic...Princeton Engineering News From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
A recent Lemelson-MIT Invention Index survey found that teens are enthusiastic about science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), with 77 percent interested...Lemelson-MIT Program From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
Purdue University researchers have developed microids, miniature, insect-like robots that feature tiny legs and mandibles built using solid-state muscles. Computer...Purdue University News From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
Researchers from the Institute for Theoretical Science at the Graz University of Technology are creating a new generation of neuro-computers based on learning mechanisms...Graz University of Technology (Austria) From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) in Germany has developed VoIPS, software that prevents the tampering and manipulation of telephone...Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
School systems across the United States are pushing students to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by providing joint programs with...Government Technology From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
Researchers at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in the Ecole Polytechnique Federale of Lausanne are applying evolutionary principles to robot development. Popular Science From ACM TechNews | February 1, 2010
The situation was desperate for the Denver Broncos. On the first Sunday of the National Football League’s 2009 season, with only 28 seconds left in the game, they...Wired From ACM News | February 1, 2010
A Chinese military expert Sunday (January 31) refuted claims by the U.K.'s national security intelligence agency that China has engaged in commercial espionage,...Global Times From ACM News | February 1, 2010
In computing, the vision always precedes the reality by a decade or more. The pattern has held true from the personal computer to the Internet, as it takes time...The New York Times From ACM News | February 1, 2010
In the U.S. Naval Network Warfare Command, the largest threats against U.S. computer networks originate from Chinese hackers. According to a report from Federal...The Epoch Times From ACM News | February 1, 2010
Researchers in the Electro-Optics Center Materials Division at Penn State have produced 100-mm diameter graphene wafers, a key milestone in the development of graphene...Penn State Materials Research Institute From ACM News | February 1, 2010
Pico Computing announced that it has achieved the highest-known benchmark speeds for 56-bit DES decryption, with reported throughput of over 280 billion keys per...Pico Computing From ACM News | February 1, 2010