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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.
Supercomputing has helped astrophysicists create massive models of the universe, but such simulations remain out of reach for many in the United States and around...Space.com From ACM News | January 29, 2010
Herbert R.J. Grosch, a computing pioneer who served as ACM president from 1976-1978, died on January 18 at the age of 91.By CACM Staff From ACM News | January 29, 2010
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) will award $30 million across two to four projects to redesign the Internet via new security, reliability, and collaborative...Network World From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) wants to combine three space-based communication networks into a much faster, more efficient data...Space.com From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
University of Chicago researchers have found that female elementary school teachers can pass on their anxiety and stereotypes about math to female students. niversity of Chicago From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
A key breakthrough involving optical random access memory has been achieved by Interuniversity Microelectronics Center (IMEC) and Ghent University. Researchers...IMEC From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
The revolution in texting, social networking, and crowdsourcing has enabled innovations such as the 4636 texting service, which is aiding the disaster relief efforts...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
Thales Research and Technology (TRT) researchers have created a development platform that enables applications to tackle the increasing complexity of modern computer...ICT Results From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory researchers Steven J. Murdoch and Ross Anderson contend in a paper that the 3D Secure credit card authentication system...Heise Online (nited Kingdom) From ACM TechNews | January 29, 2010
On any given day, John LaRocco can be found in front of a computer in a lab in the College of Engineering at Rowan University, electrodes poking out from the black...Rowan niversity From ACM News | January 29, 2010
The young woman seated next to us at the sushi bar exuded a vaguely exotic air; her looks and style, we thought, made it likely that she was not American born.
...The New York Times From ACM News | January 28, 2010
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched...WebMonkey From ACM News | January 28, 2010
Volatility in market values for information technology (IT) skills is stabilizing, despite remaining high over the past few months, Foote Partners reports. Volatility...eWeek From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2010
Sir Tim Berners-Lee has unveiled a new venture for the U.K. government, a Web site at http://data.gov.uk designed to provide the public with better access to official...BBC News From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2010
Ohio State University researchers have developed software that can analyze images of knee ligaments much faster and just as reliably as humans. Ohio State Research News From ACM TechNews | January 28, 2010
An innovative computational technique that draws on statistics, imaging, and other disciplines has the capability to detect errors in sensitive technological systems...niversity Corporation for Atmospheric Research From ACM News | January 28, 2010
Almost three decades ago, Richard Feynman — known popularly as much for his bongo drumming and pranks as for his brilliant insights into physics — told an electrified...Wired From ACM News | January 28, 2010
A Texas Tech University economist Miaomiao Wang has found that a fairly simple networking formula could increase the odds that policymakers will fund dynamic and...Texas Tech niversity From ACM News | January 28, 2010
The staggering cost and impact of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure such as electrical grids, oil and gas production, telecommunications and transportation...McAfee Inc. From ACM News | January 28, 2010
Could Apple's new iPad end up being too much of a good thing? Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, played up the iPad's ability to stream live baseball games...The New York Times From ACM News | January 28, 2010