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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.
Novel research has improved the simulation performance of hardware models created in SystemC. Preliminary experiments showed the researchers were able to speed...Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State niversity From ACM News | January 26, 2010
The response to natural disasters like the killer earthquake in Haiti is complicated by the difficulty delivering medical care in a chaotic environment where the...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM News | January 26, 2010
Music lovers may have long forsaken them, but magnetic tapes still reign supreme when it comes to storing vast amounts of digital data. And new research from IBM...Technology Review From ACM News | January 25, 2010
Lockheed Martin researchers are developing software that can extract meaning from a string of spoken sentences. The technology, called Spoken Language Interaction...National Defense From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2010
Agile application development methodologies are being rapidly embraced by enterprises, according to a new Forrester Research study. Forty-five percent of the nearly...eWeek From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2010
Next-generation interactive devices, such as gestural interaction and brain-computer interfaces, are unlikely to replace the keyboard and mouse anytime soon, says...Australian Associated Press (AAP) From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2010
European researchers have devised a new software development paradigm using an assembly line-style development process. "Think of this as a sandwich shop, where...ICT Results From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2010
Rapid computer game creation (RCGC) could be used to close the digital divide, according to Nikunj Dalal and colleagues at Oklahoma State University. Schools and...EurekAlert From ACM TechNews | January 25, 2010
It's a laser, but not as we know it. For a start, you need a microscope to see it. Gleaming eerily green, a "spaser" is a single spherical particle just a few tens...New Scientist From ACM News | January 25, 2010
Recent academic research is advancing the development of secure multi-party computation (SMC), an security technique aimed at protecting data for various online...By Bob Violino From ACM News | January 22, 2010
After fizzling out over the past couple years, outsourcing is back in vogue. A new PricewaterhouseCoopers study shows outsourcing has roared back to life in the...Forbes.com From ACM Opinion | January 25, 2010
For all the advances in table-top and tablet computing, some design professionals will always prefer the feel of pen on paper to stylus on glass. A new device could...New Scientist From ACM News | January 22, 2010
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the idea of grid computing, a type of distributed computing that harnesses the power of many computers to handle large computational...Enterprise Storage Forum From ACM News | January 22, 2010
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed Sikuli, a system that enables computer users to write programs using screen shots of graphical...MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2010
Fujistu and the Institute of High Performance Computing at Singapore's Agency for Science Technology and Research have announced a joint research and development...Agency for Science, Technology and Research From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2010
Hokkaido University researchers, working with colleagues in the United Kingdom and Japan, recently completed a study suggesting that a fungus-like mold might be...EurekAlert From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2010
Software developers and tech-savvy individuals from around the world are organizing to help with the Haiti relief effort. Projects already underway include the...Information Week From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2010
Scientists at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and French research facility CNRS have made advances in the development of tunnel magnetoresistance-based memory. Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2010
William Thies and other scientists at Microsoft Research India have created technologies specifically designed to facilitate socio-economic development, spanning...EE Times India From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2010
The federal government needs to address electronic security to calm Americans' uncertainty about cloud computing and secure its privacy, according to industry representatives...infoZine From ACM News | January 22, 2010