Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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The Expanding Mind
A "remarkable synergy" between the advancement of brain-computer interface (BCI) technology and innovations in computers, digital storage devices, software, and...
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Improved Sensor Technology Could Someday Keep Tabs on Terrorists By Remote Control
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) scientists are developing new optical sensors for use in unmanned air vehicles and surveillance drones that could track...
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The Journey from Jar Jar to Sign Language Motion Capture Opens the Door to a New Way to Communicate
Dalhousie University professor Aaron Newman, the Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, is using motion capture technology to develop a more thorough...
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Does Better Security Depend on a Better Internet?
The New York Times' recent article, "Do We Need a New Internet?," by John Markoff, has sparked debate in the research community over whether creating a secure Internet...
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Chinese It Firm Accused of Links to Cyberwarfare
Beijing-based Venus Info Tech, a provider of IT network security to the Chinese military, has been accused of providing hacker services that help the Chinese government...
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Graduates Take Degrees Overseas
International students at Carnegie Mellon University pursuing degrees in science, technology, engineering, and math are increasingly leaving the United States after...
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Proposed Law Might Make Wi-Fi Users Help Cops
Congressional Republicans have introduced the Internet Security Act, legislation in the U.S. House and Senate that would require Internet service providers (ISPs)...
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Women in IT Still Hit Glass Ceiling
Despite the growing role of women in the United Kingdom's information technology industry, there are signs that a glass ceiling still exists. A recent survey found...
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Exploring a 'Deep Web' That Google Can't Grasp
Google recently added the one trillionth Web address to its list of indexed Web pages, and yet that represents only a small portion of the entire Web. Beyond the...
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Stimulus Bill Includes $7.2 Billion For Broadband
The $787 billion economic stimulus package U.S. President Obama recently signed into law includes $7.2 billion for broadband grant and loan programs. Under the...
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New Method to Assemble Nanoscale Elements Could Transform Data Storage Industry
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst say that a new, innovative technique in which nanoscale...
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Mathematical Firepower (and Cash) Key to Solving Computing Problems
Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's (CSIRO's) Louise Ryan says increasing funding for mathematical sciences is essential...
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Does Drm Have a Future?
Digital rights management (DRM) has emerged as a widespread tool to combat piracy. So far, however, DRM systems have proved highly inconvenient to consumers who...
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Computer Science Meets the Grid
University of California, Berkeley professor Randy Katz says future computers need to be designed to meet the energy efficiency needs of data centers, and the power...
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SIGGRAPH 2009 Seeks Live Real-Time Video Games Content
The SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival will include a segment on real-time rendering projects, in which the top selections will be played and demonstrated...
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Development of Mobile Applications Is Easy With the Elephant Platform
The Fraunhofer Institute for Communications Systems ESK's Elephant research project is a software platform that makes it easier for programmers to develop applications...
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Google, Yahoo and Microsoft Collaborate to Clean p Web
Yahoo! and Microsoft announced that they will support Google's technology for detecting duplicate pages on Web sites. Web publishers will be able to use Google's...
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Microsoft Researcher Stores Digital Life
Microsoft researcher Gordon Bell has been recording virtually all aspects of his life digitally for 10 years through his Microsoft-funded MyLifeBits project. He...
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Project Uses Cell Phones as Computers in the Classroom
University of Michigan professor Elliot Soloway and University of North Texas professor Cathleen Norris have developed the Mobile Learning Environment, a suite...
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