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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
It may look low-tech, but a smart doll's house could one day change the way we live, its inventors claim. Part of a project called InterHome, it is designed to...New Scientist From ACM News | July 13, 2009
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed an optical transistor that uses one laser beam to control another, potentially forming...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 9, 2009
The Internet's susceptibility to earthquakes, accidents, and other disruptions appears to be greater than people originally assumed, and a great deal of the Net's...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 8, 2009
The secret questions some Web sites ask new users to answer for verification purposes in case a password is forgotten are actually far less secure and far easier...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 25, 2009
Cutting-edge research suggests there are major changes in store for smartphones. For example, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Brandon Taylor and Michael...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | June 15, 2009
Fears over energy security and climate change have led to record investment in renewable energy. But a major problem threatens to stall progress towards a more...New Scientist From ACM News | June 11, 2009
The Internet's underlying technology can be harnessed to let people exchange secret messages, perhaps allowing free, coded speech under oppressive regimes. So says...New Scientist From ACM News | May 26, 2009
The Internet is similar to the human brain in that it has a complex network of nodes for holding, processing, recalling, and transmitting information. The Web...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2009
Some Completely Automated Public Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHAs) security systems are already being solved by spammers, but CAPTCHA co...New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 20, 2009