Science, technology, engineering, and math departments at many universities are redesigning the lecture as a style of teaching out of concern that it is driving...Washington Post From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2012
The number of U.S. workers in science and engineering professions fell in the past decade, ending a steady upward trend in the proportion of workers in fields associated...Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2012
Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for Target in 2002, when two colleagues from the marketing department stopped by his desk to ask an odd question...The New York Times From ACM News | February 17, 2012
Google and other advertising companies have been following iPhone and Apple users as they browse the Web, even though Apple's Safari Web browser is set to block...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | February 17, 2012
On 6 May 2010, shares on U.S. financial markets suddenly dropped on average by around 10% but in over 300 stocks by more than 60%. Moments later the prices recovered...Technology Review From ACM News | February 16, 2012
Twitter has admitted copying entire address books from smartphones and storing the data on its servers, often without customers' knowledge.BBC News From ACM News | February 16, 2012
In the summer of 1991, Paul Ginsparg, a researcher at the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory, set up an email system for about 200 string theorists to exchange papers...Slate From ACM News | February 15, 2012
For most of the U.S. military's far-flung community of scientists and engineers, Monday was a day to pop a Xanax.Wired From ACM News | February 14, 2012
In December, MIT announced the launch of an online learning initiative called "MITx." Starting this week, interested learners can now enroll for free in the initiative’s...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | February 13, 2012
Researchers at the Kenya ICT Board and Carnegie Mellon University launched Chipuka, a certification program for Kenya's software developers in the country that...PC Advisor From ACM TechNews | February 13, 2012
Google's very first employee, Craig Silverstein, is leaving the company to join the high-profile online learning phenom, Khan Academy.AllThingsD From ACM Careers | February 10, 2012
After threatening web companies for more than a decade, Michael Doyle and his patent-holding company Eolas Technologies—named after the Irish word for knowledge—may...Wired From ACM News | February 10, 2012
With growing worries about the threat of "cyber warfare," militaries around the world are racing to recruit the computer specialists they believe may be central...Reuters From ACM Careers | February 10, 2012
Workers in the digital era can feel at times as if they are playing a video game, battling the barrage of emails and instant messages, juggling documents, Web sites...The New York Times From ACM News | February 9, 2012
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a decades-old file it kept on Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs that noted his past drug use and cites interviews with...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | February 9, 2012
As the 2012 election approaches, there’s one area where President Barack Obama can feel confident he has broad voter support—his military policies and use of drones...Politico From ACM News | February 8, 2012
Fun with numbers: For the first time ever, the Super Bowl was legally streamed online here in the U.S. and, according to NBC, over 2.1 million people fired up their...Time From ACM News | February 8, 2012
After logging in to the bank's real site, account holders are being tricked by the offer of training in a new "upgraded security system."BBC News From ACM News | February 8, 2012