Companies like Apple and Samsung are the public face of the smartphone and tablet boom, but they all rely on ARM, the British company that licenses the energy-efficient...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | November 9, 2012
Apple Inc. is exploring ways to replace Intel Corp. processors in its Mac personal computers with a version of the chip technology it uses in the iPhone and iPad...Bloomberg From ACM News | November 7, 2012
Congratulations, Barack Obama: You have prevailed in the nerdiest election in the history of the American Republic.Wired From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2012
For decades scientists have backed the idea of sending robots to collect Martian rocks and return them to Earth, a project that should be possible well before humans...NBC News From ACM Opinion | November 5, 2012
A decade and a half into the Web revolution, we do much of our banking and shopping online. So why can't we vote over the Internet? The answer is that voting presents...Technology Review From ACM News | November 5, 2012
On the night of Oct. 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stood inside the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, housed in a former aircraft carrier moored at a New...The Washington Post From ACM News | November 1, 2012
The question of what happens when machines get to be as intelligent as and even more intelligent than people seems to occupy many science-fiction writers.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 26, 2012
Google's Street View maps are headed into the backcountry. Earlier this week, two teams from Google strapped on sophisticated backpacks jammed with cameras, gyroscopes...NPR From ACM News | October 24, 2012
The Obama administration recently imposed new guidelines that limit the amount of money federal agencies can spend on regional conferences. However, several science...New York Times From ACM TechNews | October 24, 2012
Intel made its fortune on the chips that power personal computers, and Microsoft on the software that goes inside. Google’s secret sauce is that it finds what you...The New York Times From ACM News | October 24, 2012
With the AEGIS system, the Mars Exploration Rovers can autonomously select, capture, and analyze images using onboard logic.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2012
Disney's Touché project could transform every conductive surface into a touch-control surface.Tom Geller From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2012
Forensics experts increasingly use data from digital devices to solve crimes, fight lawsuits, and unravel accidents.Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2012
We're used to the idea of "peak oil"—that there's only a finite amount of that stuff in the ground. What's the equivalent in the computing field?The Guardian From ACM News | October 23, 2012
In August, a collection of military, government, and nongovernmental humanitarian organizations from 22 countries in the Pacific gathered in Singapore for Pacific...ArsTechnica From ACM News | October 23, 2012
A Des Moines television station has turned off the lights on the city's Weather Beacon, igniting a tempest among residents who were raised to look downtown for...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | October 23, 2012
Two years ago, Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie was working on a file synchronization technology that would make stashing and grabbing pictures, documents...CNET From ACM News | October 22, 2012
If you're looking for the beating heart of the digital age—a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest—you...Wired From ACM News | October 19, 2012
One January day in 1998, Jon Postel emailed eight of the 12 organizations that handled the address books for the entire internet.Wired From ACM News | October 18, 2012