NBC and Google are conducting "war games" in at least three countries, to prepare for the possibility of hacker attacks or hardware malfunction disrupting the online...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 5, 2012
Football's world governing body Fifa and other organisations are preparing to vote on something many fans of the game have been crying out for: goal-line technology...BBC News From ACM News | July 5, 2012
Many readers will have watched the final of the Euro 2012 soccer championships last Sunday in which Spain demolished a tired Italian team by 4 goals to nil. The...Technology Review From ACM News | July 5, 2012
In the latter half of the 19th century, the introduction of elevators and steel trusses enabled us to put up taller buildings with denser cores. It changed urban...GigaOm From ACM News | July 5, 2012
Since the mid-1990s Liam Casey, PCH International's chief executive officer, has helped technology companies with the nastiest task in Silicon Valley: building...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | July 5, 2012
George Church is an imposing figure—over six feet tall, with a large, rectangular face bordered by a brown and silver nest of beard and topped by a thick mop of...Technology Review From ACM News | July 2, 2012
Many high-level technology executives are convinced that some other country, probably China, will supplant Silicon Valley as the global center for innovation within...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | July 2, 2012
Many years ago, long before the birth of the Web, there was a time when France was the happening-est place in the digital universe.BBC News From ACM News | June 28, 2012
Joe Britt hands me his latest creation, a black ball with glittering LED lights around the middle, and implores me to examine it.Wired From ACM News | June 27, 2012
At first glance, Thad Starner does not look out of place at Google. A pioneering researcher in the field of wearable computing, Starner is a big, charming man with...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | June 27, 2012
Jay Parikh is happy to never get a call from Mark Zuckerberg. Why? It means he's doing his job well. As the vice president of infrastructure engineering at Facebook...CNET From ACM Opinion | June 26, 2012
A recent hearing of the U.S. House of Representative's Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation focused on ways to enhance collaboration between commercial and...Network World From ACM TechNews | June 26, 2012
The military has long needed computers that are tough enough on the outside to withstand the rough and tumble of the battlefield. Now, with the proliferation of...The New York Times From ACM News | June 25, 2012
It's official: The United States is home to the world's fastest supercomputer. But what exactly are supercomputers and why should we care about them? I decidedLawrence...Time From ACM Opinion | June 22, 2012
Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi underscored on Thursday that the country is completely ready for defending its sensitive facilities against enemies'...Fars News Agency From ACM News | June 22, 2012
Researchers now have the capability to look at the small-world problem from both the traditional algorithmic approach and the new topological approach.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2012
The biggest change to U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years brings many changes, but fails to solve the software industry's most vexing problems.Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2012
Researchers discover computer pioneer Konrad Zuse's long-forgotten Z9, the world's first program-controlled binary relay calculator using floating-point arithmetic...Paul Hyman From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2012