A new patent application from Microsoft points to a future in which your Kinect watches you, and sends ads based on your mood.The Atlantic From ACM News | June 12, 2012
If it wasn't obvious before, it’s crystal clear today. The dedicated portable GPS device is dead, with Apple and Google playing pallbearer to Garmin, Magellan,...Wired From ACM News | June 12, 2012
That little iPhone in your pocket is perfectly positioned to become a clone of the credit cards in your wallet or purse.The New York Times From ACM News | June 12, 2012
Now at a critical juncture in its quest to become a superpower, China is turning to Western regions like the Silicon Valley for help with its next technical leap...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | June 11, 2012
With technology that would make James Bond envious, Silicon Valley companies are playing a behind-the-scenes role with the nation's most clandestine agencies, helping...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | June 11, 2012
Before the establishment of U.S. Cyber Command in 2010, a combatant commander who wanted to take down an enemy’s surface-to-air missile sites or other defenses...Defense News From ACM News | June 7, 2012
Anyone who has ever written in Chinese on a computer, or composed a text message on their phone in that language, knows the typing process is not nearly as simple...BBC News From ACM News | June 6, 2012
In the last week or so, cyberwarfare has made front-page news: the United States may have been behind the Stuxnet cyberattack on Iran; Iran may have suffered another...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | June 6, 2012
Eugene Kaspersky, whose lab discovered the Flame virus that has attacked computers in Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East, said on Wednesday only a global effort...Reuters From ACM Opinion | June 6, 2012
As Congress boosts spending on cybersecurity and mulls over new data safety requirements on private industry, some companies stand to get rich.Politico From ACM Careers | June 5, 2012
When next winter's storms subside, a specialized ship will begin a slow crossing, lowering a skinny cable into its wake along a precisely prescribed path: the shortest...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | May 31, 2012
There is one version of Craig Venter's life story where he would’ve been a dutiful scientist at the National Institutes of Health, a respected yet anonymous researcher...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 30, 2012
Should we worry about cyberwarfare? Judging by excessively dramatic headlines in the media, very much so. Cyberwarfare, the argument goes, might make wars easier...Slate From ACM Opinion | May 29, 2012
"Design is a word that's come to mean so much that it's also a word that has come to mean nothing. We don't really talk about design, we talk about developing ideas...The Telegraph From ACM Opinion | May 25, 2012
Managing hardware and storage needs; building custom, in-house applications; making information accessible via the Web—such tasks are the mainstays of IT work,...Arstechnica From ACM Careers | May 24, 2012
Technology firms have tripled their recruitment of foreign workers this spring after a hiring lull of several years—a development that is reigniting the debate...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | May 24, 2012
As the computer industry makes a radical shift to new modes of computing—in the cloud and on tablets and smartphones—Hewlett-Packard, a stalwart of the previous...The New York Times From ACM News | May 24, 2012
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether to halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless surveillance program targeting Americans' communications...Wired From ACM News | May 24, 2012