While the secret for Apple's success seems patently obvious to most&meash;as obvious as the form and function of the iPhone 4—a more subtle reason is the company's...CNET From ACM Opinion | January 24, 2011
Wall Street firms are aggressively competing with Silicon Valley for computer programmers and software engineers by offering more laid-back office environments,...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | January 19, 2011
Many broadcasters are already worried about declining viewers, and now they say the government wants to take away something more: the airwaves themselves.The Washington Post From ACM News | January 20, 2011
When military investigators looked into an attack by American helicopters last February that left 23 Afghan civilians dead, they found that the operator of a ...The New York Times From ACM News | January 18, 2011
Intel Corp.'s decision to pay Nvidia Corp. $1.5 billion for the right to its patents highlights the seismic shifts the semiconductor industry is undergoing.The Associated Press From ACM News | January 11, 2011
The NFL is turning to technology to both measure and mitigate pro football's effect on players' brains, pushing into unexplored territory as officials try to...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 11, 2011
More women are obtaining Ph.D.s in science than ever before, but those women—largely because of pressures from having a family—are far more likely than their...The New York Times From ACM News | January 7, 2011
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya researchers have developed DEX, a system for finding information on networks that is designed to complement Internet search...Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya From ACM TechNews | January 3, 2011
As a national strategy, China is trying to build an economy that relies on innovation rather than imitation.The New York Times From ACM News | January 3, 2011
Mississippi had a problem born of the age of soaring student testing and digital technology. High school students taking the state’s end-of-year exams were using...The New York Times From ACM News | December 29, 2010
By 2015, your mobile phone will project a 3D image of anyone who calls and your laptop will be powered by kinetic energy. At least that’s what International Business...Bloomberg From ACM News | December 29, 2010
In the flurry of activity at the end of the 111th Congress, the reauthorization of the "America COMPETES Act" went mostly unnoticed. But it is a little bill that...Slate From ACM News | December 28, 2010
Who says you have to be a guy to be a geek? This Google senior executive is teaching a new generation that femininity and technology are a winning formula.Newsweek From ACM News | December 23, 2010
An ambitious biometric ID project in the world's second most populous nation aims to relieve poverty, but faces many hurdles.Marina Krakovsky From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2011
After more than 20 years of research and development, are haptic interfaces finally getting ready to enter the computing mainstream?Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2011
How the inventor of the PalmPilot studied the workings of the human brain to help companies turn a deluge of data into business intelligence.Technology Review From ACM News | December 21, 2010