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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
It's an unseasonably cold early October evening in Lincoln, Nebraska, and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian is giving his elevator pitch to a flustered but rapt...Buzzfeed From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2012
Strategists affiliated with the Obama and Romney campaigns say they have access to information about the personal lives of voters at a scale never before imagined...The New York Times From ACM News | October 15, 2012
In the years to come, a top group of military scientists believe, the Pentagon may be able to use genomics and bio-markers to spot when a soldier is about to snap...Wired From ACM News | October 15, 2012
While Joe Biden and Paul Ryan were duking it out last Thursday night over U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and beyond, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was warning...Politico From ACM News | October 15, 2012
The open source Dog programming language from MIT researchers could make it easier and more intuitive to code social apps, as well as enable novices to learn coding...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | October 15, 2012
The Mykonos Vase, discovered in 1961 in the Cyclades, is one of the earliest accounts of the Trojan Horse, used as a subterfuge by the Greeks to enter the city...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 11, 2012
In a few short years, the technologies found in today's mobile devices—touch screens, gyroscopes, and voice-control software, to name a few—have radically transformed...Technology Review From ACM News | October 11, 2012
What are the next Big Things in science and technology? Teleportation? Unlimited clean Energy? The scientists and researchers at DARPA and the White House Office...Networkworld From ACM Careers | October 11, 2012
The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s bid to hold the nation’s telecoms liable for allegedly providing the...Wired From ACM News | October 9, 2012
China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday it "strongly opposes" a report that alleged Chinese telecommunication companies Huawei Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp...Xinhuanet From ACM News | October 9, 2012
In the latest development to highlight the sensitive terrain that the United States and China are navigating on economic issues, a House committee issued a blistering...The New York Times From ACM News | October 9, 2012
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.BBC News From ACM News | October 5, 2012
When Jonathan Goldman arrived for work in June 2006 at LinkedIn, the business networking site, the place still felt like a start-up.Harvard Business Review From ACM Careers | October 5, 2012
Ask a group of data scientists the toughest part of their job, and many will probably tell you–it's not the math but the work required to turn raw data into something...GigaOm From ACM Careers | October 5, 2012
For more than two years, the police in San Leandro, Calif., photographed Mike Katz-Lacabe's Toyota Tercel almost weekly.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 4, 2012
Julie Medeiros thinks her taste in fashion is worth something. Turns out it is: about $50 a month.The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 4, 2012
Mobile malware has largely been limited to Trojans buried inside a malicious app targeting sensitive data stored on the phone such as email, contact information...Threatpost From ACM News | October 3, 2012
The hackers behind the cyber attacks on major U.S. banks have repeatedly disrupted online banking by using sophisticated and diverse tools that point to a carefully...NBC News From ACM News | October 3, 2012
Cyber attackers have targeted Iranian infrastructure and communications companies, disrupting the Internet across the country, a state official was quoted as saying...Reuters From ACM News | October 3, 2012