For $150 billion, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration could have sent astronauts back to the Moon. The Obama administration judged that too expensive...The New York Times From ACM News | November 2, 2010
A Chinese scientific research center has built the fastest supercomputer ever made, replacing the United States as maker of the swiftest machine, and giving China...The New York Times From ACM News | October 28, 2010
Tim Nichols measures fun. A slim, 32-year-old psychologist, he spends his days behind a one-way mirror at Microsoft’s video games research center here, watching...The New York Times From ACM News | October 25, 2010
An average laptop contains about 1,800 components, but only one garners much brand awareness from typical consumers: the chip made by Intel.The New York Times From ACM News | October 13, 2010
Anyone driving the twists of Highway 1 between San Francisco and Los Angeles recently may have glimpsed a Toyota Prius with a curious funnel-like cylinder on...The New York Times From ACM News | October 12, 2010
Two decades after global competition drove the mines in this corner of Japan to extinction, Kosaka is again abuzz with talk of new riches.The New York Times From ACM News | October 5, 2010
Near the southeastern edge of Cambridge, where this idyllic university town gives way to fields of green, sits the headquarters of ARM Holdings. Neither the modest...The New York Times From ACM News | September 21, 2010
Businesses in the South Park district of San Francisco generally sell either Web technology or sandwiches and burritos. Bespoke Innovations plans to sell designer...The New York Times From ACM News | September 14, 2010
Scientists at Rice University and Hewlett-Packard are reporting this week that they can overcome a fundamental barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization...The New York Times From ACM News | August 31, 2010
Apple likes to maintain tight control over what programs can appear on the iPhone—a task that just became a little bit harder.The New York Times From ACM News | July 27, 2010
The mainframe business is to IBM what manufacturing is to the American economy, a shrinking but strategically vital part of the franchise.
With the introduction...The New York Times From ACM News | July 22, 2010
The boy, a dark-haired 6-year-old, is playing with a new companion. The two hit it off quickly—unusual for the 6-year-old, who has autism—and the boy is imitating...The New York Times From ACM News | July 12, 2010
A Chinese supercomputer has been ranked as the world's second-fastest machine, underscoring China's aggressive commitment to science and technology.The New York Times From ACM News | June 1, 2010
The decline of basic research at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration jeopardizes the agency’s ability to study and explore the cosmos, a review panel...The New York Times From ACM News | May 13, 2010
Hewlett-Packard scientists on Thursday will report advances demonstrating significant progress in the design of a new class of diminutive switches capable of replacing...The New York Times From ACM News | April 7, 2010
Intel is developing the Light Peak fiber-optic link, cable technology that will transmit 10 gigabits of data per second bidirectionally, and is expected to scale...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2010
The going rate for a state-of-the-art chip factory is about $3 billion. The plants typically take years to build. And the microscopic size of chip circuitry requires...The New York Times From ACM News | February 22, 2010
Nathan Myhrvold wants to shake up the marketplace for ideas. His mission and the activities of the company he heads, Intellectual Ventures, a secretive $5 billion...The New York Times From ACM News | February 18, 2010
Google said Wednesday that it would offer ultrahigh-speed Internet access in some communities in a test that could showcase the kinds of things that would be possible...The New York Times From ACM News | February 11, 2010