Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Russians Fight to Save Mars Probe After Mishap
Russian space engineers scrambled Wednesday to salvage an ambitious science mission to Mars after the unmanned spacecraft became stranded in Earth orbit. If they...
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It Started Digital Wheels Turning
Researchers in Britain are about to embark on a 10-year, multimillion-dollar project to build a computer—but their goal is neither dazzling analytical power nor...
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Google Changes Search Algorithm, Trying to Make Results More Timely
Many Google search results will be more timely after Google made a significant change to its search algorithm last week that it said would affect about 35% of...
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H.p. Builds Servers With Cellphone Chips
Hewlett-Packard announced on Tuesday a new design for some of the world's largest computer centers and says it could reduce power consumption in some cases by...
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In Surprise, China nveils Supercomputer Based on Its Own Chips
China has made its first supercomputer based on Chinese microprocessor chips, an advance that surprised high-performance computing specialists in the United States...
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In Supercomputing, a Turn to Energy-Saving Graphics Chips
In computing, as in so many fields, the best path to progress is often not a straight line.
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Before Latest Phone Debut, Apple Has Harsher Competition
As soon as Apple unveils its highly anticipated new version of the iPhone on Tuesday, millions of people are likely to start plotting how to be among the first...
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Progress Hits Snag: Tiny Chips se Outsize Power
A research team recently presented a paper at the International Symposium on Computer Architecture that highlights the problem of developing smaller, more densely...
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Robert Morris, Pioneer in Computer Security, Dies at 78
Robert Morris, a cryptographer who helped developed the Unix computer operating system, which controls an increasing number of the world's computers and touches...
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War Evolves With Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs
Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air...
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.s. nderwrites Internet Detour Around Censors
The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy "shadow" Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments...
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Study Sees Way to Win Spam Fight
University of California, San Diego researchers recently completed a study aimed at finding a choke point that could reduce the flow of spam emails.
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The Business Market Plays Cloud Computing Catch-p
The big spenders on technology are businesses and government agencies. They buy about 75% of the computing goods and services sold worldwide. Yet it is increasingly...
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Software Progress Beats Moore
One of the old jokes in computing is that what the hardware giveth, the software taketh away.
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Graphics Ability Is the New Goal For Chip Makers
Computer chip makers will highlight the improved visual performance of their technology at this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
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Graphics Ability Is the New Goal For Chip Makers
In the good old days, it was all about speed.
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Quantum Computing Reaches for True Power
In 1981 the physicist Richard Feynman speculated about the possibility of "tiny computers obeying quantum mechanical laws." He suggested that such a quantum computer...
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China Wrests Supercomputer Title From .s.
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...
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