If you thought Japan was merely the master of miniaturization, tentacles, and creepy robots, think again: A group of Japanese scientists have built a massively...ExtremeTech From ACM News | January 3, 2012
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign researchers have created a self-healing method that fixes cracks or failures in the circuits of computer chips.Karen A. Frenkel From ACM News | January 3, 2012
In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his three-car garage in Hacienda Heights outside Los Angeles and, to the bemusement...The Washington Post From ACM News | December 30, 2011
In 1975, when then-composer and performer Bill Buxton started designing his own digital musical instruments, he had no way of knowing he was helping to spark...National Public Radio From ACM News | December 30, 2011
Analysts expect that the next generation of central processing units will offer more speed and consume less power. PC World From ACM TechNews | December 30, 2011
Great strides are being made in finding fast alternatives to the slow disks that dominate storage systems, but fast media are not nearly enough.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2012
The brainiacs at IBM made some pretty far-out predictions this week: In five years, they say, you won't need passwords, there will be no more digital divide,...Wired From ACM News | December 28, 2011
Google announced it is ending its Academic Cloud Computing Initiative, a joint program with IBM and the National Science Foundation that gave researchers access...GigaOM From ACM News | December 27, 2011
Self-repairing electronic chips are one step closer, according to a team of U.S. researchers, creating a circuit that heals itself when cracked thanks to the...BBC News From ACM News | December 27, 2011
Passwords are a pain to remember. What if a quick wiggle of five fingers on a screen could log you in instead? Or speaking a simple phrase?The New York Times From ACM News | December 26, 2011
Few laypeople think of computing innovation in connection with the Tevatron particle accelerator, which shut down earlier this year. Mention of the Tevatron inspires...International Science Grid This Week From ACM News | December 25, 2011
Inside the huge data centers operated by Internet companies like Google, Amazon, and Facebook, information is processed at blistering speed, but it still has to...Technology Review From ACM News | December 25, 2011
If you drive down highway 880 from Oakland, Calif., take an exit about 30 miles south, and snake past a long line of car dealerships, you’ll find an ordinary...Wired From ACM News | December 23, 2011
Ten thousand years is about the age of civilisation. Archaeologists have a few relics that have spanned this period, mostly stone tools and works of art. But...Technology Review From ACM News | December 22, 2011
On The Jetsons, Rosie was the robot maid with a heart of silicon and the voice of an aging cocktail waitress. She did everything: cook, clean, take care of the...Time From ACM News | December 22, 2011
Apple reportedly acquired the Israeli flash memory design firm Anobit in a deal that cost the company $500 million.Arstechnica From ACM Opinion | December 22, 2011
There's something about the year-end reflective state of mind that causes tech companies and institutions (and pundits) to make predictions about what they think...AllThingsD From ACM News | December 22, 2011
Light is one of the most promising carriers of quantum information. It is robust against decoherence because it does not interact with stray electric and magnetic...Technology Review From ACM News | December 22, 2011
On the sidelines during every game, New York Jets cornerback Donald Strickland performs a trick familiar to any toddler who has ever held a flip book.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 21, 2011