The personal computer recently celebrated its 30th birthday. Then last week, Silicon Valley staged the PC's funeral.San Jose Mercury News From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2011
Cornell University researchers are using their new, interactive EndlessForms.com Web site to allow anyone online to guide the evolution of printable, three-dimensional...Cornell Chronicle From ACM TechNews | August 23, 2011
At the Wright–Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, some Ph.D. candidates are working on micro air vehicles, or tiny flying machines that are remotely piloted...National Public Radio From ACM News | August 22, 2011
Lights, cameras, cash. New York's driver nanny cams are working, generating more than $52 million in fines last year from unsuspecting motorists who blew through...New York Daily News From ACM News | August 22, 2011
You want a good look at Silicon Valley's bipolar job market? Step into the 11th-floor office of Young Sohn. The CEO of Santa Clara-based Inphi is tearing his...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 22, 2011
You could call it Mission Impossible: Robot Library Heist. An army of flying, rolling, and climbing robots have been taught to work together to find and snatch...New Scientist From ACM News | August 18, 2011
Beginning this fall, police officers across the nation will have a new weapon holstered onto their belts: A small attachment that weighs about 12 ounces turns...National Public Radio From ACM News | August 16, 2011
Remember "booting up"? It was the first thing you did every morning—you waited two minutes, three minutes, sometimes even longer while your computer ran through...Slate From ACM News | August 15, 2011
Most people in the Western world walk around with a powerful computer in their pocket or purse, otherwise known as a smartphone. It's not unusual to see someone...CNET From ACM News | August 15, 2011
Through a combination of careful theoretical modeling and precise micro-manufacturing, a team of engineers and scientists has developed a new type of ultra-thin...National Science Foundation From ACM News | August 15, 2011
The San Diego Supercomputer Center this month will launch the pre-production phase of Gordon, the first supercomputer equipped with large amounts of flash-based...C San Diego From ACM TechNews | August 15, 2011
For decades, measuring progress in semiconductors was easy. Every year the chips got faster and the industry moved forward. Speed matters far less these days.Businessweek From ACM News | August 12, 2011
If robots are simply computers with wings (and missiles), then expect to see future wars fought by the descendants of flash-trading algorithms, with humans as...Fast Company From ACM News | August 10, 2011
The mobile computing boom has turned into a courthouse war of the titans, as big tech companies are increasingly engaged in high-dollar legal disputes over lucrative...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | August 10, 2011
After a journey of almost three years, NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has reached the Red Planet’s Endeavour crater to study rocks never seen before...NASA From ACM News | August 10, 2011
DefCon, the conference where hackers and the people who monitor them get together to trade the latest in hacking and tracking data, had some new attendees: children...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 9, 2011
Effective August 6, 2011, IBM terminated its contract with the University of Illinois to provide the supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing...National Center for Supercomputing Applications From ACM News | August 9, 2011
California Institute of Technology researchers have created a method to isolate light signals on a silicon chip, which they say could lead to the development of...California Institute of Technology From ACM TechNews | August 8, 2011
For most of us, the closest we get to a robot in daily life is a Roomba. But Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, director of the Personal Robots Group at the MIT Media Lab...Slate From ACM News | August 8, 2011