The retina is an enormously powerful tool. It sorts through massive amounts of data while operating on only a fraction of the power that a conventional digital...Technology Review From ACM News | August 29, 2013
A hacking attack launched by the Syrian Electronic Army may have targeted the New York Timesand other U.S. media companies, but the weak link was Melbourne IT (...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | August 29, 2013
As he closed the door, leaving me alone at the controls of a 41,000-pound bulldozer with list price of nearly $432,000, a Komatsu Ltd. executive shouted, "No worries...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 29, 2013
University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send...niversity of Washington From ACM News | August 28, 2013
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has used autonomous navigation for the first time, a capability that lets the rover decide for itself how to drive safely on Mars.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 28, 2013
Just weeks after The Washington Post had our own run-in with the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA), the New York Times is down, and the SEA is claiming responsibility...The Washington Post From ACM News | August 28, 2013
Surveillance is certainly much in the news lately. Most notably, of course, there is the continuing outcry over the National Security Agency’s call-tracking program...The New York Times From ACM News | August 28, 2013
Venus is like a reclusive celebrity that gets the public's attention every couple of years, though in the planet's case it's more like every century.ABC News From ACM News | August 27, 2013
Games have long been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building over the years that they can have positive effects.BBC News From ACM News | August 27, 2013
When Edward Snowden stole the crown jewels of the National Security Agency, he didn't need to use any sophisticated devices or software or go around any computer...NBC News From ACM News | August 26, 2013
Stealing 10 million dollars a few hundred dollars at a time used to be too labor-intensive to be a great business.The Atlantic From ACM News | August 26, 2013
In the ranks of technology incubator programs, there is AngelPad here in San Francisco and Y Combinator about 40 miles south in Mountain View. And then there is...The New York Times From ACM News | August 23, 2013
Ten years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up the night sky over Cape Canaveral, Fla., the fourth of the agency's four...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 23, 2013
A generation ago, when the stock market crashed on Oct. 19, 1987, the Nasdaq stock market appeared to have done much better than the New York Stock Exchange.The New York Times From ACM News | August 23, 2013
The U.K. government has warned the Guardian newspaper that foreign agents could use laser technology to eavesdrop on them, in the wake of recent surveillance leaks...BBC News From ACM News | August 23, 2013
Novel architecture allows programmers to quickly reconfigure network resource usage.Keith Kirkpatrick From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2013