"Inspiring," "visionary," "humble," "honest," "impeccable integrity," "passionate and stubborn about his work." Tributes poured in for Douglas Engelbart, inventor...Laura DiDio From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2013
A quantum effect named after an ancient Greek puzzle has been observed in diamond, paving the way for the use of diamond crystals in quantum computer chips.Nature From ACM News | August 22, 2013
Last August, around fifty government employees and private contractors gathered at a Defense Department development laboratory in Crystal City, Virginia.The New Yorker From ACM News | August 22, 2013
In the gleaming Silicon Valley branch office of speech-recognition firm Nuance Communications, a small room has been made to look like a homey den.Forbes From ACM Opinion | August 22, 2013
A NASA spacecraft that discovered and characterized tens of thousands of asteroids throughout the solar system before being placed in hibernation will return to...jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 22, 2013
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday published an Apple patent for a method of generating and manipulating a 3D object on a computing device, with the...Apple Insider From ACM News | August 21, 2013
It's not evident from the way his hair flops casually down and across, nor from his equally relaxed demeanor, but John Hanke is one of Google's most important idea...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | August 21, 2013
Next January, the Georgia Institute of Technology plans to offer a master’s degree in computer science through massive open online courses for a fraction of the...The New York Times From ACM Careers | August 20, 2013
Gene Golovchinsky, senior research scientist at FX Palo Alto Laboratory, passed away last week at the age of 48.
Lawrence Fisher From ACM News | August 19, 2013
Until recently, scanning the entire Internet, with its billions of unique addresses, was a slow and labor-intensive process.The Washington Post From ACM News | August 19, 2013
The larger of the two moons of Mars, Phobos, passes directly in front of the other, Deimos, in a new series of sky-watching images from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 19, 2013
A newly published paper argues that NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has already entered interstellar space.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | August 16, 2013
Boise State University researchers are developing a chip with a computing architecture resembling the human brain. Boise State University From ACM TechNews | August 16, 2013
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory have found that a class of materials being targeted for the next generation...National Renewable Energy Laboratory From ACM TechNews | August 15, 2013