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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Developing an IT ecosystem for health could improve — and transform — the practice of medicine.Neil Savage From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
The market model pioneered by Apple and others is transforming the software world — and has profound implications for software companies and their customers.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
Researchers at the Los Alamos Research Library and Old Dominion University have developed Memento, a technical specification that embeds the concept of time into...Government Computer News From ACM TechNews | August 10, 2011
As rioting continues to roil the streets of London, local police forces are turning to the Web to help unmask those involved in the torching and looting. On...The New York Times From ACM News | August 10, 2011
University of Washington (UW) professor Oren Etzioni recently called on the international academic community and engineers to be more ambitious in designing how...niversity of Washington News From ACM TechNews | August 5, 2011
Mike Nichols has a poster on his office wall. It shows the young Muhammad Ali glaring down at a fallen Sonny Liston, the bruising heavyweight who had seemed invincible...The New York Times From ACM News | August 3, 2011
The Holy Grail of language translation is to develop a machine-based system that can handle the task transparently and accurately.Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2011
Computers are unable to defeat the world's best Go players, but that may change with the application of a new strategy that promises to revolutionize artificial...Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2011
Old Dominion University researchers, led by professor Michael L. Nelson, are trying to determine how much of the public Web is archived and where it is being stored...Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | July 11, 2011
Google Inc. launched its most ambitious social-networking effort yet, broadening a battle with Facebook Inc. to grab the attention of Web users and future advertising...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 29, 2011
Creative Commons and the Association of Educational Publishers have launched a partnership aimed at improving Internet search results for teachers and students...eSchool News From ACM TechNews | June 29, 2011
Rice University researchers, led by Siqi Zhao, say that Twitter can offer an accurate commentary of a sporting event that is accurate to within a few seconds of...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | June 28, 2011
Google on Friday staked out its position in what could be a long antitrust battle over how the company conducts its core business.AllThingsD From ACM News | June 24, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission is poised to serve Google Inc. with civil subpoenas, according to people familiar with the matter, signaling the start of a wide-ranging...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 24, 2011
How three different individuals in three different countries — Brazil, Egypt, and Japan — use Facebook, Twitter, and other social-media tools.Dennis McCafferty From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2011
Does IBM's Watson represent a distinct breakthrough in machine learning and natural language processing or is the 2,880-core wunderkind merely a solid feat of engineering...Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2011
On Monday, the organization that regulates the world's Internet domain names—yes, there is central coordination—approved changes that could allow anyone to register...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 22, 2011
The peculiar list of search options that Google suggests as you type in a query could be hijacked to let people communicate secretly.New Scientist From ACM News | June 22, 2011