One day in March, I was sitting across from Facebook's design director, Kate Aronowitz, at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park when she told me, "It takes a lot of work...The Atlantic From ACM News | May 3, 2013
Forecasting future technology has never been easy. In the 1950s, scientists and technologists envisaged that by now the world would be free from disease, traversed...CNN From ACM Opinion | May 3, 2013
In the semiconductor world, integration is omnipresent, driven by Moore's Law. Integration reduces power and cost while increasing performance. The latest realization...ArsTechnica From ACM News | May 3, 2013
Brian M. Krzanich, who on Thursday was named Intel's next chief executive, knows he faces a hefty challenge when he takes over the world's biggest maker of semiconductors...The New York Times From ACM Careers | May 3, 2013
Google has stoked our collective imagination via relentless promotion of its Google Glass wearable computer in recent months.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | May 2, 2013
Two new developments in RFID research could pave the way for tags that are thinner, cheaper, and more versatile. Using new materials and cutting-edge laser fabrication...GigaOm From ACM News | May 2, 2013
In February 2012, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek decided to go public with a strange and, he worried, somewhat embarrassing idea.Simons Science News From ACM News | May 1, 2013
Ever since it was discovered in 2004, graphene has been hailed as a natural wonder of the materials world destined to transform our lives in the 21st century.CNN From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013
It's often said that we live in an age of increased specialization: physicians who treat just one ailment, scholars who study just one period, network administrators...MIT News Office From ACM News | May 1, 2013
Last week, engineers sniffing around the programming code for Google Glass found hidden examples of ways that people might interact with the wearable computers...The New York Times From ACM News | May 1, 2013
For people of a certain age in the technology industry, one of the ways of establishing a connection with someone is by asking some version of the following question...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | April 30, 2013
Sensors originally designed to alert pilots of single-engine planes to the location of nearby aircraft are instead finding a military role locating unseen battle...Scientific American From ACM News | April 30, 2013
Monsters University, the new animated film from Disney's Pixar division that debuts on June 21, will serve as light summer entertainment for most audiences. But...VentureBeat From ACM Careers | April 30, 2013
The Herschel observatory, a European space telescope for which NASA helped build instruments and process data, has stopped making observations after running out...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 30, 2013
Video surveillance is big business. Expect it to get bigger. After law enforcement used closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to help identify last week's Boston...Fortune CNN From ACM Careers | April 29, 2013
One day, we may be able to check email or call a friend without ever touching a screen or even speaking to a disembodied helper.Technology Review From ACM News | April 29, 2013
Even after the identification of the Boston bombing suspects through grainy security-camera images, officials say that blanketing a city in surveillance cameras...CNN From ACM News | April 26, 2013