President Barack Obama proposed on Wednesday increased spending to protect U.S. computer networks from Internet-based attacks in a sign that the government aims...Reuters From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Let me begin this column with a lengthy disclosure. One morning last week, I stopped at my bank, filled out a withdrawal slip for $1,027.51, and walked away with...Slate From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2013
Imagine cruising down a three-lane highway and rounding a bend to find four trucks rolling along in single-file. They are all traveling close together—perhaps too...BBC News From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Early attempts at driverless cars have had little difficulty gathering the loads of data required to operate autonomously.Scientific American From ACM News | April 11, 2013
"The mission to find, capture and redirect an asteroid robotically, and then visit it with astronauts to study it and return samples takes advantage of expertise...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 11, 2013
Visualize the TV service you've always wanted: a gorgeous interface that does away with clunky (and often ad-strewn) programming grids; a simple remote that isn't...Advertising Age From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2013
The 27 largest U.S. companies reporting cyber attacks say they sustained no major financial losses, exposing a disconnect with federal officials who say billions...Bloomberg From ACM News | April 9, 2013
The biggest thing in operating rooms these days is a million-dollar, multi-armed robot named da Vinci, used in nearly 400,000 surgeries nationwide last year—triple...The Associated Press From ACM Careers | April 9, 2013
Mars has lost much of its original atmosphere, but what's left remains quite active, recent findings from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity indicate. Rover team members...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | April 9, 2013
Instead of typing your password, in the future you may only have to think your password, according to School of Information researchers. A new study explores the...UC Berkeley From ACM News | April 8, 2013
Steve Jobs was a stickler for detail, requiring final approval on everything from ads to wording on his Keynote presentations. It's no surprise then that the company...CNN From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2013
Two fledgling technologies could dramatically reshape the $60 billion-a-year television broadcast industry as they challenge the business model that has helped...Reuters From ACM Careers | April 8, 2013
You are the founder and C.E.O. of Zynga, a company responsible for addictive games like FarmVille and the forthcoming Draw Something 2. You know, every time I see...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2013
John Wilkes spent a year negotiating his move to Google, and when he finally agreed to join the company, he still didn’t know what he’d be working on.Wired From ACM News | April 5, 2013
In today's science-so-weird-it-absolutely-must-be-science-fiction contest, we have a clear winner: a new study in which a team of scientists use an MRI machine,...Smithsonian magazine From ACM News | April 5, 2013