We know more about the cosmos than we do about the human brain, but work by European researchers is allowing scientists to probe further into the mysteries of... From ICT Results | May 7, 2010
Children and adults with acute and chronic pain receive some analgesic benefit when they become immersed in video game action, and virtual reality is proving to...American Pain Society From ACM News | May 7, 2010
The FCC proposed an approach to regulating broadband Internet service on Thursday (May 6) that would reclassify the transmission component as a basic utility...The New York Times From ACM News | May 6, 2010
Arab nations are leading a "historic" charge to make the world wide web live up to its name. Net regulator Icann has switched on a system that allows full web addresses...BBC News From ACM News | May 6, 2010
Next flu season, mining Internet sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google news may provide a faster way to track the spread of H1N1 than reports from official...Technology Review From ACM News | May 6, 2010
The nonprofit Internet Archive announced a new effort to more than double the number of books in its digital database that can be used by the visually impaired. ...The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | May 6, 2010
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center is enlisting engineers and scientists to uncover the signatures of global...EE Times From ACM TechNews | May 6, 2010
In a competition to make health data for doctors who are on call more effective, a team of Georgia Tech College of Computing graduate students finished first, second...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM News | May 6, 2010
The chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski, will try to regulate broadband Internet service despite a recent court ruling...The New York Times From ACM News | May 6, 2010
The recent failed bombing attempt in New York City shows the limitations of data-mining technology. Using data mining to search for potential terrorists is similar...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2010
Canadian scientists are developing Canadian Bioinformatics Resources as Semantic Services, a suite of information technology tools designed to aid researchers in...New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2010
University of Southampton computer scientists have developed a system of computerized agents that can manage energy use and storage in the home. niversity of Southampton From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2010
Convincing Internet service providers to pinpoint infected computers on their networks could eliminate the lion's share of zombie computers responsible for churning...Technology Review From ACM News | May 5, 2010
Wellesley College computer science professor P. Takis Metaxas says "Twitter bombs"—sending many Tweets from a large number of Twitter accounts within a short...Wellesley College From ACM TechNews | May 5, 2010
Funded by the Army Research Lab, the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is dedicated to the emerging discipline...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | May 5, 2010
A technology with data from social media is now being used to log the effects of the oil spill on the Gulf of Mexico's north coast. Witnesses' texts, tweets and...The New York Times From ACM News | May 5, 2010
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski wants to keep broadband services deregulated, despite a federal court decision indicating...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | May 4, 2010
IPhone, iPad and Motorola Droid users can now, with the touch of a button, instantly access the Johns Hopkins Technology Transfer office with a new, free app...Johns Hopkins Medicine From ACM News | May 4, 2010
The European Union-funded ARRIVAL project, a collaboration of researchers from seven European countries, has developed algorithms that can optimize planning and...ICT Results From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2010
An upcoming President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report will address the issue of improving pre-college math and science education...Science Insider From ACM TechNews | May 3, 2010