Many of the cool tools consumers crave, such as iPads, smart phones and laptops, were dreamed up in the United States. But when it came time to turn the inventors'...National Public Radio From ACM News | June 15, 2010
Moves to make the web's address system more secure will take a major step forward next month. In the planning for a decade, the Domain Name System Security Extentions...BBC News From ACM News | June 15, 2010
This island city-state, thanks to its small size and a big public investment, could soon be the first country blanketed with a fiber optic infrastructure so fast...The New York Times From ACM News | June 15, 2010
Sandia National Laboratories computational scientists will lead two of five technical areas in a U.S. Department of Energy effort to create a "virtual" nuclear...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM News | June 15, 2010
Japanese researchers have created a baby robot designed to simulate the behavior and development of a real infant in an effort to better understand how humans grow...Agence France Presse From ACM News | June 15, 2010
Children in kindergarten are being introduced to engineering as school districts across the U.S. embark on an aggressive pursuit of the discipline amid growing...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | June 14, 2010
On a Tuesday evening this spring, Sergey Brin, the co-founder of Google, became part man and part machine. About 40 people, all gathered here at a NASA campus for...The New York Times From ACM News | June 14, 2010
Ten years after President Bill Clinton announced that the first draft of the human genome was complete, medicine has yet to see any large part of the promised benefits...The New York Times From ACM News | June 14, 2010
NASA has begun to wind down construction of the rockets and spacecraft that were to have taken astronauts back to the Moon, effectively dismantling what was arguably...The Times Online From ACM News | June 14, 2010
Pentagon investigators are trying to determine the whereabouts of the Australian-born founder of the secretive website Wikileaks for fear that he may be about to...The Daily Beast From ACM News | June 11, 2010
Increasing the retention rate of women in science, technology, engineering, and math fields could help stem the U.S.'s declining share in world patenting and scientific...Forbes From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2010
University of Grenada researchers have developed techniques that enable the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing computer images. Universidad de Granada From ACM TechNews | June 11, 2010
Canada's Advanced Research and Innovation Network and the Canada-California Strategic Innovation Partnership have awarded grants for the design of an ultra-efficient...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM News | June 11, 2010
Counterfeiting is a huge problem. Luxury goods are a favorite target, but so are vital products including medications and aircraft parts. European researchers have... From ICT Results | June 11, 2010
While waiting for an elevator at the Fair Oaks Mall near her home in Virginia recently, Janice Im, who works in early-childhood development, witnessed a troubling...The New York Times From ACM News | June 10, 2010
The U.S. Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency is finalizing a draft report that discusses ways to expand the U.S. government's cybersecurity workforce...NextGov.com From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2010
"Microsoft has vast resources, literally billions of dollars in cash, or liquid assets reserves. Microsoft is an incredibly successful empire built on the premise...Ars Technica From ACM News | June 10, 2010
Security experts said this week that they were cheered by calls from General Keith Alexander, head of the new U.S. Cyber Command, for global rules of engagement...Technology Review From ACM News | June 10, 2010
NIST will accelerate the U.S. government's secure adoption of cloud computing by leading efforts to develop standards and guidelines in close consultation with...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | June 10, 2010