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Contributors to "volunteer computing" projects such as Wikipedia and Galaxy Zoo are motivated by enjoyment, the desire to 'do good,' to gain knowledge, or by the...By Bob Violino From ACM News | June 1, 2010
Willow Garage has given 11 teams from around the world the right to use its PR2 open source robots and operating system to develop new uses for the technology and...CNet From ACM TechNews | June 1, 2010
When Disa Powell's husband and brother were badly burned in an electrical explosion while conducting maintenance at a Wal-Mart store and the family sued, the defense...The Washington Post From ACM News | June 1, 2010
Three researchers have been awarded a $1.2 million, four-year grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation to develop a more energy-efficient processor for mobile...The Florida State niversity From ACM News | June 1, 2010
Oak Ridge National Laboratory was awarded $122 million to establish and operate a new Nuclear Energy Modeling and Simulation Energy Innovation Hub, which will...U.S. Department of Energy From ACM News | June 1, 2010
A pilot study shows that teens were able to use Web 2.0 technological tools in new and innovative ways to connect with each other—ways that the tools' creators...Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences From ACM News | June 1, 2010
One Laptop per Child and Marvell will jointly develop a family of next-generation OLPC XO tablet computers based on the Marvell Moby reference design.Marvell From ACM News | June 1, 2010
Members of the military’s new Cyber Command insist that they’ve got no interest in taking over civilian Internet security--or even in becoming the Pentagon’s primary...Wired From ACM News | May 28, 2010
Congressional staffers in the Rayburn House Office Building on May 20 were wondering why a robot was roaming the halls. Those who followed the robot were led to...NASA From ACM News | May 28, 2010
Students at the new Hughes STEM High School, in collaboration with the University of Cincinnati, learn concepts of science, technology, engineering and math by...Government Technology From ACM News | May 28, 2010
U.S.-owned businesses and U.S. affiliates of foreign companies had worldwide R&D expenses of $330 billion in calendar year 2008 and worldwide sales of $11 trillion...R&D Magazine From ACM News | May 28, 2010
Despite U.S. government warnings on exploding energy consumption, data centers are not getting more power-efficient.Computerworld From ACM TechNews | May 27, 2010
Cell phone companies are finding that they're sitting on a gold mine--in the form of the call records of their subscribers.Technology Review From ACM News | May 27, 2010
Wall Street has called the end of an era and the beginning of the next one: The most important technology product no longer sits on your desk but rather fits in...The New York Times From ACM News | May 27, 2010
Researchers are developing new techniques to gauge employee productivity from information flow.Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2010
The next submission deadline for the Green500 List, which ranks the most energy-efficient supercomputers in the world, will be June 7.Virginia Tech From ACM News | May 27, 2010
University of Reading scientist Mark Gasson has deliberately infected himself with a computer virus in order to study the potential risks of implanting electronic...Financial Times From ACM TechNews | May 26, 2010
The European Union-funded CVIS project aims to deploy an advanced communications infrastructure that can facilitate new ways to drastically upgrade the safety,...ICT Results From ACM TechNews | May 24, 2010