U.S. President Obama recently made cybersecurity a national priority, but at the ACM's Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, Threat Level editor Kevin Poulsen...Wired News From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2009
As North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches affirm its technological and military prowess, alarming its neighbors and drawing international criticism, a...Asia-Pacific Features From ACM News | June 11, 2009
A Chinese lawyer has demanded a public hearing to reconsider a government demand that all new personal computers carry Internet filtering software, adding to uproar...The Washington Post From ACM News | June 11, 2009
Much of the daily material of our lives is now dematerialized and outsourced to a far-flung, unseen network. The stack of letters becomes the e-mail database on...The New York Times From ACM News | June 11, 2009
The ability to open doors is a significant step forward for robotics and an important milestone toward a personal robot industry. Such a milestone has been reached...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2009
The Intrepid supercomputer is the largest installation of IBM's Blue Gene architecture to date. Part of the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility, the $77 million...Northwestern University News Center From ACM TechNews | June 10, 2009
The University of Queensland (UQ) says it is implementing the biggest 802.11n wireless network in the world to serve as a platform for research, access, and collaboration...CIO Australia From ACM TechNews | June 9, 2009
University of Central Florida professor Mubarak Shah is using the techniques used to detect suspicious activity in airports, stadiums, and other public places to...University of Central Florida From ACM TechNews | June 8, 2009
Thomas Alva Edison, meet the Internet. More than a century after Edison invented a reliable light bulb, the nation's electricity distribution system, an aging spider...The Associated Press From ACM News | June 9, 2009
Look closely at recent supermarket coupons, and you may see some new markings on them near the traditional bar code: sets of neat black bars stacked in two rows...The New York Times From ACM News | June 9, 2009
China on Tuesday (June 9) defended a new requirement that personal computers sold in the country carry a software that filters online content, saying the program...The Associated Press From ACM News | June 9, 2009
Passenger screenings at the nation's airports can be conducted more efficiently without compromising aviation security, according to research at Virginia Commonwealth...Virginia Commonwealth University From ACM News | June 9, 2009
European researchers in robotics, psychology and cognitive sciences have developed a robot that can predict the intentions of its human partner. This ability to... From ICT Results | June 5, 2009
It is an interesting twist about Wikipedia that the most controversial, most heavily trafficked articles — on abortion, politics, virgin birth — are often the most...The New York Times From ACM News | June 8, 2009
China will require that Web filtering software be included with all computers sold in the country, another step up in its efforts to control pornography and other...IDG News Service From ACM News | June 8, 2009
ACM's Special Interest Group on Software Engineering (SIGSOFT) has honored the late A. Nico Habermann, the founding dean of Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU's)...Carnegie Mellon News From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009
Just 6.1 percent of men and 8.2 percent of women holding technical positions in Silicon Valley are minorities, with less than 2 percent of women of color holding...Information Week From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009
Arizona election officials demonstrated their Internet voting system at ACM's recent Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference in Washington, D.C. For the 2008...Wired News From ACM TechNews | June 5, 2009
Imagine if today at work you were watched for every single minute. Not just when you arrived and left, or when you went for your lunch. But every task, every conversation...BBC News From ACM News | June 4, 2009
Stanford University's scientific research income has surpassed its multibillion-dollar endowment and other investments, making scientific research the school's...SiliconValley.com From ACM TechNews | June 4, 2009