During a special visit to Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper announced new federal funding of $20 CDN million...Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics From ACM News | July 8, 2010
NIST has published an updated set of guidelines for developing security assessment plans and associated security control assessment procedures that are consistent...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | July 8, 2010
Prosecutors in a New Jersey ticket scalping case are pushing the envelope on the federal computer hacking law, setting a precedent that could make it a felony to...Wired From ACM News | July 8, 2010
If Daniel Ellsberg wanted to leak secret documents today, he probably would send them to a powerful and controversial new venue for whistle-blowing: a Website called...CNN From ACM News | July 8, 2010
Hundreds of computers that helped cause a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no... The Associated Press From ACM News | July 8, 2010
As the U.S. unemployment rate hovers near 10 percent, some companies are starting to eye job-hungry areas of the country as prime candidates for the kind of outsourced...CNNMoney From ACM News | July 8, 2010
University of Leeds researchers have developed software that enables nuclear industry planners to find the best way of breaking up and packing contaminated equipment...University of Leeds From ACM TechNews | July 7, 2010
Researchers from the Italian research center CREATE-NET recently completed a study that examined the ways in which decentralized, bottom-up design approaches could...PhysOrg.com From ACM TechNews | July 7, 2010
Robots designed to provide companionship are making strides, and falling costs may help lead to their wider use. The New York Times From ACM TechNews | July 7, 2010
Researchers from Northeastern, MIT and Cornell are using a robot to determine how human strangers develop trust.Northeastern University From ACM News | July 7, 2010
The cellphone, the fastest growing technology platform in the developing world, is delivering educational content to children in out-of-school settings in rural...By Loring Wirbel From ACM News | July 6, 2010
The frontier in the battle to defeat student cheating may be here at the testing center of the University of Central Florida.The New York Times From ACM News | July 6, 2010
Intel has created Interaction and Experience Research, a new research lab led by Intel fellow Genevieve Bell that will enable scientists to explore how people will...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2010
Poland's cooperative BPS bank says it's the first in Europe to install a biometric ATM--allowing customers to withdraw cash simply with the touch of a fingertip...CNN From ACM News | July 6, 2010
All the remote controls lying around our houses or fixed to our walls can be combined via new standardised middleware. Combined control enables new levels of home... From ICT Results | July 5, 2010
From James Bond to Johnny English, the movies give us the impression that spies are top of the tree when it comes to money-no-object espionage technology. But that...New Scientist From ACM News | July 6, 2010
Rolling walkers—which help senior citizens maintain mobility and an active lifestyle—have just become safer and easier to use.Cornell University From ACM News | July 6, 2010
A year ago in April, the government says, the accused operative known as Richard Murphy and his supposed wife, "Cynthia Murphy," booted up a computer in their comfy...The Washington Post From ACM News | July 1, 2010