Disputed Google research is receiving further scrutiny, despite the company's inaction in open-sourcing its data or source code…
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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Sam Lessin sold his Web start-up to Facebook for millions last year, and Facebook promptly shut it down. All Facebook wanted was Mr. Lessin.The New York Times From ACM News | May 19, 2011
Math majors, rejoice. Businesses are going to need tens of thousands of you in the coming years as companies grapple with a growing mountain of data.The New York Times From ACM News | May 16, 2011
Google, a pioneer of self-driving cars, is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the first state where they could be legally operated on public...The New York Times From ACM News | May 13, 2011
Last week, after the Sony PlayStation Network was attacked by a group of unknown hackers, Sony's 77 million customers, along with security specialists and government...The New York Times From ACM News | May 5, 2011
In early 2008, in the early days of the iPhone era, Google engineers began noticing something unusual in the search engine’s logs. Owners of these new phones...The New York Times From ACM News | April 29, 2011
Inside a darkened theater a viewer floats in a redwood forest displayed with Imax-like clarity on a cavernous overhead screen.The New York Times From ACM News | April 27, 2011
Information overload is a headache for individuals and a huge challenge for businesses. Companies are swimming, if not drowning, in wave after wave of data—from...The New York Times From ACM News | April 25, 2011
On Wednesday, security researchers demonstrated that the certain versions of the iPhone and iPad were logging and storing location data about their owners. Long...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2011
Deep into one of her favorite computer games, Lesly Lopez, 10, moves her mouse to click on a cartoon bee. She drags and drops it into an empty panel, creating...The New York Times From ACM News | April 21, 2011
The little E's, T's, and M's that appear on the covers of video games get there the old-fashioned way: People working for the Entertainment Software Rating Board...The New York Times From ACM News | April 19, 2011
The big spenders on technology are businesses and government agencies. They buy about 75% of the computing goods and services sold worldwide. Yet it is increasingly...The New York Times From ACM News | April 15, 2011
If Jim Blascovich and Jeremy Bailenson are right, here is what’s in store for you and your avatar very soon, probably within the next five years:The New York Times From ACM News | April 14, 2011
When Luis Zeledon was captured by detectives, it was probably safe to say that he had not intended to be found. He was hiding in someone else’s apartment in Queens...The New York Times From ACM News | April 12, 2011
With an "Intel Inside" sticker affixed to their PCs, computer buyers in the 1990s could hardly avoid knowing whose microchip was making their machines work. The...The New York Times From ACM News | April 11, 2011
The line between cyberspace and the physical world is blurring with a new search technology being demonstrated by Autonomy, a British software publisher.The New York Times From ACM News | April 8, 2011
Jack London was the subject in Daterrius Hamilton’s online English 3 course. In a high school classroom packed with computers, he read a brief biography of London...The New York Times From ACM News | April 6, 2011
Google is synonymous with "search engine," and now, for students, it wants to be synonymous with "science."The New York Times From ACM News | April 5, 2011
Is the tantalizing dream of a universal library dead? Some scholars and librarians across the country fear it may be, now that a federal judge in New York has...The New York Times From ACM News | April 4, 2011