Canadian and United States computer security researchers have monitored the spying operation of a China-based computer espionage gang for the past eight months...The New York Times From ACM News | April 6, 2010
For a little $1 iPhone app, Line2 sure has the potential to shake up an entire industry.
It can save you money. It can make calls where AT&T’s signal is weak,...The New York Times From ACM News | March 26, 2010
Wang Jianwei, a graduate engineering student in Liaoning, China, who was described as a potential cyberwarrior before the United States Congress this month, says...The New York Times From ACM News | March 22, 2010
Intel is developing the Light Peak fiber-optic link, cable technology that will transmit 10 gigabits of data per second bidirectionally, and is expected to scale...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | March 18, 2010
As Jordan Viator roams the conference rooms, dimly lit bars and restaurants here at the South by Southwest Interactive conference, she often pulls out her cellphone...The New York Times From ACM News | March 15, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission is proposing an ambitious 10-year plan that will reimagine the nation's media and technology priorities by establishing high...The New York Times From ACM News | March 15, 2010
Advertisers have been able to direct online messages based on demographics, income and even location, but one element has been largely missing until recently:...The New York Times From ACM News | March 12, 2010
In a dimly lit chamber festooned with wires and hidden in one of California’s largest data centers, Tim Pozar is changing the shape of the Internet.
He is using...The New York Times From ACM News | March 3, 2010
Three Google executives were convicted of violating Italian privacy laws on Wednesday, the first case to hold the company’s executives criminally responsible for...The New York Times From ACM News | February 25, 2010
A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including...The New York Times From ACM News | February 19, 2010
Nathan Myhrvold wants to shake up the marketplace for ideas. His mission and the activities of the company he heads, Intellectual Ventures, a secretive $5 billion...The New York Times From ACM News | February 18, 2010
Alcatel-Lucent recently launched an initiative to connect network operators with software developers to develop mobile applications that work with multiple networks...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | February 17, 2010
It all started with a brawny, tattooed building contractor with a passion for exotic animals. He was taking biology classes at City College of San Francisco, a...The New York Times From ACM News | February 12, 2010
Google said Wednesday that it would offer ultrahigh-speed Internet access in some communities in a test that could showcase the kinds of things that would be possible...The New York Times From ACM News | February 11, 2010
The National Science Foundation and the Microsoft Corporation have agreed to offer American scientific researchers free access to the company’s new cloud computing...The New York Times From ACM News | February 5, 2010
In computing, the vision always precedes the reality by a decade or more. The pattern has held true from the personal computer to the Internet, as it takes time...The New York Times From ACM News | February 1, 2010
The young woman seated next to us at the sushi bar exuded a vaguely exotic air; her looks and style, we thought, made it likely that she was not American born.
...The New York Times From ACM News | January 28, 2010
Could Apple's new iPad end up being too much of a good thing? Steven P. Jobs, Apple's chief executive, played up the iPad's ability to stream live baseball games...The New York Times From ACM News | January 28, 2010
On a Monday morning earlier this month, top Pentagon leaders gathered to simulate how they would respond to a sophisticated cyberattack aimed at paralyzing the...The New York Times From ACM News | January 26, 2010
Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was “12345.”
Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: “123456.”
Despite all the reports...The New York Times From ACM News | January 21, 2010