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From ACM NewsAllyn Jackson Commissioned by CACM Staff| January 31, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The hegemony of the traditional desktop operating system is starting to fracture with the emergence of a new generation of Web browsers that may finally herald...Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2009
Researchers are using tools from information theory and computer science to facilitate the automatic creation of nanoscale structures.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2009
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google began lifting the veil on its planned Chrome operating system on Thursday, but it said that computers powered by the software would...The New York Times From ACM News | November 20, 2009
Researchers at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center and IBM Research-Zurich have developed a cloud computing security system that makes elements of the cloud act...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
The University of Southampton's new supercomputer was ranked 74th on the Top500 supercomputer list and is the fastest university-owned supercomputer in England....niversity of Southampton From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
Researchers at Taiwan's National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) say that radio tags, combined with mobile communication devices, could provide seamless smart home...EurekAlert From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
Researchers at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have developed a new visualization tool that will enable users to see what a cloaked object looks like...ScienceDaily From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
Countries that want to disrupt other nations' government, banking, and media resources can simply hire cybercriminals to launch botnet attacks, according to new...Network World From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
Tai Xue-Cheng, a specialist in numerical analysis and computational mathematics at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), has been named the winner of the 8th...Nanyang Technological niversity From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) has been researching promising petascaling techniques, as well as related work on optimization techniques...Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is asking for public comment on four white papers that outline potential areas for research funding grants...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | November 20, 2009
A study released Friday (Nov. 20) by RONIN has found that companies across the globe taking a strategic approach to emerging from the recession are investing more...eReleases From ACM News | November 20, 2009
A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new... From ICT Results | November 20, 2009
When the world thinks of the Indian technology sector, it imagines a nation of call center workers and low level computer programmers administering databases and...The Economic Times From ACM News | November 20, 2009
The U.S. Army Research Laboratory has awarded a 10-year, $35.5 million grant to establish a new research center to develop secure, mobile wireless networks for...niversity of California, Davis From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2009
Professor Yorick Wilks, a pioneering AI scientist who is helping develop virtual agents to keep older people company, and Dr Byron Cook, an academic who has broken...BCS From ACM News | November 19, 2009
A revised draft publication on computer security guidance issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is focused on transforming the episodic...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | November 19, 2009
Microsoft Research Cambridge scientists are developing an experimental tactile interface that enables users to interact with devices by squishing, stretching, rolling...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2009
The Wi-Fi experience will undergo a dramatic transformation triggered by the recent approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard. The standard facilitates a...Network World From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2009
Denial-of-services (DoS) attacks are a common tactic used by "black hats" intent on bringing down a high-profile Web site. Now Patrick Traynor of the Georgia Institute...New Scientist From ACM News | November 19, 2009