With his jeans, white trainers and stripy top, Bob is every inch the well-dressed 6-year-old. He's standing in the middle of a hotel car park and, scarily, I'm...New Scientist From ACM News | April 7, 2010
Employment in science and engineering occupations in the United States reached an estimated 5,781,000 by May 2008, up 13.7 percent from May 2004, compared to...National Science Foundation From ACM News | April 7, 2010
Network coding, a radical approach to improving router efficiency, has been researched and explored for years. So why isn't it ready for prime time?By Loring Wirbel From ACM News | April 6, 2010
China-based hackers who stole data on India's missile systems, private correspondence of the Dalai Lama and Canadian visa applications appear not to be linked...CBC News From ACM News | April 7, 2010
With the Glonass satellite-navigation constellation nearly complete, Russia's plan to wean itself off the US Global Positioning System (GPS) appears to be coming...BBC News From ACM News | April 6, 2010
When the stimulus bill passed last year--allocating $20 billion to help doctors and hospitals adopt electronic medical records (EMRs)--many scientists were excited...Technology Review From ACM News | April 6, 2010
Comcast on Tuesday won its federal lawsuit against the Federal Communications Commission in a ruling that undermines the agency's ability to regulate Internet service...The Washington Post From ACM News | April 6, 2010
University of Maryland researchers have developed a new way to generate high quality semiconductor materials essential for advanced microelectronics and nanotechnology...University of Maryland From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2010
U.S. government efforts to enforce H-1B visa rules could reduce the demand for the 65,000 available visas for fiscal year 2011, for which applicants could petition...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 6, 2010
A new head-mounted display system lets anesthesiologists keep an eye on critical monitoring data during surgery—without having to turn their attention away from...International Anesthesia Research Society From ACM News | April 6, 2010
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
Many biotechnology stocks fell on Tuesday as investors struggled to understand the impact of a ruling that threw out parts of two gene patents and called into question...The New York Times From ACM News | April 5, 2010
The Web's wealth of information would lose some of its luster if you read it only one line at a time. Yet this is exactly how blind and other vision-impaired...Scientific American From ACM News | April 5, 2010
It is one of the paradoxes of the Internet.
Along with the freest access to knowledge the world has ever seen comes a staggering amount of untruth, from imagined...The New York Times From ACM News | April 5, 2010
A recent U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology workshop discussed the requirements for creating an international digital data preservation standard...Government Computer News From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010
Boston University engineers are implementing a theoretical approach to optimize automated mission control, which describes mid-level control approaches that go...Asian News International From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010
Engineers have developed new transistors that can locate hardware bugs in a fraction of the time it takes to perform normal debugging. Technology Review From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010
University of the Basque Country researchers are studying how hyperspectral images can be applied to mobile robots with the goal of enhancing the robots' capacity...Basque Research From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010
A University of Southern California study found that although the number of Latinos earning bachelor's degrees has increased over the last decade, the growth has...Inside Higher Ed From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010
University of New South Wales and Bionic Vision Australia researchers recently unveiled an advanced prototype of an electronic eyeball that could be used by people...DailyTech From ACM TechNews | April 5, 2010