It was supposed to be a big moment for the two brothers—both University of Virginia engineering students—the culmination of months of designing and refining.Wired From ACM Careers | November 28, 2012
Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne researchers, working in the EcoCloud research center, have found that reorganizing the inner architecture of the processors...Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2012
University of Warwick researchers say they have developed a simple and inexpensive conductive plastic composite that can be used to produce electronic devices using...niversity of Warwick From ACM TechNews | November 28, 2012
On vacation in China earlier this month, I stopped by Shanghai's seven-story downtown "Book City," bustling with activity on a weekday afternoon that, as a publisher...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | November 28, 2012
Pat Hickey, who covered his first Montreal Canadiens game in 1968 for the now-defunct Montreal Star, and who has chronicled the team's exploits over the past 22...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | November 27, 2012
University of Pennsylvania researchers have shown that nanocrystals of the semiconductor cadmium selenide can be "printed" or "coated" on flexible plastic to create...niversity of Pennsylvania From ACM TechNews | November 27, 2012
The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk will study dangers posed by biotechnology, artificial life, nanotechnology, and climate change.BBC News From ACM News | November 27, 2012
The U.K. branch of an American company has developed a hi-tech software programme it believes can help detect and prevent potentially dangerous passengers and cargo...BBC News From ACM News | November 26, 2012
The success of Israel's Iron Dome in shooting down missiles fired from Gaza has a lot to do with a company you've probably never heard of: MPrest Systems.Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM News | November 26, 2012
Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's Windows division, abruptly left the company on November 12, shortly after introducing the latest version of the company's...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | November 26, 2012
North Carolina State University researchers have developed software that runs in conjunction with the Message Passing Interface, a library for splitting applications...IDG News Service From ACM TechNews | November 26, 2012
Longsoon Technology, which is partly funded by the Chinese Academy of Science, will share details about its Godson eight-core processor at the International Solid...ZDNet From ACM TechNews | November 26, 2012
In the early morning of 16 June, 2012, a top-secret spaceplane made a picture-perfect landing at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.BBC News From ACM News | November 26, 2012
Computer chips that mimic the human brain are outstripping conventional chips in crucial ways. They could also revolutionise our understanding of how the brain...New Scientist From ACM News | November 26, 2012
Anonymous, the loose coalition of hackers waging war on Israeli Web sites, is the least of Israel's cyber problems.The New York Times From ACM News | November 21, 2012
China recently has fully embraced high-performance computing and now has 72 systems on the most recent Top500 supercomputer list, making it the second largest HPC...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | November 21, 2012