A few years ago when Bank of America Corp. wanted to study whether face time mattered among its call-center teams, the big bank asked about 90 workers to wear badges...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | March 7, 2013
Microsoft Research this week showed off a demo application that allows for Kinect to recognize multi-touch gestures.PC Magazine From ACM News | March 7, 2013
A new toolkit can help guide the selection of the most energy-efficient server to meet specific needs. IDG News Service From ACM TechNews | March 7, 2013
As the U.S. government draws up plans to use surveillance drones in domestic airspace, opposition to what many consider an unwarranted and significant invasionprivacy...Scientific American From ACM News | March 7, 2013
Where static computer screens and smartphones suck in our gaze and extract us from the world around us, many of the most interesting new tech gadgets and ideas...AllThingsD From ACM News | March 6, 2013
The Bay Bridge will never win a beauty contest against the Golden Gate, but for the next two years, it gets to set aside its inferiority complex for several hours...San Francisco Chronicle From ACM News | March 6, 2013
If you could lick the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa, you would actually be sampling a bit of the ocean beneath.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | March 6, 2013
Cars will soon be so linked into wireless networks they will be like giant rolling smartphones—with calling systems, streaming video, cameras, and apps capable...The Washington Post From ACM News | March 6, 2013
Now that the promise of 3D printing has landed on the national agenda, researchers want to increase the stakes—with so-called 4D printing.The New York Times From ACM News | March 5, 2013
Consider the tongue. It's sensitive yet muscular, packed with taste buds and nerves, and without its acrobatic ability humans wouldn’t be able to eat or talk. It's...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | March 5, 2013
The cost of a botnet is contingent largely upon the physical location of the malware-infected computers inside of it. Threatpost From ACM News | March 4, 2013
Holding everything from highly personal medical and social media material to confidential financial and corporate documents, Internet-based cloud services are gathering...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | March 4, 2013
A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your air conditioner...Associated Press From ACM News | March 4, 2013