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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
The Mykonos Vase, discovered in 1961 in the Cyclades, is one of the earliest accounts of the Trojan Horse, used as a subterfuge by the Greeks to enter the city...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 11, 2012
In a few short years, the technologies found in today's mobile devices—touch screens, gyroscopes, and voice-control software, to name a few—have radically transformed...Technology Review From ACM News | October 11, 2012
What are the next Big Things in science and technology? Teleportation? Unlimited clean Energy? The scientists and researchers at DARPA and the White House Office...Networkworld From ACM Careers | October 11, 2012
The European Space Agency's Huygens probe, ferried to Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, bounced, slid and wobbled its way to rest in the 10 seconds...Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | October 11, 2012
One of modern physics' most cherished ideas is quantum chromodynamics, the theory that describes the strong nuclear force, how it binds quarks and gluons into protons...Technology Review From ACM News | October 10, 2012
David Wineland is the American half of the scientific duo celebrating the award of the Nobel Prize in Physics yesterday.NPR From ACM News | October 10, 2012
Inside a blocky building in a Vancouver suburb, across the street from a dowdy McDonald's, is a place chilled colder than anywhere in the known universe.Technology Review From ACM News | October 10, 2012
Two physicists who developed techniques to peer in on the most intimate relations between light and matter won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday.The New York Times From ACM News | October 10, 2012
In an interview, U.S. NCSA director Merle Giles discusses the findings of a study to determine whether improvements in the science inside applications and other...HPC Wire From ACM TechNews | October 10, 2012
The Supreme Court closed a 6-year-old chapter Tuesday in the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s bid to hold the nation’s telecoms liable for allegedly providing the...Wired From ACM News | October 9, 2012
China's Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday it "strongly opposes" a report that alleged Chinese telecommunication companies Huawei Technologies Inc. and ZTE Corp...Xinhuanet From ACM News | October 9, 2012
In the latest development to highlight the sensitive terrain that the United States and China are navigating on economic issues, a House committee issued a blistering...The New York Times From ACM News | October 9, 2012
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual...Scientific American From ACM News | October 9, 2012
Imagine how different the first pictures sent from the Mars Rover would have been if there had been a software failure.BBC News From ACM News | October 5, 2012
In the remote Australian outback, scientists have launched the world's fastest radio telescope which will exponentially increase astronomers' ability to survey...Reuters From ACM News | October 5, 2012
A device that controls light could lead to faster Internet downloading speeds, more affordable Internet transmission costs, and lower power consumption. UMNews From ACM TechNews | October 5, 2012
Ask a group of data scientists the toughest part of their job, and many will probably tell you–it's not the math but the work required to turn raw data into something...GigaOm From ACM Careers | October 5, 2012
NASA's Curiosity rover is in a position on Mars where scientists and engineers can begin preparing the rover to take its first scoop of soil for analysis.Jet Propulsion Laboratory/NASA From ACM News | October 4, 2012