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From ACM NewsSamuel Greengard| December 7, 2023
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
A new data model developed by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, at other universities, and in the private sector will help facilities and buildings...Berkeley Lab News Center From ACM News | May 1, 2009
Cybercriminals still have the upper hand on the Internet despite nearly two decades of technological advancement, and Carnegie Mellon University professor William...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | May 1, 2009
People around the world are circumventing their governments' censorship of Web content using tools developed and provided by a diverse coalition of political and...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 1, 2009
A report based on a three-year study by a panel assembled by the National Academy of Sciences says the United States does not have a clear military policy on how...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | May 1, 2009
Several higher-education information technology groups are working to influence the U.S. broadband strategy and help steer the distribution of $4.7 billion in Internet...The Chronicle of Higher Education From ACM TechNews | April 30, 2009
In an interview, Rep. James R. Langevin (D-R.I.), the co-founder and co-chair of the House Cybersecurity Caucus, said he promises to do everything he can to prevent...NextGov.com From ACM TechNews | April 30, 2009
The World Wide Web has reached a critical point, warns Nemertes Research in a new report, which claims that increased online traffic will likely result in slower...ITPro From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2009
Using a new technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, electric vehicle owners can plug in their cars and forget...Pacific Northwest National Laboratory From ACM News | April 30, 2009
Low-cost sensors, clever software, and computing firepower are key ingredients of an emerging computing trend called smart infrastructure — efficient and environmentally...The New York Times From ACM News | April 30, 2009
The United States is engaged in an international race to develop both cyberweapons and cyberdefenses. Thousands of daily attacks on federal and private computer...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | April 29, 2009
Google has released O3D, software designed to bring accelerated three-dimensional (3D) graphics to Web browsers. The program is a browser plug-in for Internet...CNet News From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially launched the World Digital Library, an Internet-based library that...The Washington Post From ACM TechNews | April 28, 2009
ACM announced Tuesday (April 28) that Jon Kleinberg, a professor at Cornell University, is the recipient of the 2008 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award in the Computing...PR Newswire From ACM News | April 28, 2009
Researchers at Karlstad University in Sweden are collaborating with researchers at Deutsche Telekom Laboratories to test technology that promises to maintain the...Swedish Research Council From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009
Scientists at the Know-Center, a technology research center in Austria, are developing software capable of quickly determining if a Web site is a credible source...Agence France Presse From ACM TechNews | April 27, 2009
For years, the U.S. intelligence community worried that China's government was attacking our cyber-infrastructure. Now one man has discovered it's worse: It's hundreds...Popular Science From ACM News | April 24, 2009
China insisted on Thursday (April 23) that it was opposed to Internet crimes, following a U.S. media report that said Chinese hackers may have been behind a cyber...AFP From ACM News | April 24, 2009
Some experts say that telepresence could have such a major impact on society that it changes everything, from how humans explore space to how they remotely communicate...Network World From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2009
The rapid evolution of computing, networking, and data capturing technologies, along with advances in data mining and analysis, are fundatmentally changing the...Linked Data on the Web (LDOW) From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2009
The University of Technology, Sydney, has developed the UTS Work-Ready Project, a new wiki intended to help better prepare university graduates for the workforce...Computerworld Australia From ACM TechNews | April 23, 2009