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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.
It has been almost six months since 16-year-old Abby Sunderland’s 40-foot vessel, Wild Eyes, was damaged in a storm, leaving her stranded in the middle of the...NASA From ACM News | October 28, 2010
Researchers throughout Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are coming together to develop a new interdisciplinary Data Science Research Center. The center will bring...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute From ACM News | October 28, 2010
The European Union is sponsoring a multimillion-dollar research project to boost the efficiency of everyday electronics and choke the constant flow of wasted...CNET From ACM News | October 27, 2010
It's not that the unpiloted aircraft that the Army flies aren’t already tricked out. Some of them carry the latest surveillance systems and powerful missiles....Wired From ACM News | October 27, 2010
Cloud computing offers many advantages, but also involves security risks. Fortunately, researchers are devising some ingenious solutions.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Today's data deluge is leading to new approaches to visualize, analyze, and catalog enormous datasets.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Months after releasing some 90,000 secret records of U.S. military incident and intelligence reports about the war in Afghanistan, Wikileaks has posted online...BBC News From ACM News | October 26, 2010
Vietnam plans to develop fifteen information technology parks to support the country's developing information and communication technology industry through 2020...VietNamNet Bridge From ACM News | October 26, 2010
A new Air Force manual for cyberwarfare describes a shadowy, fast-changing world where anonymous enemies can carry out devastating attacks in seconds and where...The Associated Press From ACM News | October 25, 2010
Computer science and engineering graduates generally have significantly higher starting salaries than liberal arts majors, according to a Wall Street Journal and...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | October 25, 2010
Washington, D.C.'s failure to prevent a team of University of Michigan computer scientists from taking control of its online voting website has called into the...Stateline.org From ACM TechNews | October 25, 2010
In the weeks before the New Hampshire primary last month, Linda Twombly of Nashua says she was peppered with online ads for Republican Senate hopeful Jim Bender...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | October 25, 2010
MIT’s Media Lab recently hosted a series of talks to celebrate its 25th anniversary. Anyone who has paid attention to technology news over that period has undoubtedly...Wired From ACM News | October 25, 2010
Angry ethnic Russians throughout the world launched a cyberattack on Estonia in April 2007, crippling its cyber infrastructure for four days. Researchers analyzing...niversity of Alabama From ACM News | October 25, 2010
Robots are already vacuuming our carpets, heading into combat and assisting docs on medical procedures. Get ready for a next generation of "near human" bots that'll...Wired From ACM News | October 22, 2010
The Obama administration will use the White House Science Fair and the USA Science and Engineering Festival to promote education in science, technology, engineering...Information Week From ACM TechNews | October 22, 2010
Just because you can do something doesn't mean, of course, that you should. With today's technology, for instance, it's possible to give people who read the National...National Public Radio From ACM News | October 22, 2010
Software architect ranked as the top job on Money magazine and Payscale.com's list of the 100 best jobs in America. Overall, IT jobs accounted for 26 of the 100...CIO From ACM TechNews | October 21, 2010
Google uses a complicated structure to send most of its overseas profits to tax havens, keeping its corporate rate at a super-low 2.4 percent.Businessweek From ACM News | October 21, 2010