Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Google Executive Emerges as Key Figure in Revolt
More than a week after his mysterious disappearance in Egypt, Google executive and political activist Wael Ghonim will be released from government detention on...
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Proposal for Cyber War Rules of Engagement
The world needs cyber war "Rules of Engagement" to cope with potentially devastating cyber weapons, Russian and US experts will tell world leaders at a security...
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No Easy Fixes as Internet Runs Out of Addresses
Like a prairie with no more vacant land to homestead or a hip area code with no more cellphone numbers, the pool of available numeric internet addresses has been...
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Fifa to Test 10 Goal-Line Technology Systems
The FIFA rule-making panel will study the results from 10 different goal-line technology systems being tested to help referees make decisions.
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CS Pioneer Knuth Releases Long-Awaited Textbook
Computer science pioneer Donald Knuth has released the "The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 4A, The Combinatorial Algorithms, Part 1," the first part of volume...
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DHS to Invest $40 Million on Cybersecurity Research
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will invest $40 million on cybersecurity research areas in fiscal 2011 in support of the Comprehensive National Cyber Initiative...
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No More Ipv4 Addresses
Asian registry snares last two address blocks, sparks automatic depletion of the free pool.
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Cloud Computing at Nist: Two New Draft Documents and a Wiki
NIST has issued two new draft documents on cloud computing for public comment and set up a new NIST Cloud Computing Collaboration site to enable two-way communication...
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The Science of Bike-Sharing
Tel Aviv University researchers are developing a mathematical model to help new urban bike-sharing systems operate more efficiently. Bike-sharing systems have...
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National Competition Puts High Schoolers to the Cyber Warrior Test
Cyber Foundations is a cybersecurity competition for high school students launched by the U.S. Cyber Challenge and the SANS Institute. The contest will help identify...
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Researchers Provide Insight Into the Future of How We Understand Social Networking
University of Minnesota researchers have found that analyzing social networks can provide insight on aspects of social interactions, including the emergence or...
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White House Launches Startup America
The Obama administration recently launched the Startup America initiative, which will involve government agencies and private-sector programs to train, mentor,...
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Was Egypt Oversold as Top Offshoring Spot?
Before Egypt turned off the Internet, the country had received increasingly high marks from leading analysis firms as a promising offshore outsourcing destination...
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Report: Efforts to Secure Nation
The official government cybersecurity standards for the electric power grid fall far short of even the most basic security standards observed by noncritical industries...
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Google, Twitter Help Give Voice to Egyptians
Google has launched the latest salvo in an effort to overcome internet blackouts in Egypt during anti-government protests there.
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Wary of Egypt nrest, China Censors Web
In another era, China’s leaders might have been content to let discussion of the protests in Egypt float around among private citizens, then fizzle out.
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European Project Keeps Personal Details Private
The European Union recently launched the ABC4Trust project, which will use encryption technology developed by IBM Research, academic institutions, Microsoft, and...
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Intel Spreads Its niversity Research Bets
Computing in general is increasingly applying the old engineering dictum, divide and conquer. Look at the engines behind cloud computing—vast, distributed armies...
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ACM Fellows Honored
Forty-one men and women are inducted as 2010 ACM Fellows.
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