Who invented email? That's a bit like asking, "Who invented the Internet?" Even those with intimate knowledge of its creation can’t agree on the moment it actually...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 6, 2012
It's early February in Cancun, Mexico. A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the previous night's...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 25, 2012
For almost 30 years, Will Wright’s creations have attracted people who would never have played videogames. He's also managed the trick of developing games that...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 23, 2012
The first rule of flying the world's most advanced fighter jet: Do not push the red button until you absolutely mean to.Wired From ACM Opinion | July 12, 2012
Google started work on the Google Compute Engine over a year and a half ago, and it was all Peter Magnusson could do to keep his mouth shut.Wired From ACM News | July 6, 2012
Even though I followed Google's I/O Conference from across the country, the event made it obvious that a company created with a strict focus on search has become...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 6, 2012
Mark Andrews has worked in animation and live-action as a storyboard artist, story supervisor, writer, and even as a voice actor, including The Incredibles, John...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 18, 2012
If you follow the news at all, you've probably seen Paul Krugman—Princeton professor, New York Times columnist, Nobel Prize-winning economist—championing the idea...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 13, 2012
Sir Tim Berners-Lee is the reason you're reading this story in a web browser, complete with hypertext like this and an internet address that looks like this: ...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 8, 2012
A couple of days ago, I received an e-mail from Iran. It was sent by an analyst from the Iranian Computer Emergency Response Team, and it was informing me about...Wired From ACM Opinion | June 1, 2012
There is one version of Craig Venter's life story where he would’ve been a dutiful scientist at the National Institutes of Health, a respected yet anonymous researcher...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 30, 2012
Today we drive cars, shell out enormous sums for higher education, and navigate the world with electronics that demand the unwavering attention of our ears, eyes...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 2, 2012
Four months after capturing a crashed U.S. stealth drone near the Iran-Afghanistan border, Tehran claims it has hacked into the ‘bot’s classified mission-control...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 24, 2012
I can imagine Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in Seattle Wednesday morning, reading the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit on a gigantic Kindle Fire XL prototype, and...Wired From ACM Opinion | April 13, 2012