A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to a friend about streaming. I was marveling how easy it’s becoming to beam a live video feed, anywhere, not only to a friend...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2012
Stanford doesn't want me. I can say that because it's a documented fact: I was once denied admission in writing.Wired From ACM Careers | March 27, 2012
"I think that [civilization] coming back would actually be a very big surprise," he says. "The difference between us and us 10,000 years ago is … we know it can...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 22, 2012
Remember the movie The Minority Report? It is based upon a Philip K. Dick novel of the same name. Well, the movie is supposed to portray an implausible dystopian...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 20, 2012
On Monday, the Defense Department’s best-known geek announced that she was leaving the Pentagon for a job at Google. It was an unexpected move: Washington and Mountain...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 15, 2012
One day I'm sure everyone will routinely collect all sorts of data about themselves. But because I've been interested in data for a very long time, I started doing...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 9, 2012
In last month's State of the Union address, President Obama called on Congress to pass "legislation that will secure our country from the growing dangers of cyber...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 14, 2012
All indicators suggest Apple will unveil the iPad 3 during the first week of March. That’s less than a month away, and sources at The Next Web say Apple is in "crunch...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2012
Sam Ramji met AT&T chief technology officer John Donovan on a speed date—or at least the tech world equivalent of a speed date.Wired From ACM News | February 7, 2012
By most measures, the Android platform is an enormous success. It dominates the smartphone space in terms of market share, with over a quarter of a billion currently...Wired From ACM Opinion | January 23, 2012
So, you have a son or daughter who is showing some interest in computer programming, but you're not really sure where to start.Wired From ACM Careers | January 18, 2012
We've blacked out the headlines on our Website homepage today as part of a global internet protest against two radical anti-piracy bills pending in Congress—legislation...Wired From ACM Opinion | January 18, 2012
Luiz André Barroso doesn't see Google's data centers as data centers. He sees them as computers the size of warehouses.Wired From ACM News | January 13, 2012
Gadget fans may be focused on the CES trade show this week, but there’s something else notable going on today: It’s the iPhone’s fifth birthday.Wired From ACM Opinion | January 9, 2012
Windows-based tablets haven't been treated kindly by the test of time. Those released in the Windows XP era relied on wonky, stylus-based data entry, and even...Wired From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2011
Can there be any doubt that Steve Jobs was a modern-day Renaissance man—a latter day da Vinci, brimming with creativity, invention, aesthetic and business acumen...Wired From ACM Opinion | December 9, 2011