Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, said he is troubled by the prospect of companies like AT&T avoiding government regulation after the transition from traditional...ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | January 9, 2013
Howie Choset, a professor of robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, has spent years creating mechanical snakes with names such as Uncle Sam, Betsy Ross, Pepperoni...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | January 8, 2013
The amount of time and money needed to sequence genomes continued to fall in 2012, perhaps to no one’s surprise.Technology Review From ACM News | January 8, 2013
If you play video games, then you've probably heard a lot about games like "Halo 4" and "Assassin's Creed III" and "Bordelands 2."NBC News From ACM Careers | January 8, 2013
In its 23rd annual words of the year vote, the American Dialect Society voted "hashtag" as the word of the year for 2012. Hashtag refers to the practice used on...American Dialect Society From ACM News | January 7, 2013
In an interview, Google Glass project leader Babak Parviz discusses where the wearable device is heading in the near future. IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | January 7, 2013
When Steve Jobs died, there was a lot of talk about who would be the next Steve Jobs. But the truth is, rarely can one person reshape the future. And breakthroughs...NPR From ACM Careers | January 4, 2013
I couldn't help thinking of John Le Carré's spy novels as I awaited my rendezvous with Jaron Lanier in a corner of the lobby of the stylish W Hotel just off Union...Smithsonian magazine From ACM Opinion | January 3, 2013
There's a natural inclination for people at the end of each year to look back, take stock and try to draw some grand meaning or life lessons out of the events of...Threatpost From ACM Opinion | January 3, 2013
A long time ago, my colleagues and I became part of a great adventure, teamed with a small band of scientists and technologists in the U.S. and elsewhere.Google From ACM Opinion | January 2, 2013
Whether they're in our computers, cell phones, or cars, the only time we think about batteries is when they're almost dead and we need to find some place to charge...Slate From ACM Opinion | January 2, 2013
The dance among blackhat, whitehat, and grayhat hackers grew ever more intricate in 2012, thanks to a steady stream of exploits, vulnerability discoveries, and...ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2012
When you think of social media these days, you probably think primarily of Facebook and Twitter, and perhaps Instagram. But while those services have massive—and...CNET From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2012
At the start of 2012, Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York tweeted: "My New Year's resolution is to learn to code with Codecademy."BBC News From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2012
In a world where computers are increasingly powerful and are concealed within ever more glossy slabs of aluminum, the Raspberry Pi offers surprising proof for the...CNN From ACM Opinion | December 26, 2012