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Rapid increases in chip speed and power have fueled innovation in many industries, but the future trajectory of that progress…
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The tech sector is set to grow faster than all but five industries by 2020. Out of those fields, half of which are related to healthcare, tech pays the best with...Time From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2012
When Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg announced in April that his company would pay $1 billion in cash and stock to buy Instagram, the deal put an exclamation mark on...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 17, 2012
Recently, while sitting as a trial judge, I dismissed a case in which Apple and Motorola had sued each other for alleged infringement of patents for components...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2012
Mountain Lion, the next big software cat for your Mac, has a gazillion new features. Too many to name, and frankly, to care about. But there's one you should pay...Gizmodo From ACM Opinion | July 13, 2012
What's the real lesson to be learned from Amazon's cloud computing failure two weeks ago, the one that knocked Netflix and other Websites offline?The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 13, 2012
Hadoop is everywhere. For better or worse, it has become synonymous with big data. In just a few years it has gone from a fringe technology to the de facto standard...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | July 12, 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
We think of our mobile phones as connecting to mobile networks, but that’s really not the case. When it comes to mobile data, our smartphones are far more reliant...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | July 11, 2012
In 1995, Steve Jobs gave a rare interview to Robert Cringely for a PBS special called Triumph of the Nerds to talk about the genesis of the personal computer.ArsTechnica From ACM Opinion | July 9, 2012
In the late 1980s, decades before the term "social media" existed, in a now legendary and miraculously still living virtual community called "The WELL," a fellow...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | July 9, 2012
In Automate This, a book due out next month, author and entrepreneur Christopher Steiner tells the story of stockbroker Thomas Peterffy, the creator of the first...Technology Review From ACM Careers | July 9, 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
Does the U.S. government read your email? It's a simple question, but apparently there's no simple answer. And the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service...MSNBC 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
Apple just got awarded a new patent that may become the wearable version of the iPad one day: eyeglasses that would display apps, video, images, and overlay information...Gizmodo From ACM Opinion | July 5, 2012
In the past few weeks, the tech industry's biggest players have shown off their newest software and hardware, all aiming to make big moves before the end of the...MSNBC From ACM Opinion | July 2, 2012
I can't figure out how to watch my brother's TV. He's explained it to me a hundred times, but that's the curse of the baby-sitting uncle: It's harder to work a...Slate From ACM Opinion | June 28, 2012
Five years after the first iPhone went on sale, the sales of smartphones—loosely defined as phones that can run third-party "apps," and access the Internet directly—now...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | June 28, 2012