There were no GPS tracking devices when the framers wrote the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches. But that does not mean this sometimes...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 8, 2011
Censorship is the biggest threat to the development of the Internet, according to Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales.BBC News From ACM News | November 7, 2011
Eugene Kaspersky is not given to easy hyperbole. But the Russian maths genius who founded an internet security empire with a global reach, clutched at his thick...Sky News From ACM Opinion | November 2, 2011
Eugene Kaspersky is not given to easy hyperbole. But the Russian maths genius who founded an internet security empire with a global reach, clutched at his thick...Sky News From ACM Opinion | November 2, 2011
Over the weekend I wrote, "What If Steve Jobs Is Right?" As the title implies, the post was a hypothetical look at the possibility that Steve Jobs' assertion...PCWorld From ACM Opinion | October 28, 2011
The USA Patriot Act, the law granting the government vast surveillance powers that was adopted in the wake of September 11, turns a decade old Wednesday. But...Wired From ACM Opinion | October 26, 2011
Has Android copied elements from Apple's iOS? It's not a matter that Google's senior managers for the Android operating system want to get involved in.The Guardian From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2011
Full disclosure: Steve Jobs was my white whale, the interview I wanted more than any other and the day he died I fashioned a black band across the Apple logo...ABC News From ACM News | October 24, 2011
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) was signed into law on October 21, 1986. Although it was forward-looking at the time, ECPA's privacy protections...Arstechnica From ACM Opinion | October 24, 2011
At a time of slow economic growth and declining competitiveness, wireless technology remains a shining example of innovation. In the last 10 years, wireless communications...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 24, 2011
How to address user information needs amidst a preponderance of data.Hector Garcia-Molina, Georgia Koutrika, Aditya Parameswaran From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2011
Using the past 10 years of Taulbee Survey data to evaluate female student enrollment across varied academic institutions and departments.
Douglas Baumann, Susanne Hambrusch, Jennifer Neville From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2011
Nine teacher-oriented faculty in computer science departments at research universities in the U.S. or Canada describe how their positions work, how they contribute...SIGCSE Teaching-Oriented Faculty Working Group From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2011
"U.S. broadband is terrible" has become a familiar meme. Given the growing importance of broadband Internet connections, a poor broadband infrastructure would...Scott Wallsten From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2011