A recent Wall Street Journal article, which provided confirmation of an Apple tablet device, had all the earmarks of a controlled leak. Here's how Apple does it...The Mac Observer From ACM Opinion | January 7, 2010
If there were a jack of all trades at Microsoft, Technical Fellow Butler Lampson, who is also an ACM Fellow and a former ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient, would...ZDNet From ACM Opinion | January 5, 2010
If there were a jack of all trades at Microsoft, Technical Fellow Butler Lampson, who is also an ACM Fellow and a former ACM A.M. Turing Award recipient, would...ZDNet From ACM Opinion | January 5, 2010
Prith Banerjee discusses collaborating with universities, his startup experiences, and Hewlett-Packard Lab's approach to research and development.
Leah Hoffmann From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2010
How platform adoption can be an important determinant of product and technological success.Michael Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2010
Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 8, 2009
Forty years ago—on December 5, 1969—the U.S. Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) connected four computer network nodes at the University...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | December 8, 2009
Trying to categorize computing as engineering, science, or math is fruitless; we have our own paradigm.Peter J. Denning, Peter A. Freeman From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2009
How government-industry collaboration can have far-reaching economic influences.Orna Berry, Yigal Grayeff From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2009
Highlighting efforts and providing the rationale to increase the participation and success of underrepresented groups in computing.Richard E. Ladner From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2009
Information technology (IT) will become increasingly organic and humans will get closer to technology, predicts Eurotech Spa President and CEO Roberto Siagri. By...Financial Times Digital Business From ACM TechNews | November 5, 2009
According to a Reuters report, Google CEO Eric Schmidt told the 900 technology executives at the Utah Technology Council that cloud computing is a phenomenon that's...Information Week From ACM Opinion | October 28, 2009
Ping Fu, CEO of the digital shape sampling and processing company Geomagic, discusses her background, achievements, and challenges managing a company during a period...Bob Cramblitt, Ping Fu From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
Members of the computer science community should become more involved in public service by becoming program managers at federal agencies, the opportunities and...Jonathan M. Smith From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
Developing an effective pricing index is essential to understanding the value of broadband connectivity.Shane Greenstein From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
How the U.S. Supreme Court's forthcoming decision in the Bilski v. Doll case is expected to affect existing and future software patents.Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
Why does your computer bother you so much about security, but still isn't secure? It's because users don't have a model for security, or a simple way to keep important...Butler Lampson From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2009
Ruben Barrales, president and chief executive of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, sees similarities between Silicon Valley and San Diego's batch of biotech...SignOnSanDiego.com From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2009
Roger Flessing was on an American Airlines flight to Seattle recently when he began speaking with his son on his iPhone. He wasn't making a conventional cellphone...USA Today From ACM Opinion | September 29, 2009
Jamie Zawinski is what I would call a duct-tape programmer.
I say that with a great deal of respect. He is the kind of programmer who is hard at work building...joelonsoftware.com From ACM Opinion | September 25, 2009