Back in 2006, before the Obama administration made leak prosecutions routine, a panel of three federal appeals court judges in New York struggled to decide whether...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 16, 2012
"When I see an old movie, like from the '40s or '50s or '60s, the people look so calm. They don't have smart phones, they're not looking at computer screens, they're...BoingBoing From ACM Opinion | February 15, 2012
It was the holy grail of investors. The Black-Scholes equation, brainchild of economists Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, provided a rational way to price a financial...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | February 14, 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
In a recent briefing to Congress about worldwide threats, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III said that the danger of cyberattacks will equal or surpass the danger...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2012
David Weinberger has a new book out entitled Too Big to Know in which he argues that one of the implications of a comprehensively networked society is that the...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2012
"Why do we have to aim for the world's No. 1 — what's wrong with being the world's No. 2?" That short question about Japan's vaunted K supercomputer program has...The Japan Times From ACM Opinion | February 13, 2012
If you use Google, and I know you do, you may have noticed a little banner popping up at the top of the page announcing: "We're changing our privacy policy and...CNN From ACM Opinion | February 10, 2012
It's alive! Neurophysiology. Huddled around a warm fireplace one cold summer's night in 1816, a small group of friends decided to hold a competition to see who...Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists From ACM Opinion | February 9, 2012
Internet technology veteran David Farber projects that within a decade, computers will be outfitted with optical connections rather than pins for networking, and...O'Reilly Radar From ACM TechNews | February 7, 2012
Every day, those of us who live in the digital world give little bits of ourselves away. On Facebook and LinkedIn. To servers that store our email, Google searches...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 1, 2012
We welcomed the collapse this month of two flawed bills to prevent online piracy, bills that could have stifled speech and undermined Internet safety. But piracy...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 30, 2012
Locked in our federal vaults is a tremendous storehouse of information that if digitized would form a core for our digital public libraries in America with huge...Center for American Progress From ACM Opinion | January 26, 2012
The number of U.S. undergraduate degrees being awarded in most STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering and math) has risen steadily in recent years...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | January 25, 2012
Hoxton, we have a problem. Much has been written about how we need to improve the way we educate our children about technology. This is all great, but it's not...The Kernel From ACM Opinion | January 24, 2012