On Monday the Supreme Court will consider whether to fundamentally alter the way American patent law is litigated. Specifically, in the context of an otherwise...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2011
The most dubious phrase in English after "act natural" is "trust me." A party asking for trust without offering a reason why is probably untrustworthy. And yet...The Economist From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2011
Computers used to be blind, and now they can see. Thanks to increasingly sophisticated algorithms, computers today can recognize and identify the Eiffel Tower...CNN From ACM News | April 14, 2011
Cisco is shutting down a business unit that it bought for over half-a-billion dollars: the Flip camcorder division. That's a shame, considering how high the Flip...Wired From ACM News | April 13, 2011
It was the usual standing-room-only crowd as Google's Matt Cutts appeared at the South By Southwest technology conference to talk about the inner workings of...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Opinion | April 11, 2011
A recent ACM Ubiquity symposium considered the question: “What is computation?” In this closing article, Ubiquity's editor-in-chief Peter J. Denning shares what...Peter J. Denning From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2011
I've done my part to prop up the consumer-electronics industry in recent years: a flat-panel TV downstairs and one upstairs, his and hers smartphones, not-too...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2011
University industrial design programs are usually cloistered in schools of art or architecture, and students in such programs are rarely required to study science...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | April 6, 2011
For many Americans, March Madness has been a time to worry about office pools, busted brackets, and buzzer beaters. For American businesses, though, the N.C.A...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2011
The tech world has recently seen an explosion in patent litigation, often involving low-quality software patents, which threatens to stifle innovation.Google From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2011
In the 10 years since the last time Larry Page was Google's chief executive, the company has changed a bit. It has gone from an ambitious startup to a publicly...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | April 4, 2011
Growing up, physicist Michio Kaku had two heroes. The first, predictably enough for the man who co-founded a branch of string theory, was Albert Einstein. "Second...CNN From ACM Opinion | April 4, 2011
Strategic theorists frequently lament that military planners are very effective at preparing for the last war, not the next one. Planners today must cope with...Strategic Studies Quarterly From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2011
We generally assume that technological advances save time, boost efficiency, increase productivity, and so on. Once we get used to the latest conveniences, we...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 31, 2011
The Yahoo! Labs scientist and author explains why the "law of the few" is bunk, why history is full of failed hedgehogs, and why we can't make good predictions...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | March 30, 2011
Information flows everywhere, through wires and genes, through brain cells and quarks. But while it may appear ubiquitous to us now, until recently we had no...Wired From ACM Opinion | March 29, 2011
For a company with the audacity to make "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible" its mission statement, it takes a lot to take...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 24, 2011
I've been teaching college freshmen to write the five-paragraph essay and its bully of a cousin, the research paper, for years. But these forms invite font-size...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 21, 2011