Communications of the ACM
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Planning His Legacy, Cisco Chief Maps an Expansion
John T. Chambers has readied his last great act as the leader of Cisco Systems, fearing major changes in the technology business that could doom his company.
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ARM R&D Chief: Intel Can’t Beat s Without A New Business Model
Although Intel is still the undisputed king of silicon, it's a surprising fact that the ARM processor design is in more 32-bit chips than Intel’s x86 design, thanks...
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Intel Tech Chief Rattner Peers Into the Future
What does the future of computing look like? Justin Rattner has a better inkling than most.
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Lenovo's Quest to Be Cool
China's Lenovo is on a roll. It has just been named the world's number one PC seller, and it has rapidly won the number two spot in mobile phones in its home market...
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Nest Ceo Fadell: Internet of Things Is a Decade Away
It will take 10 years before the "Internet of things" catches on widely, said Nest Labs Chief Executive Tony Fadell, whose smart-thermostat startup embodies the...
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9 Wishes For Microsoft's Next Xbox, Whatever It's Called
Citing the usual sources-who-shall-remain-nameless, Bloomberg reports what everyone's been assuming all year—that Microsoft's going to launch its next game system...
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Jeff Hawkins Develops a Brainy Big Data Company
Jeff Hawkins has been a pioneer of mobile devices, a distinguished lecturer in neuroscience, and a published author of a revolutionary theory of how the brain works...
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How Martin Odersky Rewrote the Rules of Coding For a Mobile World
Next time you pull out your smartphone to use a popular application—whether it's to price check items in a store, to tweet or to check your cloud-based calendar—you...
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Why We Must Fight For the Internet's Freedom
The Internet empowers each one of us to speak, create, learn, and share.
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'your Criticisms Are Completely Wrong': Stallman on Software Patents, 20 Years In
The large, bearded man bounded to the front of the room last Friday, hand thrust into the air, fingers shaking.
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Can Schools Survive in the Age of the Web?
If you fancy a top-class education but can't afford the fee or the time, there is now an alternative.
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Alan Turing Remembered
A unique firsthand account of formative experiences with Alan Turing.
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Why We Need an ACM Special Interest Group For Broadening Participation
A proposal for an international group focused on broadening participation.
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Moods
Recognizing and working with moods — your own, your team's, and your customers' — is essential to professional success.
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Can More Code Mean Fewer Bugs?
The bytes you save today may bite you tomorrow.
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Saving Private Gromit
Reflections on the legalities and economics of preserving animations and games in Europe.
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IT Innovation For the Bottom of the Pyramid
New ways to develop technologies for the emerging growth markets.
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The Future of the Internet Is Intelligent Machines
As we know it today, the Internet has been largely about connecting people to information, people to people, and people to business.
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Fcc Chief's Painstaking Approach Earns Mixed Reviews in Turbulent Times For Telecom Industry
When he isn't chairing the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski enjoys a seat at a poker table.
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