Do away with Google? Break up Facebook? We can't imagine life without them—and that's the problem.The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | November 19, 2010
Everyone knows that speed cameras work. They create the discipline of a lissom lady in leather and make sure everyone understands just what the rules are. In fact...CNET From ACM News | November 8, 2010
So you might have heard a story yesterday about a little magazine called Cooks Source. Up until then, you might never have heard of Cooks Source. But maybe you've...National Public Radio From ACM Opinion | November 5, 2010
The danger of allowing an advertising company to control the index of human knowledge is too obvious to ignore.The Guardian From ACM Opinion | November 1, 2010
If we want more computer science students, and if we want computer scientists to be understood for what we are, we must clarify the message about computer science...Duncan Buell From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Lessons from the field derived from developing wireless sensor networks for monitoring active and hazardous volcanoes.Matt Welsh From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Evaluating governmental actions—and inactions—toward improving cyber security and addressing future challenges.Joel F. Brenner From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Assessing the controversial results of a recent empirical study of the role of intellectual property in software startups.Pamela Samuelson From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Enhancing student learning and understanding by combining theories of learning with the computer's unique attributes.
Stephen Cooper, Lance C. Pérez, Daphne Rainey From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2010
Research suggests that the approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 8, 2010
Adapting agile software development methodology toward more efficient management of academic research groups.Michael Hicks, Jeffrey S. Foster From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
The Victorian world was awash with data and with organizations that processed it; and they usually used nothing...Martin Campbell-Kelly From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2010
The Valley used to be a place run by scientists and engineers, people like Robert Noyce, the Ph.D. physicist who helped invent the integrated circuit and cofounded...Newsweek From ACM Opinion | September 24, 2010
A "hacker" is a technologist with a love for computing and a "hack" is a clever technical solution arrived through a non-obvious means. It doesn't mean to compromise...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 23, 2010
In February 2008, a pair of suicide bombers struck the Israeli town of Dimona. One of the attackers detonated his explosive vest, killing an Israeli, and injuring...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 13, 2010
Have the activists behind WikiLeaks—and in particular the Web site's founder, Julian Assange—become intoxicated by their own myth? Two recent events involving...Newsweek From ACM Opinion | August 30, 2010