There was no lack of, well, buzz about Google's new Buzz social-media platform last week, but more important were a series of moves that suggest the search giant...Time From ACM Opinion | February 16, 2010
As they marvel at Apple’s new iPad tablet computer, the technorati seem to be focusing on where this leaves Amazon’s popular e-book business. But the much more...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 4, 2010
The more, the better. That’s the fashionable recipe for nurturing new ideas these days. It emphasizes a kind of Internet-era egalitarianism that celebrates the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | February 1, 2010
An early advocate of the Internet's culture of openness, computer scientist Jaron Lanier has written a new book in which he reconsiders that view and takes a more...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | January 14, 2010
A decade ago, America Online merged with Time Warner in a deal valued at a stunning $350 billion. It was then, and is now, the largest merger in American business...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 11, 2010
I can remember when I first thought seriously about Twitter. Last March, I was at the SXSW conference in Austin, Tex., where technology, media and music are mashed...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 7, 2010
As we become increasingly dependent on the Internet, we need to be increasingly concerned about how it is regulated. The Federal Communications Commission has proposed...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2009
The September cover article in Communications of the ACM touched off a distinct buzz last month when more than 10 times the usual number of readers downloaded the...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 7, 2009
The exponential growth of Wikipedia has flattened out since 2007, a development that may signal the limits of crowdsourcing. One explanation is that Wikipedia...Time From ACM TechNews | September 28, 2009
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security should be doing more to recruit top cyber security talent and develop a highly skilled workforce of cyber security workers...Federal Times From ACM CareerNews | September 14, 2009
PayScale, a site that collects data on salaries for different professions, recently released an updated data set from over 1.2 million users on the salaries of...The New York Times From ACM CareerNews | July 20, 2009
We are already in the Brave New World of cyberwarfare. Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 17, 2009
One thing we have learned is that when the U.S. fails to provide enough college graduates in high tech career fields, such as computer science and electronics,...The Marietta Times From ACM Opinion | July 10, 2009
For the last 15 years, Microsoft's master business plan seems to have been, "Wait until somebody else has a hit. Then copy it." The list of commercial hits/Microsoft...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 8, 2009
As you read this, I am somewhere in rural China, probably disoriented, perhaps eating a fish eye, and certainly not paying attention to the news. This column was...The Seattle Times From ACM Opinion | June 29, 2009
The one thing you can say for certain about Twitter is that it makes a terrible first impression. You hear about this new service that lets you send 140-character...Time From ACM Opinion | June 4, 2009
Scammers unleashed a new attack on Facebook last week, collecting users' log-in information and passwords and pilfering victims' "friends" lists to target the next...Time From ACM Opinion | May 7, 2009
The value of skilled immigrants with H-1B visas provokes a wide range of opinions and commentary, from IT workers, a former H-1B visa holder, a displaced worker...The New York Times From ACM News | April 16, 2009