ICANN chief operating officer Doug Brent says that although he believes the generic top-level domain (gTLD) implementation process is on track, the complete adoption...V3.co.uk From ACM TechNews | August 25, 2009
The upstart "computational knowledge engine" claims its results are original works, raising important questions about software and intellectual property.InfoWorld From ACM Opinion | July 31, 2009
As the computer science field has evolved, so should the methods for disseminating computing research results.
Lance Fortnow From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2009
The innovative Alice 3 programming environment, currently in beta testing, teaches students to program with Alice and Java software.Wanda Dann, Stephen Cooper From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2009
A frequent question I hear about Communications, and about ACM publishing in general, involves its access model. I am asked: "Why don't you adopt the open-access...Moshe Y. Vardi From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2009
Wired magazine writer and author Steven Levy interviews Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie about the value of cloud computing and how it will...Microsoft PressPass From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2009
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee wants to put the Web under the microscope to investigate how it changes our behavior. He discusses the Web Science Research...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 5, 2009
When a free Web service called WolframAlpha launches in the coming days, the public will get to try a "computational knowledge engine" that has had technology insiders...The Associated Press From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2009
Jon Kleinberg tallied a long list of awards and achievements before being named recipient of the 2008 ACM – Infosys Foundation Award in the Computer Sciences at...CIPS Connections From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2009
The commercial opportunities of software as a service are widely hyped these days and many think SaaS is the future of software. That might be true in the medium...Martin Campbell-Kelly From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2009
College students must be shown that computer science is social, relevant, important, and caring. The way computer science is taught can hold students' interest...Michael Buckley From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2009
One of the first things you'll notice about the new Communications Web site (cacm.acm.org) is that it has different...David Roman From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2009
How Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) electronic-commerce platforms in China compete and how buyers are stimulated to be both aware and trustful of sellers through buyer...Carol Xiaojuan Ou, Robert M. Davison From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Though I appreciated Martin Campbell-Kelly's "Viewpoint" "Will the Future of Software Be Open Source?" (Oct. 2008), we must still rectify a small piece of history...CACM Staff From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
A rabbinical story tells about an angry reader who stormed into a newspaper office waving the day's paper, asking to see the editor of the obituary column.Moshe Y. Vardi From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
When it comes to virtualization platforms, experts say focus first on the services to be delivered.
Mache Creeger From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
Relational database pioneer Patricia G. Selinger explores the vast realm of database technology and trends in a wide-ranging discussion with Microsoft's James Hamilton...James Hamilton, Pat Selinger From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
When ACM launched its pioneering Digital Library a decade ago, it was one of the first professional societies to offer its members—and the broader computing community—a...John R. White From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008