A multipronged approach to preparing computer science teachers is critical to success.Aman Yadav, John T. Korb From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2012
Since the days of Alan Turing, the promise of a digital computer has been that of a universal machine, one that can be a word processor one minute and a robot brain...Forbes From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2012
So if Apple is really launching a 7.85in "iPad mini", how does that square with what Steve Jobs said two years ago?The Guardian From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2012
As soon as Sherry Turkle arrived at the studio for her Fresh Air interview, she realized she'd forgotten her phone.NPR From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2012
Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it, and presto! Contagion averted.Wired From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2012
Although online learning has great potential to enhance the education process, Princeton University president emeritus William Bowen cites three obstructions to...Stanford Report From ACM TechNews | October 17, 2012
Although academic fields will often enjoy more than Andy Warhol's famous 15 minutes of fame, they too are subject to today's ever-hungry machinery of hype. Like...Slate From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2012
Since NASA's Curiosity rover made its extraordinary Aug. 6 touchdown on Mars, it has been roving the Martian landscape, returning startling images.MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2012
In the age of freely available modeling software, laser cutters and 3D printers, shapes that must stay secret for security's sake don't stay secret for long. Especially...Forbes From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2012
When discussing innovation, the Chinese like to tout the country’s "Four Great Inventions"—paper, gunpowder, the compass, and woodblock printing—and their enormous...Slate From ACM Opinion | October 10, 2012
You can tell a lot about a politician's priorities from who they deign to follow on Twitter. When David Cameron joined the service on Saturday, he started out following...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | October 9, 2012
In 2004, Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook from his Harvard University dorm room, hoping to see what his classmates were up to on campus. The following eight years...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | October 4, 2012
One of the things that makes attackers dance around their basement lairs is finding unencrypted Web sessions.Threatpost From ACM Opinion | October 4, 2012
Americans should have no reasonable expectation of privacy over the location data stored by their mobile phone.Slate From ACM Opinion | October 3, 2012
Iconic pictures from the latest mission to the Red Planet are coming courtesy of space-imaging expert Michael Malin.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 1, 2012
Many new technologies are based on what companies and designers seem to think their users might want to do, or what they envision them wanting to do, but not as...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | October 1, 2012
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt says Apple should have continued to use Google’s mapping application in iOS 6 instead of swapping it out for its poorly received home...AllThingsD From ACM News | September 27, 2012
Cosmology is the most ambitious of sciences. Its goal, plainly stated, is to describe the origin, evolution, and structure of the entire universe, a universe that...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 25, 2012