A telling moment in the presidential race came recently when Barack Obama said: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 23, 2012
For almost 30 years, Will Wright’s creations have attracted people who would never have played videogames. He's also managed the trick of developing games that...Wired From ACM Opinion | July 23, 2012
Last month I convened an emergency meeting of my cabinet and top homeland security, intelligence and defense officials. Across the country trains had derailed,...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 20, 2012
Intel principal engineer and futurist Brian David Johnson discusses his presentation at the recent Euroscience Open Forum on a future world of computers that develop...ScienceNOW From ACM TechNews | July 20, 2012
One evening in the spring of 1999, Marissa Mayer got a recruiting email from a tiny search company. "I was in a long-distance relationship at the time, so I was...Slate From ACM Opinion | July 19, 2012
In August 2006, less than two years after its launch, the social content aggregation site Digg was an Internet darling. That month, founder Kevin Rose grinned from...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | July 19, 2012
AT&T Labs researcher Alicia Abella describes the challenges surrounding the inclusive nature of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, and how....S. News & World Report From ACM TechNews | July 18, 2012
The western media sought to play down Iran's cyber and computer software capability by releasing hundreds of reports on the discovery of a new computer virus and...Fars News Agency From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2012
The tech sector is set to grow faster than all but five industries by 2020. Out of those fields, half of which are related to healthcare, tech pays the best with...Time From ACM Opinion | July 18, 2012
When Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg announced in April that his company would pay $1 billion in cash and stock to buy Instagram, the deal put an exclamation mark on...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | July 17, 2012
A.M. Turing Award winner Alan Kay says many programmers who code for money have a lack of awareness of the roots of their culture. He contends that "the Web . ....Dr. Dobb's Journal From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2012
Cellphones, email, and online social networking have come to rule daily life, but Congress has done nothing to update federal privacy laws to better protect digital...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2012
Recently, while sitting as a trial judge, I dismissed a case in which Apple and Motorola had sued each other for alleged infringement of patents for components...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2012
The Internet of things is supposed to connect every aspect of our lives from our homes and cars to the objects we wear and the goods we consume. It's even connecting...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2012
Late last summer, I was introduced to a new special someone. I wasn’t looking to meet this new muse; it all just kind of happened.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 16, 2012
Mountain Lion, the next big software cat for your Mac, has a gazillion new features. Too many to name, and frankly, to care about. But there's one you should pay...Gizmodo From ACM Opinion | July 13, 2012