It’s impossible to look anywhere these days without noticing how profoundly Apple has influenced design and computing interfaces.
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Faced with rising electricity costs, leading companies have begun revolutionizing the way data centers work, from the hardware to the buildings themselves.
With the right approach, data mining can discover unexpected side effects and drug interactions.
Computer Science and the Three Rs
A growing sense of crisis prevails as computer science searches for its place in the K--12 curriculum.
New Pcs That Ship With Preloaded Malware
Open the bubble wrap on a new PC and the one thing you don't expect to find is preloaded malware.
Nomenclaturing: Let’s Ture to the Max!
Christos Papadimitriou's recently published reminiscences include the fascinating story of how he learned about Turing Machines: As a bored undergraduate in a Greek university, he happened to see the definition buried within an article about pattern recognition, and he was immediately entranced.
Ethical Robots: Let Their Artificial Consciences Be Their Guides
When lethal autonomous robots take their place on the field of battle and function independent of human control, what will govern the decisions of these next-gen weapons to either shoot or hold their fire?
Super-Fast Broadband: Build It and They will Come–Maybe
When the Internet pipelines in cities like Chattanooga and Kansas City are accelerated to super-fast broadband, the leading-edge technology is expected to generate new business opportunities, but there are no guarantees.
After decades in Flatland, the end of Moore's Law is pushing semiconductors into the third dimension.
Thirty-two of the 39 living A.M. Turing Award laureates gathered in San Francisco to pay tribute to "the father of CS" and discuss the past, present, and future of computing.
Thanks to the University of New South Wales and IBM Research, scientists are moving closer to the junction of quantum and digital computing.
Security researchers used malware to investigate large-scale Internet censorship in Egypt and Libya.
"Another reason to ditch ACM," thundered an ACM member in a social-media posting during recent debate over the Research Works Act, introduced by Congress in 2011. While deep concerns with the bill were widespread, the nasty tone of the posting was surprising to me.
The Apple-Samsung trial revealed some secrets about Apple's inner workings such as — despite founder Steve Jobs' public statements — the Cupertino company conducts market research.
The Technology Race For Intelligent E-Textbooks
The next-generation college textbook will undoubtedly be an "intelligent e-textbook."
Success of Wpi’s Robotics Program Inspires Other niversities
The success of the nation’s first undergrad robotics engineering program has inspired two universities that are now experiencing the very same challenges.
Software Enables Pcs to Solve Problems That Once Required the Cloud
A new software program running on a single laptop or PC can, in some cases, solve bigger problems in less time than other available distributed frameworks.
DARPA Shredder Challenge Solved
The eight-person winning team used original computer algorithms to narrow the search space and then relied on human observation to move the pieces into their final positions.
ACM's Committee for Women in Computing (ACM-W) is widening its reach to involve women in industry as well as academia, including community college faculty and students.
With the help of supercomputers, scientists are now able to create models of large-scale astronomical events.
Online behavioral advertising and sophisticated data aggregation have changed the face of advertising and put privacy in the crosshairs.
Should Computer Scientists Change How They Publish?
One of the most popular panels at Snowbird was "Publication Models in Computing Research: Is a Change Needed? Are We Ready for a Change?"
Assistance Systems Help Out Distracted Drivers
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are changing the way we drive — and paving the way for cars that can drive themselves.
Five Reasons Why It’s A Great Time to Major in Computer Science
While computer science always seems to be an excellent career choice, this happens to be a particularly great time to pursue a CS major, say experts.
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