Security researchers used malware to investigate large-scale Internet censorship in Egypt and Libya.
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"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.
Virginia Tech Associate Professor at Wu-chun Feng, commonly known as "Wu," talks about productivity and his latest work on supercomputers.
It’s difficult to find two people who have had a greater influence on people’s lives than Steve Jobs and Bill Gates.
Propelled by a proliferation of mobile devices and social networks, an enhanced family of Web specifications is bringing new power to developers and new capabilities to users.
The biggest change to U.S. patent law in nearly 60 years brings many changes, but fails to solve the software industry's most vexing problems.
Researchers discover computer pioneer Konrad Zuse's long-forgotten Z9, the world's first program-controlled binary relay calculator using floating-point arithmetic.
Researchers now have the capability to look at the small-world problem from both the traditional algorithmic approach and the new topological approach.
Turing Awardees Pay Tribute to
The Turing Centenary Celebration featured the first gathering, in one place, of 33 of the 39 living ACM A.M. Turing Award laureates.
Flame Malware Required World-Class Crypto Abilities
Flame appears to be the first public example of malware “in the wild” using a cryptanalytic attack on digital signatures using the MD-5 hash function.
Georgia Tech Launches Malware Intelligence Project
Got malware? If so, the Georgia Tech Research Insititute is interested in hearing from you.
Social Network Data Reveals Non-Members’ Secrets
People who avoid social networking sites to maintain their privacy may not be as secure as they think, German computer scientists say.
Sanjeev Arora, winner of the 2011 ACM-Infosys Award, discusses his pivotal role in theoretical computer science.
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