In a record Patch Tuesday, Microsoft released updates today for Windows, Internet Explorer, and the .NET framework that feature fixes for 49 holes, including...CNET From ACM News | October 12, 2010
The Stuxnet worm has taken the computer security world by storm, inspiring talk of a government-sponsored cyberwar, and of a software program laden with obscure...CNet From ACM News | October 5, 2010
Google has developed a new format for Web images called WebP, which it says can reduce image file sizes by 40 percent compared to the widely used JPEG format. CNet From ACM TechNews | October 1, 2010
Google is famous for evangelizing the power of the algorithm. It spends less time talking about the several hundred human beings who influence its algorithm.CNET From ACM News | September 8, 2010
It's been two years since the first public version of Chrome appeared, but in some ways, Google's browser remains a novelty.CNET From ACM News | September 7, 2010
Google's Mike Cohen won't be satisfied until anyone who wants to talk to their computer can do so without laughing at the hideous translation or sighing in frustration...CNET From ACM News | August 31, 2010
If you want to see what outer space looks like, there may be no better way to do so than to have Carter Emmart take you on a ride there.CNET From ACM News | July 20, 2010
China's Green Dam software-filtering project has been staying afloat without government funds for the past year, but the project may now be in danger of collapse...CNet From ACM News | July 15, 2010
Firefox has become the default browser for nearly 400,000 IBM employees, a big coup for the open-source project during a time of increasing browser competition.CNET From ACM News | July 1, 2010
These days, in pretty much every sport, there is no hiding from statistics. Coaches, team owners, fantasy leaguers, and fans are tracking and analyzing a player's...CNET From ACM News | June 17, 2010
The first Windows Phone 7 devices won't hit the market until the holidays. But in various conference rooms here on this Thursday in late May, it's already crunch...CNET From ACM News | June 17, 2010
At Pixar Animation Studios, which will release "Toy Story 3," its 11th feature film, on Friday, each new movie is an opportunity both to notch huge box office numbers...CNET From ACM News | June 16, 2010
Somewhere in your closet there's a pair of gloves straight out of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo." Well, if you dust them off and fire up your Webcam, you'll have...CNET From ACM News | May 21, 2010
A federal court judge has likely dealt a death blow to LimeWire, one of the most popular and oldest file-sharing systems, according to legal experts.CNET From ACM News | May 14, 2010
In a rare open letter published Thursday, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs has detailed the technological reasons why his company refuses to let Adobe Systems':...CNET From ACM News | April 29, 2010
Google is breathing new life into its effort to bring hardware-accelerated three-dimensional graphics to the Internet. CNet From ACM TechNews | April 13, 2010
Two years ago, when the FBI was stymied by a band of armed robbers known as the "Scarecrow Bandits" that had robbed more than 20 Texas banks, it came up with aconvicted...CNET From ACM News | February 11, 2010
Peiter Zatko--a respected hacker known as "Mudge"--has been tapped to be a program manager at DARPA, where he will be in charge of funding research designed toDARPA...CNET From ACM News | February 10, 2010