Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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Lawmakers Seek to Expand Repair Options
End-users want to be able to repair their expensive electronics; manufacturers disagree.
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The Key to Privacy
40 years ago, Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman introduced the public key cryptography used to secure today's online transactions.
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Forging Relationships
Michael Stonebraker didn't realize at the outset that it would take six years to create INGRES, one of the world's first relational databases.
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Visualizing Sound
New techniques capture speech by looking for the vibrations it causes.
From Communications of the ACM
Playing at Health
Developers try to tap the beneficial effects of video games.
From ACM News
Nsa's Surveillance Program Could Dig Deep
The U.S. National Security Agency has shrouded its collection of Americans’ personal information in secrecy, which makes it difficult to judge whether that data...
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Stopping the Leaks
Side channels give out information that can be used to crack secrets, but researchers are identifying the holes and trying to close them.
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Remaking American Medicine
Developing an IT ecosystem for health could improve — and transform — the practice of medicine.
From Communications of the ACM