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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APNIC: IPv6 Adoption Delay Could Create Costs
As the supply of available Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) Web addresses dwindles, the cost of Internet access could rise unless the industry steps up efforts...
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10 Fool-Proof Predictions For the Internet in 2020
Network World offers 10 “surefire bets” about what the Internet will look like in 10 years.
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Obama Cyber Czar Choice Worries About Smartphones, Social Networking
Howard Schmidt, U.S. President Obama's choice for cybersecurity czar, has previously worked in both the public and private security sectors and also has written...
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Are Nations Paying Criminals for Botnet Attacks?
Countries that want to disrupt other nations' government, banking, and media resources can simply hire cybercriminals to launch botnet attacks, according to new...
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What's Next for Wi-Fi?
The Wi-Fi experience will undergo a dramatic transformation triggered by the recent approval of the IEEE 802.11n wireless standard. The standard facilitates a...
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3D Web Will Save Hpc Industry, Intel Cto Says
Intel chief technology officer Justin Rattner believes that three-dimensional (3D) Web technologies will revive the high-performance computing (HPC) industry....
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Will Smart Grid Power IPv6?
The Obama administration's effort to transform the U.S.'s electric transmission system into a smart grid could help accelerate the adoption of the next-generation...
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What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Would You Build With $32m?
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to build a large cloud computing test bed in an effort to determine whether cloud computing can help meet scientists'...
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Harvard's Robotic Bees Generate High-Tech Buzz
Harvard University researchers have received a $10 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant to create a colony of flying robotic bees called RoboBees. The...
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Prototype Security Software Blocks Ddos Attacks
Auburn University researchers have developed a software filter that protects computers against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks without bogging down...
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How Emerging Wireless Techs Are Transforming Healthcare
Heath care technology researchers are taking advantage of faster wireless networks and developing new "telehealth" sensors and devices as part of a booming new...
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Domain-Name Abuse Proliferates; Rogue Registrars Turn a Blind Eye
Domain name abuse continues to be a serious problem, which is too often proliferated by some registrars who are willing to overlook phony registration information...
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Still Trying to Crack Nazi Enigma Messages
Enigma@home is attempting to break one of three original messages generated by the Enigma machine, which was intercepted by the Allies in 1942. The Enigma M4 machine...
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Lawmakers Strike New Tone With Proposed Cybersecurity Bill
The second draft of a U.S. Senate cybersecurity bill scales back language that would give the president the ability to shut down the Internet in an emergency....
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Women in It: Success and Struggle
Female participation in the information technology (IT) industry is growing and women now account for 15 percent to 25 percent of technical professionals, although...
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Berkeley Lab Gets $62m to Build Blazing Ethernet Network
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has been awarded $62 million through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to...
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Dns Remains Vulnerable One Year After Kaminsky Bug
In the year since security researcher Dan Kaminsky discovered a vulnerability in the domain name system (DNS), which could allow hackers to redirect traffic from...
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How Networking Is Transforming Healthcare
High-speed computer networks have the potential to transform the healthcare industry, according to Mike McGill, program director for Internet2's Health Sciences...
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IBM Security Software Masks Confidential Info
IBM researchers have developed Masking Gateway for Enterprises (MAGEN), software that uses optical character recognition and screen scraping technology to identify...
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