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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
Everyone knows how easy it is to recognize a friend or family member from their walk—even from a distance.New Scientist From ACM News | September 20, 2012
It's not easy to give over 1.3 billion people access to the internet—especially if that population is spread across a vast area that ranges from hinterland to sprawling...New Scientist From ACM News | September 18, 2012
Small, cheap smart-tag devices that are printed as digital circuits in rolls like newspapers could help kickstart the wireless payment industry. The devices, known...New Scientist From ACM News | August 14, 2012
Hungarian Academy of Sciences researchers have developed a data-mining tool that automatically helps predict emerging technologies.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | July 6, 2012
In The Matrix, the famous "bullet time" effect showed how Keanu Reeves's character Neo was able to sway out of the path of incoming bullets, as time appeared to...New Scientist From ACM News | May 1, 2012
Driverless cars are moving closer to becoming a reality, as politicians in several U.S. states rush to get such cars on the roads.New Scientist From ACM TechNews | April 9, 2012
When you read this sentence to yourself, it's likely that you hear the words in your head. Now, in what amounts to technological telepathy, others are on the verge...New Scientist From ACM News | February 1, 2012
People trying to cheat in casinos may soon be taking more of a gamble than they realise. Grosvenor Casinos, a major UK chain, is assessing software that can spot...New Scientist From ACM News | November 4, 2011
As protests against financial power sweep the world, science may have confirmed the protesters' worst fears. An analysis of the relationships between 43,000 transnational...New Scientist From ACM News | October 25, 2011
Every microsecond counts in stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange handles a third of the world's stock trading—around 22 billion messages a day. But NYSE Euronext...New Scientist From ACM News | October 17, 2011
The patrol car comes to a stop in a sleepy neighbourhood of small, earth-coloured homes. A woman saunters past pushing a stroller. It is daytime in the artsy beach...New Scientist From ACM News | October 14, 2011
The response was as aggressive and swift as the riots themselves. Within a few hours of the worst of the looting across London and other English cities, attempts...New Scientist From ACM News | August 22, 2011
People who use Bitcoin to ensure their purchases remain anonymous may want to reconsider their reliance on the online peer-to-peer currency, say researchers who...New Scientist From ACM News | July 26, 2011
It was early May when LulzSec's profile skyrocketed after a hack on the giant Sony corporation. LulzSec's name comes from Lulz, a corruption of LOL, often denoting...New Scientist From ACM News | July 5, 2011
The peculiar list of search options that Google suggests as you type in a query could be hijacked to let people communicate secretly.New Scientist From ACM News | June 22, 2011
In a quiet, windowless auditorium in Bristol, in the west of England, Lucy Robson and her team hunch over their laptops as the seconds on a giant clock above...New Scientist From ACM News | June 8, 2011
Online adverts could soon start stalking you. A new way of working out where you are by looking at your internet connection could pin down your current location...New Scientist From ACM News | April 11, 2011
The spy approaches the target building under cover of darkness, taking a zigzag path to avoid well-lit areas and sentries. He selects a handy vantage point next...New Scientist From ACM News | March 24, 2011
In A bar in Maastricht University in the Netherlands, 12 students are each given an envelope marked "Top Secret." Inside are plans for a terror attack somewhere...New Scientist From ACM News | March 15, 2011