After years of negotiations, a plan is afoot to wire New York City's subway platforms for both cellular and WiFi service, a move that may see service extend into...Ars Technica From ACM News | August 4, 2010
Synonymous with beauty, silk is a masterpiece of nature with amazing mechanical properties that support its use in a growing number of high-tech applications ranging...Tufts niversity From ACM News | July 30, 2010
A collaboration between ORNL and software toolmaker Allinea Software has produced a formidable weapon in the fight against software application bugs. From ACM News | July 30, 2010
Computer scientists from the University of California, San Diego broke "the terabyte barrier"—and a world record—when they sorted more than one terabyte of data ...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM News | July 29, 2010
New technology from Intel could lead to the development of computers that use light beams to move data. Intel says it has built a prototype communications device...The Wall Street Journal From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2010
University of Parma researchers recently embarked on an 8,000-mile, three-month road trip from Italy to China to test the limits of driverless vehicles. The Associated Press From ACM TechNews | July 28, 2010
Thanks to the work of Ryerson University researcher Xavier Fernando, countless miners' lives could be saved in the future with state-of-the-art technology that...Ryerson niversity From ACM News | July 28, 2010
Researchers at Taiwan's National Chiao Tung University have made a discovery that opens the door to building cheaper electronic components like diodes on a variety...American Institute of Physics From ACM News | July 28, 2010
Canadian and Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed a process that could lead to the development of brighter, clearer, and more energy-efficient...Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM TechNews | July 27, 2010
Purdue University researchers have developed an advanced cooling technology that can handle about 10 times the heat generated by conventional computer chips. Purdue niversity News From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2010
XML co-inventor Tim Bray says that functional programming, rather than threads, is the best option for programmers developing code for multicore processors. InfoWorld From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2010
Sanjeev Arora, Joseph S.B. Mitchell, and other researchers are recognized for their contributions to computer science.Jack Rosenberger From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2010
The PLATO@50 Conference marked the semicentennial of the computer system that was the forerunner of today's social media and interactive education.Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2010
Data captured by sensors worn on the human body and analyzed in near real-time could transform our understanding of human behavior, health, and society.Sarah Underwood From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2010
A field emerging from economics is teaming up with computer science to improve auctions, supply chains, and communication protocols.Gary Anthes From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2010
New Zealand's National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research has launched the most powerful computer in the southern hemisphere. The new supercomputer can...New Zealand Dominion Post From ACM TechNews | July 23, 2010
Don't panic, but we're running out of internet addresses. Not domain names—those Website names that you see at the top of this page and which always start with...CNN From ACM News | July 23, 2010
The mainframe business is to IBM what manufacturing is to the American economy, a shrinking but strategically vital part of the franchise.
With the introduction...The New York Times From ACM News | July 22, 2010
Asian handset makers HTC Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. on Monday rebutted claims made by Apple Inc. that the iPhone 4's reception problems are shared by other...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 19, 2010