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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.
Silicon Valley is losing more foreign-born executives, engineers, and scientists due to better opportunities in their native countries, tough U.S. immigration laws...USA Today From ACM TechNews | March 22, 2010
U.S. companies—and their engineers—are being drawn to China more and more as the country develops a high-tech economy that increasingly competes directly with the...The New York Times From ACM News | March 18, 2010
KDDI Corp. has developed mobile phone technology that detects even the tiniest actions of the user by analyzing the movement of accelerometers embedded in the devices...BBC News From ACM TechNews | March 17, 2010
A new survey from the TechServe Alliance says IT employment grew by 14,000 jobs from January to February 2010, representing one of the strongest month-to-month...Computerworld From ACM CareerNews | March 8, 2010
How many men does it take to change a light bulb? Putting the punchline aside a moment, consider that it takes even more to pack a shipping crate. Now a European... From ICT Results | March 12, 2010
The introduction of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) could be hindered by a variety of factors, including trademark protection, costs, and cybersecurity threats...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | March 11, 2010
ICANN CEO Rod Beckstrom continues to work toward net neutrality, but ICANN now faces new challenges as countries such as China seek more control over what Internet...Wired News From ACM TechNews | March 9, 2010
Global IT expenditure is expected to rise slightly this year for the first time since the onset of the global economic downturn, according to industry analyst Ovum...Datamonitor Group From ACM News | March 9, 2010
Cranfield University researchers have developed an autonomous computer framework that enables one operator to control multiple unmanned aerial vehicles from a...Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council From ACM TechNews | March 8, 2010
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has a new co-captain. It's Jeffrey Jaffe, a technology...Serkadis From ACM News | March 8, 2010
A new organization named the European Grid Initiative (EGI.eu) will coordinate a European-wide grid computing infrastructure that will enable scientists to share...Science & Technology Facilities Council From ACM TechNews | March 5, 2010
The final publication of the 93-page Guide for Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Information Systems: A Security Life Cycle Approach (NIST Special...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | March 3, 2010
The new Energy Harvesting Network will offer U.K. researchers a resource for energy harvesting (EH) technology. The network will give academics, industry, and...Energy Harvesting Network From ACM TechNews | March 2, 2010
Job creation in the U.S. will largely depend on start-up companies and entrepreneurs who populate university research parks, laboratories and incubators across...niversity of Maryland From ACM News | March 1, 2010
Researchers are focusing on the so-called "removal chain" in an attempt to save landfill space, improve recycling rates, and trim the flow of toxic materials into...Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2010
As Web technologies move beyond two-way interactive capabilities to facilitate more dynamic and pervasive experiences, the Web is quickly advancing toward its third...Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2010
Biologists can benefit from learning and using the tools of computer science, but several real-world obstacles remain.Gregory Goth From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2010
A holistic approach to data centers could result in millions of dollars of savings and a smaller carbon footprint for the ever-expanding universe of information...Binghamton niversity, State niversity of New York From ACM News | February 23, 2010
Waste from discarded electronics will rise dramatically in the developing world within a decade, with computer waste in India alone to grow by 500 percent from...moneycontrol.com From ACM News | February 22, 2010
A start-up IT services firm—headed by veteran offshoring executives—as opened up an offshoring alternative in Michigan, a state with a 17.5 percent unemployment...Computerworld From ACM News | February 22, 2010