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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.
The Web Lab project has developed a family of data analysis tools for searching the Internet Archive. The project, a joint effort by researchers at Cornell University...Cornell University From ACM TechNews | February 18, 2009
Microsoft researchers are investigating if using data from several members of a social group, a technique Microsoft calls "groupization," can lead to better search...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | February 2, 2009
ACM's premier computer graphics conference hosts its first-ever graphics event in Asia, with a more global focus.
Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2009
Barack Obama's presidential campaign utilized the Internet and information technology unlike any previous political campaign. How politicians and the public interact...Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2009
Scientists at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAHuntsville) have developed Noesis, a new semantic Web search engine that enables researchers to obtain...The niversity of Alabama in Huntsville From ACM TechNews | January 21, 2009
Harvard University physicist Alex Wissner-Gross has been researching the environmental impact of Google searching and claims that one search generates about 7 grams...Times Online From ACM TechNews | January 12, 2009
Future generations of smartphones will be context aware, tracking your behavior, providing information about the immediate environment, and anticipating your intentions...Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Two virtual astronomical telescopes promise to transform the way people view and study the cosmos.Jeff Kanipe From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Google wants to create greater international interest in a new experimental feature that enables Google Search Appliance (GSA) to translate documents between 34...eWeek From ACM TechNews | December 29, 2008
IBM researchers' list of promising new technologies includes the ability to "talk" to the Web; information collection and retrieval systems that cover us when we...IDG News Service From ACM TechNews | December 19, 2008
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released version 2.0 of its Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), which are designed to help developers make Web...InternetNews.com From ACM TechNews | December 15, 2008
In combination with finger and hand gestures, multitouch input is enabling users to manipulate and display information in innovative and unprecedented ways.Ted Selker From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
Mobile phones are bridging the digital divide and transforming many economic, social, and medical realities, particularly in developing nations.Samuel Greengard From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
Researchers of molecular computing and communication are focusing on the type of breakthroughs needed to make the vision of ultrasmall, biocompatible computers....Kirk L. Kroeker From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
Computational complexity and intractability may help scientists better understand how humans process information and make decisions.David Lindley From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008
Social network analysis explains why some sites succeed and others fail, how physical and online social networks differ and are alike, and attempts to predict how...Bill Howard From Communications of the ACM | November 1, 2008
While the Semantic Web may be a long time coming, Deep Web search strategies offer the promise of a semantic Web.Alex Wright From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2008