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Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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If you liked 1960s Star Trek, the first non-Trek title that Netflix is likely to suggest to you is the original Mission: Impossible series (the one with the cool...Wired From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Professor emeritus Rodney Brooks gained fame in the 1990s for co-founding iRobot, an MIT spinoff that brought the world the Roomba and other innovative, helpful...MIT News Office From ACM Opinion | August 9, 2013
The U.S. National Security Agency, hit by disclosures of classified data by former contractor Edward Snowden, said Thursday it intends to eliminate about 90 percent...Reuters From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Silent Circle shuttered its encrypted email service on Thursday, the second such closure in just a few hours in an apparent attempt to avoid government scrutiny...CNET From ACM News | August 9, 2013
Owners of Bigshot's device need to assemble its parts in a specific sequence to make it work. An online guide explains the science behind them.BBC News From ACM News | August 8, 2013
That iPad in your hand? It feels like the most modern of computers. But like the iPhone and the Macintosh, the Apple tablet revolves around a core piece of software...Wired From ACM Careers | August 8, 2013
For the Curiosity rover, it's just another day on Mars—but back on Earth, Tuesday was a day to look back at the $2.5 billion mission's first year, including a moment...NBC News From ACM News | August 7, 2013
It looks like a bakery. A warm glow emanates from the windows of big, oven-like machines, and a dusting of white powder covers everything.The Associated Press From ACM Careers | August 7, 2013
One year ago Monday (Aug. 5), NASA's Mars rover Curiosity pulled off a stunning and unprecedented landing inside Gale Crater, kicking off a two-year surface mission...Space.com From ACM Opinion | August 6, 2013
The U.S. government's efforts to recruit talented hackers could suffer from the recent revelations about its vast domestic surveillance programs, as many private...Reuters From ACM Careers | August 6, 2013
David Holz took the main stage at this year's South by Southwest Interactive, the annual innovation conference in Austin, Texas, looking like a hobbit on casual...Popular Science From ACM News | August 5, 2013
Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 2, 2013
Ten years ago this week, Senator James M. Inhofe, the Republican from Oklahoma, used a two-hour floor speech to launch his campaign on the credibility of climate...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | August 2, 2013
A research paper that was highlighted last year at an international symposium is the winner of the National Security Agency's first annual Science of Security (SoS)...National Security Agency From ACM Careers | August 1, 2013
Astrophysicist France Anne Cordova has been tapped to head the US National Science Foundation (NSF), which has been run by an acting director since March 2013.Nature News From ACM Careers | August 1, 2013
Raymond Laflamme can't yet sell you a quantum computer. But he'll sell you a $13,000 logic board for measuring entangled photons.Technology Review From ACM Careers | July 31, 2013
Every day, millions of office workers prepare memos and reports using scissors and paste, and store data on floppy disks, though they have plenty of digital memory...The New York Times From ACM Careers | July 31, 2013
The University of Iowa has established one of the first majors helping undergraduates learn analytics and data management, one of the fastest growing segments...University of Iowa From ACM Careers | July 31, 2013
When Tim Nixon’s sons want to figure out how to get somewhere in their cars, they turn their iPhones sideways, attach them to their windshields with a suction cup...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | July 31, 2013
To understand how much television could soon change, it helps to visit an Intel Corp. division here that runs like a startup.The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | July 30, 2013