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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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Sorting sound into intelligible speech is a seemingly effortless feat. Healthy human ear-brain auditory systems perform it heroically, even in highly confusing...American Institute of Physics From ACM Careers | November 1, 2011
When the Ad:tech advertising technology conference hits New York next week, marketers, advertising agencies and recruiters may spend less time listening to the...The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 31, 2011
Ever since Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook in his Harvard University dorm room in 2004, the company has occupied temporary, rented space. Now, for the first...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | October 31, 2011
Peter Guggenheim has worked so long at Stuart Electronics that his feet have worn holes through two layers of tile and an inch of plywood, down to the floorboards...The New York Times From ACM Careers | October 31, 2011
Though most organizations have policies and guidelines to protect their information systems from unauthorized access, research has shown that employee compliance...Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State niversity From ACM Careers | October 28, 2011
If you haven't seen the excellent post on Mountain Beltway—Words matter—you should head over there and take a look. The post brought up some interesting ideas about...Southern Fried Science From ACM Opinion | October 19, 2011
In late 2006, 22-year-old Adam D'Angelo confronted a serious problem. Facebook, then a small Silicon Valley startup, had picked him to be its chief technology...Businessweek From ACM Careers | October 18, 2011
Using a five-year, $5.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education, researchers with "Project ALL" are developing a computer simulator that evaluates...Virginia Commonwealth niversity From ACM Careers | October 18, 2011
During 2011's deadly onslaught of earthquakes, floods and tornadoes, countless buildings had to be evacuated while workers checked to make sure they were stable...Scientific American From ACM News | October 17, 2011
Patent attorneys, who typically have degrees in fields such as engineering as well as law, are in such demand that their specialty may account for more than 15...Businessweek From ACM News | October 10, 2011
More than 4.2 million people have security clearances for access to classified information, a number that vastly outstrips previous estimates and nearly rivals...The Washington Post From ACM News | October 7, 2011
Both Tim Willits and Matt Hooper got their start in game design as fans, creating maps for id Software games like Doom and Quake. Now, as the studio celebrates...Arstechnica From ACM News | October 5, 2011
Selecting Technology Review's yearly list of 35 innovators under the age of 35 is a difficult but rewarding process. We search for candidates around the world...Technology Review From ACM Careers | October 4, 2011
Spend enough time in the tech industry, and you'll eventually find yourself in IT hell—one not unlike the underworld described by Dante in his "Divine Comedy."...ITworld From ACM Opinion | October 4, 2011
For more than a decade educators have been expecting the Internet to transform that bastion of tradition and authority, the university. Digital utopians have...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 3, 2011
Robots are about to invade our lives. From performing household chores, to entertaining and educating our children, to looking after the elderly, roboticists...BBC News From ACM News | October 3, 2011
Moore's Law gets all the press. It's easy to present even to non-technical readers, and the way it's most often expressed is something like, "computers double...Arstechnica From ACM News | September 30, 2011
The proliferation of ways to measure things—point-of-service terminals, Web analytics, geographic and temporal records, even semantic information—means businesses...Technology Review From ACM Careers | September 30, 2011
Packing for business in China? Bring your passport and business cards, but maybe not that laptop loaded with contacts and corporate memos.The Washington Post From ACM News | September 28, 2011