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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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In olden times, the most an ambitious young tinkerer could hope for in a toy was to be able to stick one funny-shaped piece onto another. Kids built airplanes with...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | September 10, 2013
There's a widely shared image on the Internet of a teacher's note that says: "Dear students, I know when you're texting in class. Seriously, no one just looks down...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | September 10, 2013
In May 2009, the Mars rover Spirit cracked through a crusty layer of Martian topsoil, sinking into softer underlying sand.MIT News Office From ACM News | September 9, 2013
Big data has been favorably cast as "the new oil" and held up as the economic counterweight to America's sinking manufacturing sector.Fortune From ACM Careers | September 9, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego report a breakthrough in touch technology that could pave the way for digital systems to record, store,...niversity of California, San Diego From ACM Careers | September 9, 2013
Sixty-five-year-old Ann Linsey was starting to worry about how easily she got distracted from whatever she was doing.Nature From ACM News | September 4, 2013
As a new moon orbiter gets set to launch, Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, says forget the 20th—this is the real space century.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 4, 2013
For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a counternarcotics program have had routine access, using subpoenas, to an enormous AT&T database that...The New York Times From ACM News | September 3, 2013
Last year, while cleaning out the basement of my childhood home, I discovered a plastic storage bin marked "Calcusoft." Inside were piles of notebooks filled with...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | August 30, 2013
More than 40 percent of U.S. adults say they can go a week without paying for something with cash, according to a survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports last year...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Careers | August 30, 2013
Outsiders often think of Silicon Valley as a constantly changing landscape, a place where fortunes rise and fall with the next great idea.The New York Times From ACM Careers | August 29, 2013
As he closed the door, leaving me alone at the controls of a 41,000-pound bulldozer with list price of nearly $432,000, a Komatsu Ltd. executive shouted, "No worries...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | August 29, 2013
The design of software underpins almost every facet of the way we live now, from the interactive bus timetable on your smartphone to the Excel spreadsheet you use...Slate From ACM Careers | August 28, 2013
Games have long been accused of making players violent, but evidence has been building over the years that they can have positive effects.BBC News From ACM News | August 27, 2013
For our 13th annual celebration of people who are driving the next generation of technological breakthroughs, we're presenting the stories in a new way.Technology Review From ACM Careers | August 23, 2013