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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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For years, Henry Markram has claimed that he can simulate the human brain in a computer within a decade. On 23 January 2013, the European Commission told him to...BBC News From ACM News | February 8, 2013
When Kristian Kielhofner first heard that his company's new servers were crashing last summer, he worried that he might be facing a product recall.Wired From ACM Careers | February 8, 2013
Raspberry Pi may sound like the name of a math-based dessert. But it is actually one of the hottest and cheapest little computers in the world right now.The New York Times From ACM News | February 7, 2013
One of the most heartfelt—and unexpected—remembrances of Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide last month at the age of 26, came from Yale professor Edward Tufte.Slate From ACM Opinion | February 6, 2013
Silicon Valley's job growth has returned to dot-com boom levels, and San Francisco has emerged as a major new tech hub. But good times have not returned for all...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Careers | February 6, 2013
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has awarded Wu Feng, associate professor at Virginia Tech, and his colleagues a project to improve the simulation speed...Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State niversity From ACM Careers | February 6, 2013
Michael Dell is close to finishing a risky $23 billion deal to take private the computer company he founded nearly 30 years ago, in an effort to remake Dell Inc...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Careers | February 5, 2013
Jay Parikh sits at a desk inside Building 16 at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California, and his administrative assistant, Genie Samuel, sits next to...Wired From ACM Opinion | February 5, 2013
Projects to imitate the brain and to develop new materials for information technology have won awards of about 1 billion euros (U.S. $1.34 billion) each were announced...The New York Times From ACM News | January 29, 2013
Major U.S. banks have turned to the National Security Agency for help protecting their computer systems after a barrage of assaults that have disrupted their Web...The Washington Post From ACM News | January 17, 2013
Edsac—Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator—ran its first program in 1949 and was created to help scientists at Cambridge University.BBC News From ACM Careers | January 11, 2013
Ben Horowitz may have the skeleton key to the decimation—sorry, transformation—of our economic and political lives.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | January 10, 2013
A long time ago, my colleagues and I became part of a great adventure, teamed with a small band of scientists and technologists in the U.S. and elsewhere.Google From ACM Opinion | January 2, 2013
Samsung Electronics is a company at the top of its game, having become the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer in the last year.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 20, 2012
After years of being wallflowers at Silicon Valley's hottest tech conferences and Sean Parker's after-parties, enterprise technology firms are now part of the "in"...The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 18, 2012
Late last Friday, Google announced a jaw-dropping hire: Ray Kurzweil will join the company as a Director of Engineering. Has the world’s brainiest tech company"rapture...Technology Review From ACM Opinion | December 17, 2012
You can scrub all you want but you'll never get your room *ultra* clean. Why? Because of air—filthy, filthy air.The Atlantic From ACM Careers | December 13, 2012
In policy circles, problems that are mind-bogglingly difficult or impossible to solve, like global warming, are formally termed "wicked."The New York Times From ACM Careers | December 10, 2012
The night before the end of Google's Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference this year in Vancouver, a tall teen dressed in khaki shorts, tube socks...Wired From ACM Careers | November 9, 2012
For a dramatic sign of the strategy reversal under way at General Motors as it moves on from its 2009 bankruptcy, look no further than the IT department.Technology Review From ACM Careers | November 5, 2012