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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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The FBI has raised eyebrows in the tech world with a public document that asks for advice on how to harvest information from social networking sites.National Public Radio From ACM News | January 30, 2012
There will soon be a need for a world peacekeeping force in cyberspace, according to John Bumgarner, an official with the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit in Washington...BBC News From ACM Careers | January 27, 2012
Computer engineers at Drexel University developed a pair of open-source software programs that could help protect the free speech of whistle-blowers, protestors...Drexel niversity From ACM Careers | January 25, 2012
Three very similar compressed software development training programs have emerged in the past few months: Code Academy (not to be confused with the startup Codecademy)...The Atlantic From ACM Careers | January 12, 2012
Sandia National Laboratories' Casey Deccio has developed a visualization tool known as DNSViz to help network administrators within the federal government and global...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM Careers | January 11, 2012
Intel application engineer Travis Bonifield has been working closely with Hawking to communicate with the world for a decade.Intel Free Press From ACM Opinion | January 10, 2012
After nearly a three-year process, the research efforts of UNC Charlotte's College of Computing and Informatics' Professor, Yuliang Zheng, have been formally recognized...niversity of North Carolina at Charlotte From ACM Careers | January 9, 2012
U.S. military academies have been developing potential cyberwarriors for years, but has difficulty finding them positions that use their cyberskills. Most graduates...National Defense From ACM TechNews | January 4, 2012
After a U.S. airstrike mistakenly killed at least 15 Afghans in 2010, the Army officer investigating the accident was surprised to discover that an American civilian...The Los Angeles Times From ACM News | January 3, 2012
A major goal for information security students and institutions should be developing a cultural way of learning, instead of simply studying for tests and doing...GovInfoSecurity.com From ACM Careers | December 28, 2011
Rep. Lamar Smith, whose congressional district in Texas encompasses the cropland and grazing land stretching between Austin and San Antonio, might seem like an...CNET From ACM News | December 15, 2011
Government intelligence service targets "self-taught" hackers with cryptic Web site that features no obvious branding.The Guardian From ACM Careers | December 5, 2011
Businesses keep vast troves of data about things like online shopping behavior, or millions of changes in weather patterns, or trillions of financial transactions—information...National Public Radio From ACM News | December 2, 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
The difficulties of defending utilities, commerce and national security against cyberattacks, and what to do to change that situation, were major themes of a recent...Sandia National Laboratories From ACM Careers | October 27, 2011
A research team from Georgia Tech has discovered how to program a smartphone to sense nearby keyboard vibrations and decipher complete sentences with up to 80 percent...Georgia Institute of Technology From ACM Careers | October 19, 2011
The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to a team lead by University of Virginia computer scientist David Evans for a project to develop...niversity of Virginia From ACM Careers | October 18, 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
Carnegie Mellon University's David Brumley has won a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers — the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government...Carnegie Mellon niversity From ACM Careers | October 4, 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