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Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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The Trouble With Tinkering Time
It's the latest R&D trend: penciling in tinkering time on the company clock.
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Samsung's Secret Weapon in the Mobile Wars: Tizen
You've probably never heard of Tizen, but the companies behind it are some of the most recognizable brands in the tech industry.
From ACM TechNews
Tech Salaries Jump 5.3%, Bonuses Flat
Technology professionals' average salaries rose 5.3 percent to $85,619 last year, according to Dice. Tech professionals with at least 15 years of experience saw...
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A New Dimension in Mobile Telecommunications
European researchers are designing a transceiver that would enable data transmissions at a speed of 10 gigabits per second via a new infrastructure network in European...
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Doe to Field Pre-Exascale Supercomputers Within Four Years
By early 2017, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory aim to deploy their first 100-plus petaflop...
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'steam' Education Gains Momentum in Schools
The Rhode Island School of Design wants to change science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education to STEAM education, with the "A" representing...
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Research Update: Multiple Steps Toward the 'quantum Singularity'
Four groups of researchers recently reported the completion of an experiment that involves generating individual photons and synchronizing their passage through...
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Jim Horning, Reknown Computer Scientist, Dies
James Jay (Jim) Horning, a leading figure in the evolution of computer science and an active participant in many ACM programs, died January 18 in Palo Alto, Calif...
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Kinect Sensor Poised to Leap Into Everyday Life
When Microsoft's Kinect gaming sensor first exploded onto the gaming scene in 2010, it wasn't long before people started getting excited about what it might make...
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The Fbi Needs Hackers, Not Backdoors
Just imagine if all the applications and services you saw or heard about at CES earlier this month had to be designed to be "wiretap ready" before they could be...
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STEM Grants Offer Affordable Route to Teaching
North Carolina New Schools recently launched a program funded by a $2.3 million U.S. Department of Education grant to train recent graduates and mid-career professionals...
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A Real-Life 'holodeck' in 10 Years? Less Far-Fetched Than You Think
Tim Huckaby predicts that in the near future doctors will be manipulating molecules in 3-D space, music players will be tuning into our thoughts, and retailers...
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The Algorithms That Automatically Date Medieval Manuscripts
University of Toronto researchers have developed statistical computer techniques for dating historical documents.
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Ibm, niversities Team p to Build Data Scientists
IBM is increasing its efforts to support big data academic programs. "We're working with universities to provide help with curricula, technology, and real-world...
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The Underdog Operating Systems Set to Shake Up the Smartphone Scene
The next time you go shopping for a smartphone, you might see some unfamiliar software on the screens lining store shelves.
From ACM Careers
Atari's Bankruptcy: Gen X Bids Pong Farewell
Reading the news that Atari’s U.S. subsidiary is filing for bankruptcy was a little like hearing that Bob Hope died—in that you were surprised to discover he had...
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Conquering Babel
In "Star Trek", a television series of the 1960s, no matter how far across the universe the Starship Enterprise traveled, any aliens it encountered would converse...
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Facebook Shatters the Computer Server Into Tiny Pieces
Facebook hardware guru Frank Frankovsky is developing a blueprint for a new type of computer server that enables a user to add or remove the processor.
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Next Made-in-China Boom: College Graduates
Zhang Xiaoping’s mother dropped out of school after sixth grade. Her father, one of 10 children, never attended.
From ACM TechNews