Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Google Executive Emerges as Key Figure in Revolt
More than a week after his mysterious disappearance in Egypt, Google executive and political activist Wael Ghonim will be released from government detention on...
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Proposal for Cyber War Rules of Engagement
The world needs cyber war "Rules of Engagement" to cope with potentially devastating cyber weapons, Russian and US experts will tell world leaders at a security...
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Fifa to Test 10 Goal-Line Technology Systems
The FIFA rule-making panel will study the results from 10 different goal-line technology systems being tested to help referees make decisions.
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Google, Twitter Help Give Voice to Egyptians
Google has launched the latest salvo in an effort to overcome internet blackouts in Egypt during anti-government protests there.
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Wary of Egypt nrest, China Censors Web
In another era, China’s leaders might have been content to let discussion of the protests in Egypt float around among private citizens, then fizzle out.
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ACM Fellows Honored
Forty-one men and women are inducted as 2010 ACM Fellows.
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Following the Crowd
Crowdsourcing is based on a simple but powerful concept: Virtually anyone has the potential to plug in valuable information.
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Maurice Wilkes: The Last Pioneer
Computer science has lost not only a great scientist, but an important link to the electronic computing revolution that took place in the 1940s.
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Chipping Away at Greenhouse Gases
Power-saving processor algorithms have the potential to create significant energy and cost savings.
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Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled
This past June, Alan Rusbridger, the editor of The Guardian, phoned me and asked, mysteriously, whether I had any idea how to arrange a secure communication....
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New Meters Aim to Cure Parking Headaches
Soon San Francisco drivers won't need to cruise endlessly in search of an available parking spot.
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Domestic se of Aerial Drones By Law Enforcement Likely to Prompt Privacy Debate
The suspect's house, just west of this city, sat on a hilltop at the end of a steep, exposed driveway. Agents with the Texas Department of Public Safety believed...
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The End of Credit Cards Is Coming
Credit cards may soon be as outdated as vinyl records. (Remember them?) And this is the year that the slow, steady march to oblivion begins.
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Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Data and When?
This month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes ofreported...
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Tv Broadcasters Resist FCC Proposal to Surrender More Airwaves
Many broadcasters are already worried about declining viewers, and now they say the government wants to take away something more: the airwaves themselves.
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International Cybersecurity Treaty Might Not Be Achievable, Report Says
An international pact to establish cybersecurity regulations may be unworkable, according to an EastWest Institute report. "Many states are not ready for [a global...
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How High-Frequency Trading Is Changing Wall Street
On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones industrial average dropped hundreds of points in a matter of minutes—and then recovered moments later.
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Senate to Try Again on Controversial Antipiracy Bill
The U.S. Senate judiciary committee will renew its effort to pass the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act this spring, which would give the government...
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