Communications of the ACM
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February 2011
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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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Intel Developing Security 'game-Changer'
Intel researchers are developing computer security technology that stop all zero-day attacks. "We're going to see a quantum jump in the ability of future devices . . . to defend themselves against attacks," says Intel's Justin…
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New Center Aims to Dramatically Lower Barrier to Making Silicon Photonic Chips
The University of Washington has launched a new program, co-funded by Intel Corp., that aims to make it dramatically easier and cheaper to manufacture silicon chips that combine light and electronics, enabling the next generation…
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Microsoft Offers Developers Access to Technical Computing Projects
Microsoft has provided developers with a resource for accessing early releases of software from its Technical Computing Initiative. TC Labs, which is part of the company's DevLabs site on MSDN, currently offers three pre-release…
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App Turns iPhone into a Smarter Camera
Developers use clever tricks to overcome the shortcomings of smart-phone cameras.
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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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ACM Fellows Honored
Forty-one men and women are inducted as 2010 ACM Fellows.
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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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ACM Launches New Digital Library
More than 50 years of computing literature is augmented, streamlined, and joined to powerful new tools for retrieval and analysis.
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Information Theory After Shannon
Purdue University's Science of Information Center seeks new principles to answer the question 'What is information?'
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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.