Communications of the ACM
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May 2014
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European Court Lets sers Erase Records on Web
The European Court of Justice on Tuesday said Google should allow online users to erase links to content about them after a certain amount of time.
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Tech Is the Place to Be For the Top Entry-Level Jobs
Web application developer is the U.S.'s best entry-level job, according to a new study.
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When Driverless Cars Crash, Who's to Blame?
Self-driving cars have an undeniable allure: Think of all the fun things you could do if you didn't have to keep your eyes on the road!
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What Is the 'right to Be Forgotten'?
Sixteen years ago, a Spaniard named Mario Costeja Gonzalez had hit financial difficulties.
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Hackers Devise Wireless Methods For Stealing Atm Users' Pins
Pilfering the personal identification numbers of financial accounts, a potential jackpot for hackers, is tougher to pull off thanks to data encryption and other security technologies.
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World's First Covert Communications System With Camouflage Guaranteed
Researchers say they have developed a method to camouflage messages in a way that is mathematically guaranteed.
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Gaittrack App Makes Cellphone a Medical Monitor For Heart and Lung Patients
The GaitTrack app turns a smartphone into a medical monitor.
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West Antarctic Glacier Loss Appears Unstoppable
A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of California, Irvine, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers…
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Making Wireless 10 Times Faster
University at Buffalo researchers are developing technology based on cognitive radio, which they say could make wireless communications up to 10 times faster.
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the nited Nations
Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?
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Research in India Suggests Google Search Results Can Influence an Election
Google long ago went from being a mere directory of the Internet to a shaper of online reality, helping determine what we see and how.
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.s. Fda Approves 'star Wars' Robotic Arm For Amputees
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a robotic arm for amputees that is named for the "Star Wars" character Luke Skywalker and can perform multiple, simultaneous movements, a huge advance over the metal hook currently…
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Cheap Gadget Lets You Steer a Wheelchair with Your Eyes
Put some "crap" technology with some smart software and you get one life-changing solution.
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The Not-So-Distant Future When We Can All pgrade Our Brains
In a decade, cognitive enhancement may have gone mainstream.
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Tau Researchers Develop a Smarter Smartphone Camera
Researchers say they have developed a smartphone camera that bridges the gap between the cellphone camera and the digital still camera.
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Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding
A national education movement with an emphasis on computer science is growing quickly in the U.S.
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Problem at the Polls: Tech Stuck in Past
Election officials are facing a growing imperative to replace outdated voting technology to prepare for elections over the next decade.
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The Virtual Keyboard Can Soon Be a Reality
Malardalen University researchers are developing virtual technology that could serve as an accessory for Google Glass.
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Carnegie Mellon Group Shows Ipad Skeuomorphism
TouchTools is a gesture design approach that enables users to manipulate tools on the screen just as they would in real life.
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Janusz Holyst—how Technology Can Influence People's Emotions
In an interview, Cyberemotions project coordinator Janusz Holyst discusses the potential implications of using emotions on the Internet.
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W Building Teleoperated Robots for Disaster Response in National Challenge
Researchers say they have developed telerobotics technology that could make disaster response faster and more efficient.
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A Synthetic Biology Conference Lures an Intriguing Audience
When does a scientific conference warrant the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security?
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Your Digital Trail Follows You to the Border
Information, money and jobs flow easily around the world, yet it’s getting tougher for travelers to cross some borders.
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The Military Thinks Bitcoin Could Pose a Threat to National Security
Does Bitcoin risk endangering the nation's safety? The Pentagon thinks it might.
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Math Makes Mobile Maps Meaningful
Researchers say a new method will ensure mathematically optimal adaptation of the labeling to the perspective and driving direction on digital maps.
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How Anybody Can Measure Your Computer's Wi-Fi Fingerprint
Computer security experts have discovered a method of uniquely identifying a computer by the way it accesses Wi-Fi resources.
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Dogs, Technology, and the Future of Disaster Response
The Smart Emergency Response System aims to use cyber-physical systems to share information and coordinate emergency and disaster response and recovery.
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Tim Berners-Lee: World Wide Web Magna Carta By 2015
World Wide Web founder and inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has again called for a Magna Carta for the Internet.
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Cassini Revisited
When its handlers finally steer it into a collision course with Saturn in 2017, the spacecraft Cassini will have been in space for two decades, 13 of those years spent in orbit around the planet that will eventually become its…
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Molecular, Neural and Bacterial Networks Provide Insights For Computer Network Security, Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find
The robust defenses yeast cells have evolved to protect themselves from environmental threats can be used to design computer networks.