Communications of the ACM
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September 2014
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Isis Displaying a Deft Command of Varied Media
The extremists who have seized large parts of Syria and Iraq have riveted the world's attention with their military prowess and unrestrained brutality.
From ACM TechNews
'face Time' For the Heart Diagnoses Cardiac Disease
New software can show whether or not an individual is experiencing atrial fibrillation.
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California, Texas Serve as Testing Grounds For Open Source Voting Technology
Several counties in California and Texas are hoping open source voting will be the solution to electronic voting machines now reaching the end of their lifespans.
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Finding the 'holy Grail' of Making Smarter Robots
Robots that can learn how to do just about anything, including anticipating what their human owners are about to do, may be lurking around the corner if scientists at four leading research universities and several high tech companies…
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The Final Isa Showdown: Is Arm, X86, or Mips Intrinsically More Power Efficient?
One of the canards that’s regularly trotted out in discussions of ARM vs. x86 processors is the idea that ARM chips are intrinsically more power efficient thanks to fundamental differences in the ISA (instruction set architecture)…
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Memory Reformat Planned For Opportunity Mars Rover
An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash memory.
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Weathering a New Era of Big Data
Increased computing power combined with new and more advanced models are changing weather forecasting.
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The New Digital Medicine
Affordable, connected, personal medical devices are slowly changing the nature of health care.
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The Power of Memory
In-memory databases promise speedier processing.