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DARPA-Funded Researcher Can Take Over Android And Nokia Phones By Merely Waving Another Device Near Them
From ACM News

DARPA-Funded Researcher Can Take Over Android And Nokia Phones By Merely Waving Another Device Near Them

Smartphones' growing adoption of so-called "near field communications" promises to let the device in your pocket wirelessly make payments, beam info to other phones...

New Grad Looking For a Job? Pentagon Contractors Post Openings For Black-Hat Hackers
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New Grad Looking For a Job? Pentagon Contractors Post Openings For Black-Hat Hackers

Mikko Hypponen enjoys his position as the chief research officer at the Helsinki-based security firm F-Secure. He has no intention of leaving. But lately, he's...

DARPA Will Spend $20 Million to Search For Crypto's Holy Grail
From ACM TechNews

DARPA Will Spend $20 Million to Search For Crypto's Holy Grail

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to spend $20 million over five years to find a way to both encrypt data and let it be used and...

Best Colleges For Women and Minorities in STEM
From ACM TechNews

Best Colleges For Women and Minorities in STEM

Westminster College ranked first for graduating women in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields, according to a Forbes study. The best school...

­idai: Inside the World's Largest Data Management Project
From ACM News

­idai: Inside the World's Largest Data Management Project

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is an Indian government body mandated with the task of assigning every single one of India's 1.2 billion citizens...

Why Do Women Leave Science And Engineering?
From ACM TechNews

Why Do Women Leave Science And Engineering?

Increasing the retention rate of women in science, technology, engineering, and math fields could help stem the U.S.'s declining share in world patenting and scientific...

From ACM Opinion

Outsourcing Makes A Comeback

After fizzling out over the past couple years, outsourcing is back in vogue. A new PricewaterhouseCoopers study shows outsourcing has roared back to life in the...
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