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How Much Is the Internet of Everything Worth? Cisco Says $19 Trillion
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How Much Is the Internet of Everything Worth? Cisco Says $19 Trillion

Are you curious why everyone is talking about the Internet of everything?

The ­nlikely Tale of How Arm Came to Rule the World
From ACM News

The ­nlikely Tale of How Arm Came to Rule the World

This is a story about ARM Holdings, the mobile technology company.

Faster Computer Performance Targeted By Memory Consortium
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Faster Computer Performance Targeted By Memory Consortium

The Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium has proposed a faster and more power-efficient specification for its emerging Hybrid Memory Cube memory technology. 

Syria War Stirs New ­.S. Debate on Cyberattacks
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Syria War Stirs New ­.S. Debate on Cyberattacks

Not long after the uprising in Syria turned bloody late in the spring of 2011, the Pentagon and theNational Security Agency developed a battle plan that featured...

World Without Wires
From Communications of the ACM

World Without Wires

Capturing electricity from ambient RF transmissions can keep low-power applications off the grid.

Telecom Firms Mine For Gold in Big Data Despite Privacy Concerns
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Telecom Firms Mine For Gold in Big Data Despite Privacy Concerns

Last year's revelations over the U.S. tapping of phone and internet data gave telecoms firms pause for thought over whether they should sell their "big data" for...

Smarter Caching
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Smarter Caching

Computer chips keep getting faster because transistors keep getting smaller.

Atom Circuits a Step Closer
From ACM News

Atom Circuits a Step Closer

A memory effect that is crucial in electronics has been seen for the first time in a cloud of ultracold atoms.

Nasa's Nustar ­ntangles Mystery of How Stars Explode
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Nasa's Nustar ­ntangles Mystery of How Stars Explode

One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars blow up in supernova explosions, finally is being unraveled with the help of NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope...

Satya Nadella, Chief of Microsoft, on His New Role
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Satya Nadella, Chief of Microsoft, on His New Role

Q. What leadership lessons have you learned from your predecessor, Steve Ballmer?

Shortage of Mainframe Skills Looms but Companies Remain in Denial
From ACM TechNews

Shortage of Mainframe Skills Looms but Companies Remain in Denial

A mainframe skills shortage is approaching, but only about 40 percent of CIOs surveyed by Compuware said they had a formal plan in place to address the issue. 

How Hpc Is Hacking Hadoop
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How Hpc Is Hacking Hadoop

The Hadoop open source framework increasingly is being used in high-performance computing environments, particularly for data-intensive scientific computing. 

Starman
From ACM Opinion

Starman

It was a mild October day in Hollywood, but a trace of artificial snow remained on the ground as Neil deGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, at...

Connected Cars: Apps, Networks, and Storage on Wheels
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Connected Cars: Apps, Networks, and Storage on Wheels

Mobile apps are being designed to help make transportation safer, but a better way is needed to integrate information services within the transportation segment...

At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They're Watching You
From ACM News

At Newark Airport, the Lights Are On, and They're Watching You

Visitors to Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport may notice the bright, clean lighting that now blankets the cavernous interior, courtesy of 171 recently...

What Can ­nite Liberals and Tea Partyers? The Nsa
From ACM News

What Can ­nite Liberals and Tea Partyers? The Nsa

Hoyt Sparks says he has no use for liberal Democrats and their "socialistic, Marxist, communist" ways.

Stirring-­p Atomtronics in a Quantum Circuit
From ACM TechNews

Stirring-­p Atomtronics in a Quantum Circuit

Researchers used a superfluid atomtronic circuit to create a hysteresis, the first time hysteresis has been observed in an ultracold atomic gas. 

Computer Scientist Looks For Deeper Meaning in Webcam Videos
From ACM TechNews

Computer Scientist Looks For Deeper Meaning in Webcam Videos

A University of Kentucky professor is researching new ways to use computers to understand images. 

Last Call For Bad Calls
From ACM Opinion

Last Call For Bad Calls

Technology will soon make officials at high-level sports events as obsolete as elevator operators, their skill set as useful as knowing how to make a wood tennis...

The Timekeeping Tech that Keeps the Olympics Fair
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The Timekeeping Tech that Keeps the Olympics Fair

"On your marks, get set, Go!" might work to start a race on the playground but in the highest-stakes world of the Olympic games, where every thousandth of a second...
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