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Linux Foundation Sees Broadening Role For Developers
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Linux Foundation Sees Broadening Role For Developers

The Linux Foundation is expanding its training options to help Linux developers. 

Keeping Computers Cool From the Inside
From Communications of the ACM

Keeping Computers Cool From the Inside

New techniques could cut the power required to avoid overheating.

All the Items Fit to Print
From Communications of the ACM

All the Items Fit to Print

3-D printing has come of age. It promises to revolutionize a wide range of industries and profoundly change the way people buy and consume.

Don Knuth and the Art of Computer Programming: The Interview
From ACM News

Don Knuth and the Art of Computer Programming: The Interview

Fifty years after starting the 'Art of Computer Programming,' Don Knuth is still working hard at the project.

Huge Holograms Offer Medics More Memorable Classes
From ACM News

Huge Holograms Offer Medics More Memorable Classes

A system which uses giant holograms to help medical students master their subject has been pioneered by two London-based junior doctors.

Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet
From ACM Careers

Sizing ­p Big Data, Broadening Beyond the Internet

In his young career, Jeffrey Hammerbacher has been a scout on the frontiers of the data economy.

A Robot That Runs Like a Cat
From ACM TechNews

A Robot That Runs Like a Cat

Researchers have developed a cheetah-cub robot that will serve as a platform for research in locomotion and biomechanics. 

CIA Releases Analyst's Fascinating Tale of Cracking the Kryptos Sculpture
From ACM News

CIA Releases Analyst's Fascinating Tale of Cracking the Kryptos Sculpture

It took eight years after artist Jim Sanborn unveiled his cryptographic sculpture at the CIA's headquarters for someone to succeed at cracking Kryptos's enigmatic...

Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps
From ACM News

Now Hear This: Navy Abandons All Caps

MESSAGES SENT WITHIN THE U.S. NAVY NO LONGER HAVE TO BE WRITTEN OUT IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

From ACM Careers

Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools

With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards, and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it.

Spies Like ­s: How We All Helped Build Prism
From ACM Careers

Spies Like ­s: How We All Helped Build Prism

It used to be that the National Security Agency and its ilk had to pay through the nose for the latest in spying technology.

'hidden' Economy in Silicon Valley Built Without Advanced Degrees
From ACM Careers

'hidden' Economy in Silicon Valley Built Without Advanced Degrees

Silicon Valley is world-renowned for the Nobel Prize winners and MacArthur "geniuses" behind theoretical breakthroughs in science, technology, engineering, and...

Hacking the Drone War's Secret History
From ACM News

Hacking the Drone War's Secret History

In 2008 U.S. troops in Iraq discovered that Shi’ite insurgents had figured out how to tap and record video feeds from overhead American drones. Now you too can...

From ACM News

As Data Floods In, Massive Open Online Courses Evolve

In 2012, education startups attracted millions of students—and a surge of interest from universities and the media—by offering massive open online courses, or MOOCs...

Empowering a New Generation of Tech-Savvy Women By Teaching Them to Code
From ACM TechNews

Empowering a New Generation of Tech-Savvy Women By Teaching Them to Code

Skillcrush offers tutorials that teach women to code and create their own websites, with a focus on highlighting the creative side of technology. 

Hogwarts For Hackers: Inside the Science and Tech School of Tomorrow
From ACM TechNews

Hogwarts For Hackers: Inside the Science and Tech School of Tomorrow

The Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy public live-in high school for students who excel at math and science, allows students at their own pace.

How Can Computing Become More Accessible?
From ACM News

How Can Computing Become More Accessible?

A growing number of tools and strategies are available to make computers and digital content accessible to people with disabilities.

Automatically Grading Programming Homework
From ACM TechNews

Automatically Grading Programming Homework

Researchers have created software that points out inaccuracies in student programming and offers suggestions for improvement. 

Let's Play: Making Travel a Game
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Let's Play: Making Travel a Game

It was a Sunday afternoon in SoHo and while most New Yorkers were having brunch, Makeda Peters and her boyfriend were on a street corner craning their necks at...

Is Coding the New Second Language?
From ACM News

Is Coding the New Second Language?

It's first period at Harlem's Cristo Rey high school, a private Catholic school for motivated low-income kids.
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