Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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Mobile Learning with iPhone Now Possible
Peruvian and Belgian researchers have developed an open source mobile learning application that enables health-care workers to connect to the free learning platform...
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The Internet of Cars
An Internet of cars promises a road system designed around cooperative technology enabling each element of the traffic system—cars, drivers, traffic lights, signs—to...
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New Spam Targeting Facebook sers Is Invisible to Most Virus Scans, Says Expert
Cyber-criminals are using fake e-mails to target Facebook users and deliver computer viruses that were being detected only by one-third of the 42 most common anti...
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Privacy in the Age of Digital Glass Houses
The private e-mails and texts that keep you closely connected could quickly turn embarrassing if made public by a spurned friend or partner. How much privacy can...
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Recognition Technology to Transform Mobile Devices
MobileLab researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas, in collaboration with Texas Instruments and GetFugu, are developing next-generation human-device interaction...
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How Privacy Vanishes Online
If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and e-mail address? Yet people often dole out all kinds of personal...
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Undercover Feds on Social Networking Sites Raise Questions
The next time someone tries to "friend" you on Facebook, it may turn out to be an undercover fed looking to examine your private messages and photos, or surveil...
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Supercapacitors Boost Efficiency
University of Waikato researchers have developed working prototypes of a supercapacitor that could enable mobile phones and laptop computers to run longer between...
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IBM Will Research Mobile Access For the Elderly, Illiterate
Researchers at IBM Research India, India's National Institute of Design, and the University of Tokyo's Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology are investigating...
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Instant Ads Set the Pace on the Web
Advertisers have been able to direct online messages based on demographics, income and even location, but one element has been largely missing until recently:...
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ACM Turing Award Goes to Creator of First Modern Personal Computer
ACM has named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer...
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The Life and Death of Online Communities
A collaborative study by researchers of the University of Haifa and the New Jersey Institute of Technology reveals what factors can predict the survival or demise...
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A High-Tech Handrest For Surgeons, Machinists, Artists
University of Utah engineers developed a computer-controlled, motorized hand and arm support that will let doctors, artists and others precisely control scalpels...
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Attack Unmasks User Behind the Browser
Vienna University of Technology researchers have developed the "deanonymization" attack as a way to reveal the identity of Internet users based on their interactions...
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Making Sense of Mountains of Data
"How do you take a big collection of things and make sense out of it?" asks Gary Flake, founder and director of Microsoft Live Labs, a division of the softwarePivot...
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Tracking Garbage
Researchers are focusing on the so-called "removal chain" in an attempt to save landfill space, improve recycling rates, and trim the flow of toxic materials into...
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Engineering the Web's Third Decade
As Web technologies move beyond two-way interactive capabilities to facilitate more dynamic and pervasive experiences, the Web is quickly advancing toward its third...
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CS and Biology's Growing Pains
Biologists can benefit from learning and using the tools of computer science, but several real-world obstacles remain.
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