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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Snapshot of Global Internet Speeds Revealed
A report based on analysis of huge amounts of net traffic has revealed the state of the Internet around the globe.
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A Smoother Street View
Microsoft's new toy allows for a more seamless walk down an online avenue.
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Researcher Develops nderground Wireless Communication For Mines
Thanks to the work of Ryerson University researcher Xavier Fernando, countless miners' lives could be saved in the future with state-of-the-art technology that...
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High-Speed Laser Chips Move Data at 50 Gbps
A new research breakthrough from Intel combines silicon chips and lasers to transmit data at 50 gigabits per second—and someday, maybe as fast as a terabit per...
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How Will the Smart Grid Handle Heat Waves?
Pretty well, once the technology to automatically respond to peak demand and store renewable energy matures.
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Saving Lives at Rail Crossings
La Trobe University researchers have developed a wireless system that enables cars and trains to communicate with each other and avoid collisions at rail crossings...
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The Technical Muscle Behind Wikileaks
WikiLeaks isn't much to look at. The Website's homepage is largely composed of a plain-text logo and a giant hyperlink that simply says: "Submit documents."
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Wikileaks: Hard Facts and a Hacker Ethos
Julian Assange has been hailed as a hero of investigative journalism and condemned as a risk to national security. Wikileaks, the site of which he is director,...
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Military Testing Afghan Language Translation Mobiles For U.s. Troops
"How can we communicate?" the alien being asks Captain James Kirk in a vintage edition of Star Trek. "My thoughts ... you are hearing them? This is interesting."...
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Social Web: The Great Tipping Point Test
Every move you make, every twitter feed you update, somebody is watching you. You may not think twice about it, but if you use a social networking site, a cellphone...
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Celebrating the Legacy of Plato
The PLATO@50 Conference marked the semicentennial of the computer system that was the forerunner of today's social media and interactive education.
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Making Sense of Real-Time Behavior
Data captured by sensors worn on the human body and analyzed in near real-time could transform our understanding of human behavior, health, and society.
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Hackers With Enigmatic Motives Vex Companies
The world of hackers can be roughly divided into three groups. "Black hats" break into corporate computer systems for fun and profit, taking credit card numbers...
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Scientists Take Aim at Website Hackers
With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, a team of computer scientists is using a novel, two-pronged approach to protect websites from hackers.
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Your Groups Tell Hackers Who You Are
A malicious site can find out what social-networking groups you belong to--and then figure out your identity.
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We're Running Out of Internet Addresses
Don't panic, but we're running out of internet addresses. Not domain names—those Website names that you see at the top of this page and which always start with...
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Neurons to Power Future Computers
Researchers are developing novel computers by mimicking the way that neurons are built and how they talk to each other.
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Study Finds Strong Negative Reaction to Paying For Online Services
An annual study of the impact of the Internet on Americans by the Center for the Digital Future found that 49 percent of Internet users said they have used free...
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Ads that Match a Web Page's Images
Using the contents of images or videos to target Web ads could improve click-through.
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