Communications of the ACM
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March 2011
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Twitter's Biz Stone On Starting A Revolution
In March, Twitter turns five years old. The microblogging service—which now has an estimated 200 million users worldwide—has been used by heads of state, astronauts in outer space and protesters in Iran, Egypt and Tunisia…
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Paul Buchheit, Creator of Gmail, Venture Capitalist
Soon after Paul Buchheit joined Google in 1999, he coined the phrase "Don't be evil," which along with profit and loss, remains the yardstick by which Google is most commonly judged. As employee No. 23, Buchheit created Gmail…
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A Program Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: The BPC Alliances
Changing the trajectory of participation in computing for students at various stages of development.
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Surrounded By Machines
A chilling scenario portends a possible future.
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Managing Time
Professionals overwhelmed with information glut can find hope from new insights about time management.
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Do You Own the Software You Buy?
Examining the fine print concerning your rights in your copies of purchased software.
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Computer and Information Science and Engineering: One Discipline, Many Specialties
Mathematics is no longer the only foundation for computing and information research and education in academia.