Rules of thumb stated as numerical rules are enticing, but many are folk theorems that may not apply in your critical situation.Peter J. Denning From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2013
Just before he died, Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson about his dream for revolutionizing television.Slate From ACM Opinion | May 22, 2013
"Our imagination is stretched to the utmost," wrote Richard Feynman, the greatest physicist of his day, "not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | May 21, 2013
I join a group of twenty computer scientists in issuing a report criticizing an FBI plan to require makers of secure communication tools to redesign their systems...Freedom To Tinker From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
The goal of the U.S. patent system is clear: to provide individuals or companies with an incentive to innovate by offering them 20 years of exclusive rights to...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
The future came crashing down on me this week at the Google I/O developer conference while I stood at a bathroom urinal.The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
Aaron Swartz was not yet a legend when, almost two years ago, I asked him to build an open-source, anonymous in-box.The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
Gregory Nagy, a professor of classical Greek literature at Harvard, is a gentle academic of the sort who, asked about the future, will begin speaking of Homer and...The New Yorker From ACM News | May 16, 2013
When the Russian asteroid became a fireball in the air over Chelyabinsk, destroying buildings and injuring hundreds, we were lucky it wasn’t worse.Slate From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2013
Search has always been about giving you the best answers quickly, regardless of what device you use.Google Inside Search From ACM Opinion | May 16, 2013
Given that Bitcoin first broke into mainstream attention when Gawker explained how to use it to buy drugs, perhaps the surprise is that it took federal regulators...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2013
We now live in a world where public servants informing the public about government behavior or wrongdoing must practice the tradecraft of drug dealers and spies...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 15, 2013
They sacrificed a spectacular sunny Saturday afternoon by the hundreds, forgoing all else to sit in a darkened hall to witness hours of intense lectures and art...Stanford News Service From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2013