What does Japan's earthquake mean for GPS? Friday's 9.0-magnitude earthquake was so powerful that it actually widened Japan. While parts of the country barely...Slate From ACM News | March 17, 2011
I got my first cell phone a little more than a decade ago, just as I was finishing college and looking for my first job. I didn't need a mobile phone; none of...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 17, 2011
Whenever the military rolls out a new robot program, folks like to joke about SkyNet or the Rise of the Machines. But this time, the military really is starting...Wired From ACM News | March 4, 2011
I’ve been a consumer technology critic for over 10 years. During that time, hate mail has been part of my job every day.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | February 18, 2011
While the secret for Apple's success seems patently obvious to most&meash;as obvious as the form and function of the iPhone 4—a more subtle reason is the company's...CNET From ACM Opinion | January 24, 2011
Professor P.K. Kannan at the University of Maryland, says the success of the iPhone 4 released by Verizon boils down to one word: "performance. That is, the performance...niversity of Maryland, College Park From ACM Opinion | January 12, 2011
ARM chief executive Warren East discusses major announcements from Microsoft, Nvidia, and Motorola involving his company and its chip architecture. CNet From ACM Opinion | January 7, 2011
In the personal-computer industry, where things change fast, one fact has been a constant for years: There are two major, mainstream operating systems for consumers...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | December 16, 2010
Behind the fly-off-the-shelf popularity of products like Apple's iPad and iPhone are hundreds of thousands of manufacturing jobs—mostly overseas. Is it possible...CNET From ACM News | December 6, 2010
In the opening moments of the new Web video "The Story of Electronics," I found myself nodding in recognition as host Annie Leonard held up a tangled mess of...San Jose Mercury News From ACM Opinion | November 30, 2010
Imagine a CPU designed to issue and execute up to seven instructions per clock cycle, with a clock rate 10 times faster than the reigning supercomputer. This is...Mark Smotherman, Dag Spicer From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2010
Peak performance doesn't equal sustained performance, and the NVIDIA GPUs in the Tianhe 1A are especially bad at the latter.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | November 8, 2010
Five years ago, having only recently arrived at the company, I wrote The Internet Services Disruption in order to kick off a major change management process across...ozzie.net From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2010
Everything in our three-dimensional world has a width, length and height. That was what we thought, at least. But this picture overlooks a whole class of materials...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | October 6, 2010
In February 2008, a pair of suicide bombers struck the Israeli town of Dimona. One of the attackers detonated his explosive vest, killing an Israeli, and injuring...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 13, 2010
Should researchers focus on designing new network architectures or improving the current Internet?Jennifer Rexford, Constantine Dovrolis From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2010
Another day, another envelope-pushing design from Apple intended to make us rethink the way we interact with our computers. Welcome to the Magic Trackpad.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 28, 2010
The growing role of artificial agents necessitates modifying legal frameworks to better address human interests.Samir Chopra From Communications of the ACM | August 1, 2010