Wired magazine writer and author Steven Levy interviews Microsoft Corp.'s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie about the value of cloud computing and how it will...Microsoft PressPass From ACM Opinion | June 9, 2009
Google has acknowledged that its search results are no longer solely and automatically determined by the company's vaunted algorithms. Indeed, sources say the company...Digital Daily From ACM Opinion | June 4, 2009
Ravi Venkatesan, chairman of Microsoft India, discusses the role technology can play in the new Indian administration and Microsoft's efforts to accelerate the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | June 1, 2009
China's development of the Kylin hardened operating system undermines U.S. offensive cyber warfare capabilities, Kevin G. Coleman of Technolytics Institute told...ZDNet From ACM Opinion | May 14, 2009
Today's workers are used to "Googling" queries and getting results quickly and accurately. However, while searching at work, these same workers often find it difficult...BeyeNetwork From ACM Opinion | April 28, 2009
Open-source guru Jon "Maddog" Hall, executive director of Linux International, spoke to an overflow crowd at LinuxFest Northwest in Bellingham, WA, making the case...TechFlash From ACM Opinion | April 27, 2009
The commercial opportunities of software as a service are widely hyped these days and many think SaaS is the future of software. That might be true in the medium...Martin Campbell-Kelly From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2009
Differences in telecommunications regulation between the U.S. and the European Union are a key factor in viewing the debate over network neutrality legislation...Pierre Larouche From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2009
Software engineering continues to be dogged by claims it is not engineering. Adopting a computer-systems view that embraces hardware, software, and user environment...Peter J. Denning, Richard D. Riehle From Communications of the ACM | March 1, 2009
A discussion of divergent paths to unrestricted access of content and applications via the Internet.
Barbara van Schewick, David Farber From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2009
Governments concerned with national-security threats use the Internet to gather intelligence from communications traffic that transits local facilities. This surveillance...Kristina Irion From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2009
Will the software development laboratories follow the production mills?Ashish Arora, Matej Drev, Chris Forman From Communications of the ACM | February 1, 2009
How Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) electronic-commerce platforms in China compete and how buyers are stimulated to be both aware and trustful of sellers through buyer...Carol Xiaojuan Ou, Robert M. Davison From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Assessing the pluses and minuses of the helmsmanship of Microsoft Corporation since its inception.Michael Cusumano From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
The next generation of software engineering will involve designing systems without using paper-based formats, instead using software to develop software.Phillip G. Armour From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Architecture astronauts habitually speak at extremely high levels of abstraction to avoid engaging in tangible discussions that might lead to disclosing that they...Alex E. Bell From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Exploring the expectations and implications for version 2.0 of the Net's new gated communities.Jonathan Zittrain From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
A rabbinical story tells about an angry reader who stormed into a newspaper office waving the day's paper, asking to see the editor of the obituary column.Moshe Y. Vardi From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2009
Highlighting the importance of doing one's best in view of code longevity and the impermanence of the changineer.George V. Neville-Neil From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008
When it comes to virtualization platforms, experts say focus first on the services to be delivered.
Mache Creeger From Communications of the ACM | December 1, 2008