The most dubious phrase in English after "act natural" is "trust me." A party asking for trust without offering a reason why is probably untrustworthy. And yet...The Economist From ACM Opinion | April 15, 2011
You probably know that some Internet and cell phone applications like Foursquare or Twitter can broadcast your location to the world. And you might know that...MSNBC From ACM News | April 15, 2011
Cisco is shutting down a business unit that it bought for over half-a-billion dollars: the Flip camcorder division. That's a shame, considering how high the Flip...Wired From ACM News | April 13, 2011
The clash of two titans—physics and chemistry—are major barriers to human space travel to Mars and beyond, and may well make it impossible... at least with current...Cosmos Magazine From ACM Opinion | April 13, 2011
A recent ACM Ubiquity symposium considered the question: “What is computation?” In this closing article, Ubiquity's editor-in-chief Peter J. Denning shares what...Peter J. Denning From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2011
I've done my part to prop up the consumer-electronics industry in recent years: a flat-panel TV downstairs and one upstairs, his and hers smartphones, not-too...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | April 8, 2011
For many Americans, March Madness has been a time to worry about office pools, busted brackets, and buzzer beaters. For American businesses, though, the N.C.A...The New Yorker From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2011
The tech world has recently seen an explosion in patent litigation, often involving low-quality software patents, which threatens to stifle innovation.Google From ACM Opinion | April 5, 2011
In the 10 years since the last time Larry Page was Google's chief executive, the company has changed a bit. It has gone from an ambitious startup to a publicly...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | April 4, 2011
Strategic theorists frequently lament that military planners are very effective at preparing for the last war, not the next one. Planners today must cope with...Strategic Studies Quarterly From ACM Opinion | April 1, 2011
We generally assume that technological advances save time, boost efficiency, increase productivity, and so on. Once we get used to the latest conveniences, we...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 31, 2011
For a company with the audacity to make "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible" its mission statement, it takes a lot to take...Slate From ACM Opinion | March 24, 2011
I've been teaching college freshmen to write the five-paragraph essay and its bully of a cousin, the research paper, for years. But these forms invite font-size...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | March 21, 2011
Since the beginning of the debate on network neutrality, and perhaps as an inheritance of that beginning, the controversy has been restricted...José Luis Gómez-Barroso, Claudio Feijóo From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
Programming is a creative endeavor, and therefore there is such a thing as coder's block. What does it take to clear the blockage?George V. Neville-Neil From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
Reflections on recruiting and training programmers during the early period of computing.Nathan Ensmenger From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
Successful global IT team managers combine general distributed team management skills enhanced with cultural sensitivity.
Fred Niederman, Felix B. Tan From Communications of the ACM | April 1, 2011
The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has warned internet service providers (ISPs) that plans for a "two-speed" Internet go against the principles...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | March 18, 2011