With Steve Jobs' third medical-related absence in six years, Silicon Valley must again confront one of its great mysteries: How much does Jobs matter to Apple?San Jose Mercury News From ACM Opinion | January 18, 2011
Wolfram Research, a software company with deep mathematical and scientific expertise, is expanding to the broad education market with a range of mobile apps.CNET From ACM News | January 18, 2011
India's design industry is facing a "quality gap" with regard to talent, says Rahul Arya of Cadence Design Systems Inc. in Bangalore, India. The Hindu From ACM Opinion | January 13, 2011
Through the gates of Fort George Meade pass the most powerful technical minds that the government employs. But Fort Meade's website contains pixelized, faux-shaded...Wired From ACM News | January 12, 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
A year ago, Steve Ballmer took the stage of the Consumer Electronics Show to tout a technology that he promised would change the world: the Windows operating...Slate From ACM Opinion | January 10, 2011
High-frequency trading networks, which complete stock market transactions in microseconds, are vulnerable to manipulation by hackers who can inject tiny amounts...InfoWorld From ACM News | January 7, 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
Here is how Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, describes the current state of affairs on the Internet: "Say I’m walking through a mall...Newsweek From ACM Opinion | January 4, 2011
As in the real world, cyberspace has bad neighborhoods. But unlike the real world, risks in cyberspace are not easy to spot—and the location of those digital...MSNBC From ACM Opinion | December 29, 2010
A draft solution to the so-called "P versus NP" problem generated excitement in 2010; will 2011 bring a correct proof?New Scientist From ACM Opinion | December 28, 2010
Seeking to improve the educational mechanisms for efficiently training large numbers of information security workers.Michael E. Locasto, Anup K. Ghosh, Sushil Jajodia, Angelos Stavrou From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2011
Privacy and confidentiality issues in cloud-based conference management systems reflect more universal themes.Mark D. Ryan From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2011
You want to know how to get my attention?" Jason Kalich asked the audience rhetorically. "First off, don't bring me a good...Phillip G. Armour From Communications of the ACM | January 1, 2011
The easiest way to sum up the Web in 2010 is that it was a year of growth. The big got bigger and smaller companies came out of the woodwork with new plays on...CNET From ACM News | December 21, 2010
In May 2009, The Daily Telegraph set off a political storm in Britain when it detailed widespread expense-account abuse by members of Parliament. Among the claims...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | December 20, 2010
I recently wrote a white paper entitled “Dragons, Tigers, Pearls, and Yellowcake” in which I proposed four alternative scenarios for the Stuxnet worm other than...Forbes From ACM Opinion | December 17, 2010