There are two situations in software testing that scare testers: when they see "too many" defects and when they do not see "enough."Phillip G. Armour From Communications of the ACM | October 1, 2011
As the Intel Developer Forum gets under way this week, one hardly unexpected theme of CEO Paul Otellini's keynote address was that Moore's Law continues. Ivy...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 15, 2011
Time to ditch the black armbands and look beyond low Earth orbit again. The shuttle's passing marks the start of an exciting new era.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 25, 2011
My tweets generally reflect a set of parochial interests I continually revisit: the shuffle function in iTunes, the Phillies’ crummy batting lineup, reviews of...Wired From ACM Opinion | August 24, 2011
Masterful time management means not just tracking of messages in your personal environment, but managing your coordination network with others.Peter J. Denning, Ritu Raj From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
How to improve IT outsourcing relationships while doing good for society.
Ron Babin, Steve Briggs, Brian Nicholson From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
Sixty years ago, Maurice Wilkes, David Wheeler, and Stanley Gill produced the first textbook on programming: The Preparation of Programs for an Electronic Digital...Martin Campbell-Kelly From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2011
Wall Street's wild swings last week helped skew both retirement portfolios and mathematical models of the financial markets. After all, a standard Gaussian function—a...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | August 19, 2011
When a self-driving car crashes, one just has to wonder about those robots. Are they really all they're cracked up to be? Or might they be just as cracked as...CNET From ACM News | August 9, 2011
Chrome is reading my mind. When I type a search query in Google's Web browser, it offers me the most likely results right in the address bar. It doesn't justWikipedia...Slate From ACM Opinion | August 5, 2011
The mysteries of infinity could lead us to a fantastic structure above and beyond mathematics as we know it.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | August 2, 2011
I've been thinking about the combination of artificial intelligence and intelligence amplification and specifically the symbiosis of these two things. And the...Acceler8or From ACM Opinion | August 1, 2011
Take a look around you. The walls, the chair you're sitting in, your own body—they all seem real and solid. Yet there is a possibility that everything we see...New Scientist From ACM Opinion | July 28, 2011
Ever since humans evolved on this planet we have been trying to make sense of the world around us. We have attempted to explain why the world looks and behaves...BBC News From ACM Opinion | July 27, 2011
You probably use voice recognition technology already, if in a limited capacity. Maybe you use Google's voice-activated search, or take advantage of its (somewhat...Technology Review From ACM News | July 27, 2011
Openness is the Internet's great strength—and weakness. With powerful forces carving it up, is its golden age coming to an end?New Scientist From ACM News | July 21, 2011