Amid all the job losses of the Great Recession, there is one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.Newsweek From ACM News | July 19, 2011
When Cisco killed the beloved Flip camcorder a few months ago, a lot of people were shocked and upset—including me. It just seemed like such a ham-handed, thoughtless...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | July 15, 2011
In a speech at the International Economic Association 16th World Congress in Beijing, Andrew Haldane, Executive Director for Financial Stability and member of...Bank of England From ACM News | July 13, 2011
The United States may seriously want to consider creating a new Internet infrastructure to reduce the threat of cyberattacks, said Michael Hayden, President George...NextGov From ACM News | July 12, 2011
For several months, EFF has been following the movement around Bitcoin, an electronic payment system that touts itself as "the first decentralized digital currency...Electronic Frontier Foundation From ACM Opinion | June 23, 2011
Focusing on socio-technical design with values as a critical component in the design process.Cory Knobel, Geoffrey C. Bowker From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2011
Supply chains are increasingly global. We pour energy into managing them efficiently, with their risks and rewards...Mari Sako From Communications of the ACM | July 1, 2011
Software developers should use empirical methods to analyze their designs to predict how working systems will behave.
Clayton T. Morrison, Richard T. Snodgrass From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2011
Good software design is never easy, but stopping too soon makes the job more difficult.David Lorge Parnas From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2011
One of the most popular and successful approaches to estimating software projects is the Putnam model. Developed in the 1970s by...Phillip G. Armour From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2011
Considerable progress has been made toward the formation of a computing profession since we started tracking it in this column a decade ago.
Peter J. Denning, Dennis J. Frailey From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2011
Mapping the human genome showed how the Internet can play a vital part in collective scientific research. Now more scientists are collaborating—and inviting amateurs...The Observer From ACM Opinion | May 24, 2011
Jaron Lanier, a partner architect at Microsoft Research, has had a long and varied career in technology. Mr. Lanier popularized the term "virtual reality" in...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | May 23, 2011
When you look back at the past 50 years of human spaceflight, don't forget the computer scientists who helped make it possible.MSNBC From ACM News | May 16, 2011
Highlighting the significance of the often overlooked underlying software used to produce research results.Juan A. Añel From Communications of the ACM | May 1, 2011
On Monday the Supreme Court will consider whether to fundamentally alter the way American patent law is litigated. Specifically, in the context of an otherwise...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | April 18, 2011