British tabloid News of the World said it is closing down over a phone hacking scandal in which workers for the Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper allegedly snooped...CNET From ACM News | July 11, 2011
Thirty years ago, Andy Hertzfeld was a young computer engineer working at Apple Computer on the first Macintosh under the leadership of Steve Jobs. As Jobs had...CNET From ACM Opinion | July 7, 2011
Android is open-source software, but it doesn't come with much of an open-source community, and the Google leader of the project explained why.CNET From ACM News | May 17, 2011
A year ago, Ralph Langner was plugging away in relative obscurity, doing security consulting work for the industrial control system industry in his Hamburg headquarters...CNET From ACM News | May 13, 2011
As U.S. special forces assaulted Osama bin Laden's walled compound in Pakistan, a Twitter user was already recording a rough outline of the events to come. Sohaib...CNET From ACM Opinion | May 5, 2011
Jeff Jaffe's job requires both patience and impatience. Patience, because the World Wide Web Consortium—of which he's been chief executive for nearly a year—is...CNET From ACM Opinion | March 14, 2011
As smartphones using Google's Android operating system become mainstream, James Steele and Nelson To are in a pretty good position.CNET From ACM Opinion | December 30, 2010