Just under 10 years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and...CNN From ACM Opinion | October 7, 2013
The head of the National Security Agency delivered a vigorous defense Wednesday of his agency's collection of Americans' phone records for counterterrorism purposes...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | September 27, 2013
Bill Gates made many exceptional decisions while he was leading Microsoft to immense success. He did, however, make a few errors.Geekwire From ACM Opinion | September 26, 2013
Ella Gale, one of the young researchers attending the 1st Heidelberg Laureate Forum in Germany, says her interest is unconventional computing. Scientific American From ACM TechNews | September 25, 2013
Few people have as much claim as Vint Cerf to the title "Father of the Internet," but as the technologies he helped develop in the 1970s and 1980s become increasingly...The Next Web From ACM Opinion | September 3, 2013
As an undergraduate at Oxford University in the mid-1970s, K. Birgitta Whaley struggled to choose between chemistry and physics.Quanta Magazine From ACM Opinion | August 8, 2013
Does the NSA really operate a vast database that allows its analysts to sift through millions of records showing nearly everything a user does on the Internet,...Slate From ACM Opinion | August 7, 2013
Richard Stallman, revered by some as a genius (after all, he won a McArthur "genius" grant in 1990) and by others as a crackpot, was in New York Monday where he...GigaOm From ACM Opinion | August 6, 2013
Intel engineer Ajay Bhatt invented the universal serial bus (USB) port about 25 years ago. He currently is analyzing PC architecture to provide portable computers...IEEE Spectrum From ACM TechNews | July 26, 2013
Intel came to dominate computing by consistently beating others at packing transistors ever more densely onto chips for desktop computers and servers.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | July 3, 2013
"I've been doing combative stuff since I was born," says Geordie Rose, leaning back in a chair in his small, windowless office in Burnaby, Canada, as he describes...Nature From ACM Careers | June 24, 2013
The Kepler space telescope's search may be at an end, but Didier Queloz, who found the first world around a sunlike star, says more planet hunts are afoot.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | June 11, 2013
Forty-five years after Intel was founded by Silicon Valley legends Gordon Moore and Bob Noyce, it is the world's leading semiconductor company.The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | May 17, 2013
When some future Mars colonist is able to open his browser and watch a cat in a shark suit chasing a duck while riding a roomba, they will have Vint Cerf to thank...Wired From ACM Opinion | May 7, 2013
Ever since it was discovered in 2004, graphene has been hailed as a natural wonder of the materials world destined to transform our lives in the 21st century.CNN From ACM Opinion | May 1, 2013