Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold has been anything but idle since stepping out of his role as computer technology czar, founding a controversial patent hoarding...Fortune From ACM Opinion | October 2, 2013
In a double dose of irony, the National Security Agency's prying has given a big helping hand to Phil Zimmermann's business, Silent Circle.CNET From ACM Opinion | September 30, 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
Hopes of alien life on Mars were dashed Thursday when a paper published in the journal Scienceconcluded that the Curiosity rover has yet to find any methane gas...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 23, 2013
Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer and author on security topics, provides perspective on the revelations from documents purloined from the U.S. National Security...MIT Technology Review From ACM Opinion | September 23, 2013
How will police use a gun that immobilizes its target but does not kill? What would people do with a device that could provide them with any mood they desire? What...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | September 20, 2013
We're four days away now. After a year of pre-publicity and a five-year wait since GTA IV, the latest instalment in Rockstar's gangland opus is almost upon us.The Guardian From ACM Opinion | September 13, 2013
Two of the most influential venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, John Doerr and Vinod Khosla, weighed in on the current controversy government surveillance, contending...CNET From ACM Opinion | September 12, 2013
New startups looking for ways to keep their users secure should know one thing, a top Google security executive said Tuesday: "Passwords are dead."CNET From ACM Opinion | September 11, 2013
As a new moon orbiter gets set to launch, Pete Worden, director of NASA Ames, says forget the 20th—this is the real space century.New Scientist From ACM Opinion | September 4, 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
The Code.org founder discusses his first program, inspirations, and "seizing the day."Lawrence Snyder From Communications of the ACM | September 1, 2013