In 1984, Mike Lazaridis, an engineering student at the University of Waterloo, and Douglas Fregin, an engineering student at the University of Windsor, founded...Bloomberg Businessweek From ACM Opinion | December 10, 2013
Computers as we know them have are close to reaching an inflection point—the next generation is in sight but not quite within our grasp.Scientific American From ACM Opinion | November 14, 2013
Google X is responsible for some of Google's most literally fantastic projects: Google Glass, self-driving cars, gigantic inflatable balloons that beam Internet...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | November 13, 2013
Tony Fadell is the founder and chief executive of Nest, a company that is trying to bring a high-end technology experience to some of the most prosaic areas of...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | November 11, 2013
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist who created the World Wide Web, has called for a "full and frank public debate" over Internet surveillance by the National...The Guardian From ACM Opinion | November 7, 2013
Like a story straight out of the universe of Franz Kafka, Lavabit founder Ladar Levison found himself before a judge in Washington, representing himself against...CNET From ACM Opinion | October 29, 2013
When he read about the technical failures plaguing HealthCare.gov, Mike Bracken said it felt like a real-life version of the movie Groundhog Day.NPR From ACM Opinion | October 25, 2013
The public's trust in government has been battered by repeated abuses of power, but it's not the NSA's fault.The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2013
When historians write about the civil-liberties crisis of this decade, the story will be full of vivid figures—Bradley, now Chelsea, Manning, the fragile soldier...The Atlantic From ACM Opinion | October 23, 2013
HealthCare.gov, the Web site at the center of President Obama's federal health insurance exchange, has been plagued with problems since it opened for business Oct...The Washington Post From ACM Opinion | October 22, 2013
Syrian-born Dina Katabi is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was awarded a MacArthur last...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 21, 2013
Nest Labs' first product has made it the darling of both the clean tech industry and design crowd.The San Jose Mercury News From ACM Opinion | October 18, 2013
As the world's second-largest supplier of telecommunications network equipment, Huawei plays a part in the technology industry's efforts to ensure network security...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | October 18, 2013
The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, said in an interview that to prevent terrorist attacks he saw no effective alternative to...The New York Times From ACM Opinion | October 17, 2013
Microsoft's new head of research, Peter Lee, is tasked with helping the company invent the future.Technology Review From ACM Opinion | October 16, 2013
Last week a group of the Internet's governing organizations announced they were effectively turning their backs on the United States.AllThingsD From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2013
Rugged individualists aside, many people find themselves increasingly connected not just to one another but also to the devices that make those connections possible...Scientific American From ACM Opinion | October 15, 2013