From Communications of the ACM
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
Filippo Gualtiero Blancato| March 1, 2024
There aren’t many technology companies around who can claim to be 100 years old. You're probably hearing that a lot as media outlets report on the anniversary...AllThingsD From ACM Opinion | June 17, 2011
In a completely rational world, Rackspace would no longer be a independent company. The Web host that has in recent years veered into the cloud services business...AllThingsD From ACM Opinion | June 15, 2011
Facebook's active user base grew by only 1.7% in May. That's about half its usual growth rate, and it came after similarly slow growth in April. According to Inside...Slate From ACM News | June 15, 2011
Major corporations have made serious mistakes with information security recently, resulting in spectacular failures to protect business and customer records....Technology Review From ACM News | June 3, 2011
In his most extensive public comments since becoming Google's CEO, Larry Page on Thursday delivered a carefully crafted response to critics who say the company...San Jose Mercury News From ACM News | June 3, 2011
Dr. Regina Dugan is director of the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, where she researches, develops, and demonstrates high-risk, high-payoff projects...AllThingsD From ACM News | June 2, 2011
Vint Cerf is one of the most recognized network engineers of all time. He is often referred to as one of the "fathers of the Internet" for his groundbreaking...Network World From ACM News | June 1, 2011
Google Inc. executive chairman Eric Schmidt said one of his biggest failures as chief executive of the search giant over the last decade was grappling with the...The Wall Street Journal From ACM News | June 1, 2011
In today's hyper-networked world, where anyone can reach anybody at any time, John Lasseter is something of an anachronism. Though he is routinely armed with...The Wall Street Journal From ACM Opinion | May 27, 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
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace represents a shift in the way the U.S. government is approaching identity management, privacy, and the...Ari Schwartz From Communications of the ACM | June 1, 2011
It's hard to overestimate the importance of Ethernet to networking over the past 25 years. When Network World started, the technology had been around a while,...Network World From ACM Opinion | May 20, 2011
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, warned on Wednesday that government plans to block access to illicit filesharing websites could set a "disastrous precedent"...The Guardian From ACM News | May 19, 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
Ted Hoff saved his own life, sort of. Deep inside this 73-year-old lies a microprocessor—a tiny computer that controls his pacemaker and, in turn, his heart.BBC News From ACM News | May 12, 2011