Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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Ajay Bhatt: Intel's Rock-Star Inventor
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...
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The Mooc Racket
The word mooc sounds a bit like slang from Goodfellas or the affectionate shortening of the already-affectionate name of a former outfielder for the New York Mets...
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The Immigrant Brain Drain: How America Is Losing Its High-Tech Talent
Vivek Wadhwa of Duke University questions the claim that competition from high-tech guest workers in the United States is keeping domestic workers' wages low...
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The Youtube Tutor
In 2006 Salman Khan logged on to YouTube and uploaded a handful of videos he had made to help his cousins with their homework. Today six million students visit...
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To Develop Tomorrow's Engineers, Start Before They Can Tie Their Shoes
Think "student engineers" and you probably have visions of high school or college students.
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Technology to Protect Against Mass Surveillance
In the past several weeks, EFF has received many requests for advice about privacy tools that provide technological shields against mass surveillance.
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How Protecting Your Privacy Could Make You the Bad Guy
There's a funny catch-22 when it comes to privacy best practices.
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Smart Phones Mean You Will No Longer Have to Memorize Facts
When my father was growing up, his father offered him 25 cents to memorize the complete list of U.S. presidents. "Number one, George Washington. Number two, John...
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The Paradox of Wearable Technologies
Ever talk to someone at a party or conference reception only to discover that the person you are talking to is constantly scanning the room, looking this way and...
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Did Facebook Miss a Massive Opportunity By Building a Walled Garden Instead of a Truly Open Platform?
When Facebook first launched its platform strategy in 2007, it seemed as though a new world of opportunity had opened up for anyone interested in the social web—a...
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Money Models For MOOCs
Considering new business models for massive open online courses.
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Ultra-Low-Cost Computing and Developing Countries
Raspberry Pi and its potential in the "global South."
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The Air Gap: SCADA's Enduring Security Myth
Attempting to use isolation as a security strategy for critical systems is unrealistic in an increasingly connected world.
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Cherry-Picking and the Scientific Method
Software is supposed be a part of computer science, and science demands proof.
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Success in Introductory Programming: What Works?
How pair programming, peer instruction, and media computation have improved computer science education.
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Overt Censorship: A Fatal Mistake?
Censorship of information often has the opposite effect by drawing attention to the censored material.
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Microsoft Is Doomed, But First It's Going to Make a Ton of Money
Microsoft stock lost about 10 percent of its value in the wake of a quarterly earnings report on Thursday that investors deemed sub-par. Yet revenue for the second...
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Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales Explains Its Mission to Be Mainstream
Wikipedia is expanding its major new "open data" initiative, expanding tools that allow developers to use its content on other websites and simplifying its editing...
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Hands On the Wheel, Mind On the Road–not Cyberspace
Makers of cars and mobile electronics are pushing a tempting vision of the future. It is one in which you can stay fully connected while driving.
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