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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Q&A: Systematic Thinking
Andrew S. Tanenbaum talks about MINIX, microkernels, and electronic voting systems.
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The Data-Structure Canon
Data structures are part of the foundation of computer science. It pays to revisit them from time to time.
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When Network Neutrality Met Privacy
Incorporating the consideration of privacy into the ongoing debate concerning network neutrality.
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Cloud Computing and SaaS as New Computing Platforms
To become an industry platform, vendors must open their infrastructure technology to other product companies.
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Be Careful What You Wish For
Reflections on the decline of mathematical tables.
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Development 2.0: The IT-Enabled Transformation of International Development
The fundamental assumptions of international development are changing, increasingly putting the tools for a digital economy into the hands of the world's poor. ...
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Google Is Definitely No "god"
Google announced at 3:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 23rd (Beijing Time) its decision to move most of its China-based search functions from the Chinese mainland to Hong...
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Does the .s. Census Need a 21st-Century Makeover?
The Internet Age is upon us. But rather than circulating online, the 23rd Decennial Census stuck with the tried-and-true, and flooded the U.S. Postal Service March...
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Is Motion Control Patent a Powder Keg For Mobile?
Here's a potentially noteworthy development in the patent litigation-riddled mobile device market. The patent is No. 7,679,604, "Method and apparatus for controlling...
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Interview: Sergey Brin on Google
China's censorship of the Internet may be blunt, but Google has found negotiations with the Chinese government in recent weeks to be subtle and uncertain. That...
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Interview: Sergey Brin on Google
China's censorship of the Internet may be blunt, but Google has found negotiations with the Chinese government in recent weeks to be subtle and uncertain. That...
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Google Loss Won't Hamper Business Gains in China
When Google made its threat to pull out of China on January 12, it titled its online announcement "A new approach to China," indicating its high expectations for...
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Beware the Nsa
Early this year, the big brains at Google admitted that they had been outsmarted. Along with 33 other companies, the search giant had been the victim of a major...
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Toyota Hardware Defects/software Bugs
Is embedded automotive software as buggy as a desktop operating system?
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Current E-Waste Policies Not Working
E-waste created from discarded personal computers is a fast growing source of environmental damage, threatening the health of populations in developing nations....
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Four Consequences of Google's China Exit
In a defiant move, Google has officially shut down its Chinese search site. In many ways the company's exit is unprecedented and gives rise to a myriad of consequences...
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A New Approach to China: An Update
Earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected...
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Frank Moss: Tech to Help Those Who Can't Help Themselves
Frank Moss, head of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says there are real opportunities in developing technology for disabled or disadvantaged...
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A Tale of 20 Interns, One Project and One Fiery Debate
Few geeks are unfamiliar with the concept of the "Mythical Man-Month" from Fred Brooks' classic software engineering tome by the same name. It's a classic for good...
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