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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The Fog of Cyberwar
In mid-2010, thousands of centrifuges, enriching uranium at Iranian nuclear research facilities, spun out of control.
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How the nited Nations Could Ruin the Internet
The Internet has sustained some pretty intense assaults in the past couple of years. There was the heavy-handed attempt to stamp out content piracy with SOPA/PIPA...
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At Dawn We Sleep
If you read the newspapers on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, you would have been led to believe that Japan was poised to attack—but in Southeast Asia, not Pearl Harbor...
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No Warrant, No Problem: How the Government Can Still Get Your Digital Data
The U.S. government isn’t allowed to wiretap American citizens without a warrant from a judge. But there are plenty of legal ways for law enforcement, from the...
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Could a Syria-Style Internet Blackout Happen in the .s.?
The ongoing Internet blackout in Syria, like the one that occurred in Egypt early in 2011, prompts curiosity as to whether such an event could happen in one's own...
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Was a Texas Student Really Expelled for Refusing To Wear an RFID Chip?
The Texas school district that began requiring its students to wear RFID tracking chips this year is now facing a fight in federal court.
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Why We Must Fight For the Internet's Freedom
The Internet empowers each one of us to speak, create, learn, and share.
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'your Criticisms Are Completely Wrong': Stallman on Software Patents, 20 Years In
The large, bearded man bounded to the front of the room last Friday, hand thrust into the air, fingers shaking.
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Security Guru Pledges to Strengthen Critical Computers
Stuxnet, a piece of malicious software discovered in 2010, targeted industrial software controlling Iran’s uranium-enrichment centrifuges. But the code got loose—and...
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Alan Turing Remembered
A unique firsthand account of formative experiences with Alan Turing.
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Why We Need an ACM Special Interest Group For Broadening Participation
A proposal for an international group focused on broadening participation.
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Moods
Recognizing and working with moods — your own, your team's, and your customers' — is essential to professional success.
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Can More Code Mean Fewer Bugs?
The bytes you save today may bite you tomorrow.
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Saving Private Gromit
Reflections on the legalities and economics of preserving animations and games in Europe.
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IT Innovation For the Bottom of the Pyramid
New ways to develop technologies for the emerging growth markets.
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The Real Threat to Internet Freedom Isn't the nited Nations
The Internet is often seen as a place of chaos and disorder, a borderless world in which anonymous trolls roam free and vigilante hackers wreak havoc.
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Silicon Valley Must Stop U.N. from Regulating the Internet
The notion of the United Nations making the rules and governing the Internet should send shivers down the spine of anyone who uses a cell phone, laptop or search...
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Fcc Chief's Painstaking Approach Earns Mixed Reviews in Turbulent Times For Telecom Industry
When he isn't chairing the Federal Communications Commission, Julius Genachowski enjoys a seat at a poker table.
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