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Self-Replicating Usbs Spread Software Faster Than an Internet Connection
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Self-Replicating Usbs Spread Software Faster Than an Internet Connection

An easy, inexpensive way to transmit large software packages rapidly without using the Internet utilizes a self-replicating bootable USB stick. 

Diagnosis For Healthcare.gov: ­nrealistic Technology Expectations
From ACM Opinion

Diagnosis For Healthcare.gov: ­nrealistic Technology Expectations

The fiasco with the $600 million federal health insurance website wasn't all bureaucratic.

The Online Dating Engine That Assesses Your Taste in the Opposite Sex (and Whether They Find You Attractive)
From ACM TechNews

The Online Dating Engine That Assesses Your Taste in the Opposite Sex (and Whether They Find You Attractive)

A new dating recommendation engine suggests potential dates based not only on mutual interests, but also on a person's likelihood to reply to initial contact. 

The Secret Ingredient in Computational Creativity
From ACM TechNews

The Secret Ingredient in Computational Creativity

IBM computer scientists are using big data on the Watson supercomputer to produce cooking results that could be called creative. 

Nsa Leaks Could Inspire a Global Boom in Intrusive Surveillance
From ACM TechNews

Nsa Leaks Could Inspire a Global Boom in Intrusive Surveillance

The recent leaks of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs could inspire authoritarian governments in developing economies to boost NSA-style...

Stores Sniff Out Smartphones to Follow Shoppers
From ACM News

Stores Sniff Out Smartphones to Follow Shoppers

You've just tossed a jar of peanut butter in your grocery cart when your smartphone buzzes.

Ads Could Soon Know If You're an Introvert (on Twitter)
From ACM News

Ads Could Soon Know If You're an Introvert (on Twitter)

Trying to derive a person's wants and needs—conscious or otherwise—from online browsing and buying habits has become crucial to companies of all kinds.

Driverless Cars Are Further Away Than You Think
From ACM Opinion

Driverless Cars Are Further Away Than You Think

A silver BMW 5 Series is weaving through traffic at roughly 120 kilometers per hour (75 mph) on a freeway that cuts northeast through Bavaria between Munich and...

Noise Pollution Maps Crowdsourced From Smartphone Data
From ACM TechNews

Noise Pollution Maps Crowdsourced From Smartphone Data

Researchers say they have developed an improved method of creating noise pollution maps that uses crowdsourced smartphone data. 

The Secrets of Online Money Laundering
From ACM News

The Secrets of Online Money Laundering

Money laundering is increasingly becoming a cybercrime.

Tweets Have Become Shorter Since 2009, Say Computer Scientists
From ACM TechNews

Tweets Have Become Shorter Since 2009, Say Computer Scientists

Twitter users are communicating with fewer and shorter words, researchers have found.

Internet Archaeologists Reconstruct Lost Web Pages
From ACM TechNews

Internet Archaeologists Reconstruct Lost Web Pages

Researchers recently embarked on an effort to reconstruct deleted social media posts and resources, in part from the clues they leave behind on the web.

Academics Launch Fake Social Network to Get an Inside Look at Chinese Censorship
From ACM News

Academics Launch Fake Social Network to Get an Inside Look at Chinese Censorship

Harvard University professor Gary King this year launched a social media site to gain firsthand experience of online censorship in China.

Cryptographers Have an Ethics Problem
From ACM Opinion

Cryptographers Have an Ethics Problem

Last week, I visited the MIT computer science department looking for a very famous cryptographer.

Mapping the Bitcoin Economy Could Reveal Users' Identities
From ACM TechNews

Mapping the Bitcoin Economy Could Reveal Users' Identities

An analysis of the public log of Bitcoin digital currency transactions could enable law enforcement to pinpoint user identities. 

Hacked Feature Phone Can Block Other People's Calls
From ACM TechNews

Hacked Feature Phone Can Block Other People's Calls

A few changes to a standard phone can block calls and text messages intended for nearby users of the same GSM cellular network.

Seven Over 70
From ACM Careers

Seven Over 70

For over a decade, we've celebrated innovators under the age of 35. We choose to write about the young because we want to introduce you to the most promising new...

From ACM Careers

35 Innovators Under 35

For our 13th annual celebration of people who are driving the next generation of technological breakthroughs, we're presenting the stories in a new way.

How Footprint Recognition Software May Help Zoology
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How Footprint Recognition Software May Help Zoology

WildTrack has developed image-processing software that the detects physical  characteristics of animal footprints that are hard for an untrained eye to recognize...

World's Most Influential Thinkers Revealed
From ACM News

World's Most Influential Thinkers Revealed

Who are the most influential thinkers on the planet? That's a question that you might imagine ought to be straightforward to determine, given the recent advances...
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