Communications of the ACM
An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.
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To Stop Cybercrime We Need to Think Like the Criminals
Whenever William Hague, our esteemed foreign secretary, speaks on the subject of cyberspace, what comes to mind is Dr Johnson’s celebrated comment about seeing...
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Governments Turn to Hacking Techniques For Surveillance of Citizens
In a luxury Washington, D.C., hotel last month, governments from around the world gathered to discuss surveillance technology they would rather you did not know...
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Did Android Copy Ios? We Asked Google's Product Manager...
Has Android copied elements from Apple's iOS? It's not a matter that Google's senior managers for the Android operating system want to get involved in.
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Diginotar Ssl Certificate Hack Amounts to Cyberwar, Says Expert
The Dutch government says hackers who broke into a web security firm in the Netherlands last month issued hundreds of bogus security certificates that could be...
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Why Google Had to Have Motorola Mobility
For several years now, Google has been following a vow made by former CEO Eric Schmidt: mobile first. New CEO Larry Page is taking that dictum to a new level...
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MI5 Joins Social Messaging Trawl for Riot Organisers
Intelligence agency asked to crack encrypted messages—especially on BlackBerry Messenger—to help police.
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David Cameron Considers Banning Suspected Rioters from Social Media
David Cameron has told parliament that in the wake of this week's riots the government is looking at banning people from using social networking sites, such as...
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Police to Track Rioters Who Used Blackberrys
Police investigating those responsible for the London riots will be able to track down and arrest them based on their BlackBerry Messenger communication with...
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Ted's Chris Anderson: The Man Who Made Youtube Clever
With his TED Talks series, the former magazine mogul Chris Anderson has racked up 500 million web video views for speeches by academics and technological experts...
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Bitcoin: The Hacker Currency That's Taking Over the Web
Global, private and untraceable, it's the monetary system of choice for libertarians, geeks, businesspeople, and, apparently, drug kingpins.
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Sony's Kaz Hirai on the Psn Hack
Sony's deputy president about the PlayStation Network hack, PS Vita and PS3's enduring appeal.
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Stuxnet Attack Forced Britain to Rethink the Cyber War
The pieces of the puzzle began to take shape, and then fall into place, on 17 June last year, when Sergey Ulasen was emailed by a dealer in Tehran about an irritating...
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Eric Schmidt: Anti-Piracy Laws Would Be Disaster For Free Speech
Google's executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, warned on Wednesday that government plans to block access to illicit filesharing websites could set a "disastrous precedent"...
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Where Will Larry Page Lead Google?
In the 10 years since the last time Larry Page was Google's chief executive, the company has changed a bit. It has gone from an ambitious startup to a publicly...
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Goal-Line Technologists Fail Fifa Test
Fifa's plans to introduce goal-line technology have suffered a setback after every one of the 10 companies which took part in trials last week failed to meet...
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Analysing Data Is the Future For Journalists, Says Tim Berners-Lee
Inventor of the World Wide Web says reporters should be hunting for stories in datasets.
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Iran Detains 'Spies' As It Moves to Ease Fears Over Stuxnet Cyber Attack
Intelligence chief blames western powers for computer worm targeting nuclear systems.
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Stuxnet Worm Heralds New Era of Global Cyberwar
Attack aimed at Iran nuclear plant and recently revealed 2008 incident at US base show spread of cyber weapons.
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