Almost a century after the first pilot-less plane was test launched from the back of a truck in the English village of Upavon, unmanned aircraft vehicles, or...Reuters From ACM News | September 27, 2011
England's Premier League and any others who want to introduce goalline technology got the go-ahead to do so from FIFA president Sepp Blatter on Wednesday, as...Reuters From ACM News | July 28, 2011
ICANN has voted to allow individuals and companies to apply to create new generic top-level domains using almost any word in any language. This means that individuals...Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 21, 2011
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is developing the National Cyber Range, a model of the Internet that will enable researchers to test defense...Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 20, 2011
The Pentagon is about to roll out an expanded effort to safeguard its contractors from hackers and is building a virtual firing range in cyberspace to test new...Reuters From ACM News | June 17, 2011
The United States and China need to forge an agreement restricting cyberattacks and designating some areas as out of bounds to hacking, say former U.S. Secretary...Reuters From ACM TechNews | June 16, 2011
University College London researchers are developing a computer model of the brain by mapping the connections and functions of nerve cells. The study is part of...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 11, 2011
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has launched the Open Internet Challenge, which calls on software developers to create applications that will help Internet...Reuters From ACM TechNews | January 10, 2011
China is on track to be the world's leading country in terms of innovation by 2020, according to an AstraZeneca survey of 6,000 people in six nations. China currently...Reuters From ACM TechNews | December 8, 2010
U.S. Defense secretary Robert Gates recently told members of The Wall Street Journal CEO Council that the threat from cybertechnologies will grow from "considerable"...Reuters From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2010
The U.S. Department of Defense aims to tighten ties with its cyber security contractors in an effort to better protect sensitive computer networks against growing...Reuters From ACM News | October 21, 2010
The European Commission has made several proposals designed to counter large-scale cyberattacks that could paralyze the computer networks of European Union nations...Reuters From ACM TechNews | October 4, 2010
Internet technology drives economic growth and enables poor countries to develop at a faster pace than rich nations did, Cisco Chief Executive John Chambers,...Reuters From ACM News | September 23, 2010
Google Inc. could face further pressure for its other products in China as Beijing is due to decide whether or not to renew a license for the firm's flagship search...Reuters From ACM News | June 30, 2010
European researchers have deposited a "digital genome" time capsule inside a data storage facility known as the Swiss Fort Knox, which contains a blueprint that...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 19, 2010
U.S. Department of Defense official James Miller says authorities have failed to stay ahead of the cyberattacks, which have resulted in the loss of an enormous...Reuters From ACM TechNews | May 14, 2010
Finding young women to fill tech jobs continues to be a problem for the German information technology (IT) industry, according to a new study from German technology...Reuters From ACM TechNews | April 26, 2010
China is in consultations with technology giant Google to resolve its dispute with the company, which has threatened to abandon the Chinese market over hacking...Reuters From ACM News | March 5, 2010
Schools in Beijing are quietly removing the Green Dam filter, which was required for all school computers in July, due to complaints over problems with the software...Reuters From ACM News | September 15, 2009
A new generation of Internet privacy tools is being developed to prevent governments from gathering data, such as where users access the Internet from. One tool...Reuters From ACM TechNews | August 24, 2009