COMP 210 - News Archive

Bill Gates on Supercomputing
Google's Growth Helps Ignite Silicon Valley Hiring Frenzy
Personal computers enlisted in AIDS research
Mapping a revolution with 'mashups'
Software writers spot open source in SONY BMG CDs
AMD Shoots for Quad Cores
Supercomputers
Microsoft's Secret Bug Squasher
Games 4 Girls
Open source, open wallet
Sony CD protection sparks security concerns
Web-based campaign finance
Wireless clothes?!?
Identity theft discussion
Currying
They Speak in Pixels!
Human-Computer Interaction
Turing test
Prius software bugs
NASA robots
Cybersecurity - The Sky Really is Falling
"Scheme is Love" blog posting and a followup
DARPA Grand Challenge Preview
Anywhere, Anytime -- or Just Where is Your Office Anyhow?
Google uses Code Jam as job interview
Rice & Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Tracking
$100 Laptops for the Third World
Quantum Computing
Internet Radio
Flash memory keeps growing
Computer security from the ground up
Why do software projects fail so often?
The lazy thinker's tool: PowerPoint
Japanese Robot for Home Use
How are hurricanes modeled by computer? (Or see a longer version.)
Out-Googling Everyone. How can we improve on current search engines to find not just keywords, but information?
Making Cooler Microprocessors. As chips get faster, they also get hotter. So the industry is moving towards greater power-efficiency and not just gung-ho speed. It's not just for laptops anymore.
Pretzel Aerodynamics. Once the exclusive territory of nuclear weapons designers and code breakers, ultrafast computers are increasingly being used in everyday product design. Procter & Gamble used a supercomputer to study the airflow over its Pringles potato chips to help stop them from fluttering off the company's assembly lines. (August 22, 2005)