Computer Science News

On Feb. 28, Natalia Sternberg , chair of the Mathematics and Computer Science Department , received an email that delivered the sort of student feedback that gladdens any teacher's heart: "Hi Professor Sternberg, I just wanted to share some good news with you.

Altamira Technologies Corporation is pleased to announce a partnership with George Mason University's Volgenau School of Engineering to develop and support industry-grounded big data and cloud computing expertise.

NEWS ANALYSIS: Red Hat says virtual containers will be an efficient way to distribute applications across the hybrid cloud infrastructures that are favored by enterprises.

Perigon Networks, whose main brands include Managed.com and PowerDNN, has announced that information technology expert Patrick Sutton has joined its corporate leadership team.

Watch a clip from the film "Transcendence." Starring Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, and Morgan Freeman.

Users will have to opt in separately to the feature, called "Nearby Friends," and agree to give Facebook permission to track them at all times, even when not logged into Facebook.

International Business Machines Corp. shares dropped the most in six months after the company said yesterday that first- quarter revenue slid 3.9 percent to $22.5 billion.

I BM Corp reported its lowest quarterly revenue in five years on Wednesday as the company struggles with falling demand for its storage and server products.

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"I think you'll see wide-area, high-bandwidth [smart]watches this year at some point," said Glenn Lurie, president of emerging devices at AT&T, in an interview.

RCMP investigators canvass the neighbourhood around the house of Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, 19, in London, Ont., in London, Ontario on Wednesday, April 16, 2014.

Aaron Bailey was fed up with paying about $120 a month for satellite TV service when he heard about Aereo, a start-up company that streams live broadcast stations over the Internet for $8 to $12 a month.

Ashley Lee never really had an interest in computers and engineering while he was a student at Hibriten High School and Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute, focusing more on sports and martial arts.

As Winston Churchill once said, "to improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often."

First, we had Scarlett Johansson as a human-like operating system. Now, Johnny Depp has been uploaded.

In his new book, Flash Boys, Michael Lewis directs his gleeful analytic spotlight on flash trading.

The TOP500 project was started in 1993 to provide a reliable basis for tracking and detecting trends in high-performance computing.

The study demonstrates that a real-time engagement detection technology that processes facial expressions can perform with accuracy comparable to that of human observers.

Carnegie Mellon University today named Google Vice President Andrew W. Moore as the new dean of its School of Computer Science.

Microsoft Corp needs a "data culture" to thrive in the new computing environment, according to chief executive Satya Nadella, in his third public appearance in three weeks putting his imprint on the software company.