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Face Recognition Breakthrough

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The Pathologies of Big Data

Browser Security: Lessons from Google Chrome

CTO Roundtable: Cloud Computing

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Boolean Satisfiability: From Theoretical Hardness to Practical Success

Contributed Articles

A Blind Person's Interactions with Technology

Revitalizing Computing Education Through Free and Open Source Software for Humanity

Research Highlights

Technical Perspective

Does Distributed Development Affect Software Quality? An Empirical Case Study of Windows Vista

Technical Perspective

Statistical Analysis of Circuit Timing Using Majorization

Communications - August 2009 Index