Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
October 2011
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of October 3
October 4 The House Select Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on cyber threats. 10 a.m., HVC-210, Capitol Visitor Center October 6 Hearing: The Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies Subcommittee…
From Computational Complexity
What is Random?
One can get into great philosophical debates on what is randomness. Information that we can't compress. Information that's unpredictable. Information that we are willing to bet on.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
U.S., China Collaborations in Computing and Sustainability
This is a special contribution to this blog by
From Schneier on Security
HTC Android Vulnerability
Custom HTC firmware breaks standard permissions and allows rogue apps to access location, address book, and account info without authorization.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 3 October 2011
What a week. Not as much blogging from me because this were a little crazy. I try not to post just for the sake of posting so without the time to do it right I went a couple of days without posting at all. I have some things…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bagging Self Checkouts
This is a surprising article. My own examination of this area seems to show that self-checkout installations of several kinds is increasing. Examining further. From Forbes: Supermarkets start bagging self-serve checkouts…
From Michael Nielsen
Georgia Tech, Duke University, and University of North Carolina
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From The Eponymous Pickle
Kickstarter
A means of getting funding for independent creators: " ... The economics of Kickstarter, if you
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personal Annunciation Device
A Personal annuniciation device. " ... The PAD may very well be the world
From The Eponymous Pickle
Qreo Scanning the Cookie
Can you scan an array of cookies laid out in the form of a QR Code? Yes, here is proof of it. Shows the robustness of the code form. I tried it with my phone and it scanned fine. More in Engadget here. Other marketing ideas…
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Solar Decathlon Winner Relies Upon Computing Advances
For the past two weeks, the National Mall in Washington, DC, has been transformed into a neighborhood of futuristic homes, with 20 teams from five countries spanning four continents competing
From My Biased Coin
New York Times
Our work on daily deals is mentioned and linked to in Sunday's New York Times business section. (John Byers even got a quote in!) It was also mentioned in this week's print edition of Time magazine. (Behind a paywall, so here's…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ad Technology Rivals Plan to Merge
I recently took a look at how companies were using technology to manage portfolios of advertisements and discovered the pending merger of two of the biggest players, DDS and MediaBank.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Securing Executive Support for Analytics
On the face of it this question seemed inconceivable. I worked for an organization that supported analytics fundamentally. They even made the topic one of their critical competencies. Now that I have left the big enterprise…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will Amazon Eat the World?
Just read The Omnivore in the latest Bloomberg BusinessWeek. About Jeff Bezos of Amazon and his new tablet device. They position it: " ... Jeff Bezos' new tablet is cheap, pretty and pits Amazon in perfect position to take…
From The Noisy Channel
Keeping It Professional: Relevance, Recommendations, and Reputation at LinkedIn
Last week, I delivered the following presentation at the CMU Intelligence Seminar: I had a great audience, including the department head! Of course that meant fielding tough questions, but that’s what makes it fun to present…