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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Oracle Big Data Analytics Appliance
Continued competition, here from Oracle, to produce high speed appliances for big data. Shows the increasing need for business intelligence platforms. Note the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Cheapest Tablet
I followed the hundred dollar laptop project for years. Now we have the $35 tablet. Designed for the rural poor in India. " ... The computer, called Aakash, or...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Computing Across Disciplines
I'm teaching two courses this term that have me thinking a lot about the ubiquity of computing across disciplines, and about the ever increasing need for young...
From Putting People First
Five myths about social media
Ramesh Srinivasan methodically breaks down five ‘myths’ about social media in this Washington Post article: Here are his myths (which few in the UX community would...
From Computational Complexity
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
It's one of those events. You'll always remember where you were when you heard that Steve Jobs passed away. I was at dinner with several visiting computer scientists...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Visual Teams Book
See a report on correspondent David Sibbet's new book: Visual Teams: Graphic Tools for Commitment, Innovation, and High Performance. To be released by October...
From Wild WebMink
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Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma
From Schneier on Security
Status Report: Liars and Outliers
Last weekend, I completely reframed the book. I realized that the book isn't about security. It's about trust. I'm writing about how society induces people to...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Actionable Data in Mobile Apps
An article for developers about how to get data from mobile Apps. But also gives the non-developer an indication of what is there. Mentions of a number of...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Creative Ideas are Rejected
In CACM: Why creative ideas are rejected, and what you can do about it. A short article with some good thoughts.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Where does innovation comes from?
I just finished Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley. Because I am an overly pessimistic individual, I expected to hate the book. I loved the book. I should point out...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Web Services Choreographies
This concept was new to me. An outline article currently in Computing Now: " ... researchers have looked at service composition from two complementary pointsRelated...
From Computational Complexity
If you find a mistake in someone elses paper you should....
What do you do if you read a paper or book and find mistakes in it? My first impulse is to say: Email the author. Always be polite and admit (which is true) that...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Windows in Your Stuff
In ReadWriteWeb on Are You Ready for Windows in Your Things? " ... Microsoft is launching exactly that - a kind of consumer awareness campaign around the emergence...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Launching
At 11am EDT today, National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Subra Suresh — joined by numerous U.S. and international researchers, government officials, and National...
From Schneier on Security
Insider Attack Against Diebold Voting Machines
This is both news and not news: Indeed, the Argonne team's attack required no modification, reprogramming, or even knowledge, of the voting machine's proprietary...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Conversations in Kodu
Recently the Kodu team announced a new version of Kodu and a new Kodu Community Website. You can read a lot of the details at Announcing the Kodu v1.2 and the Kodu...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Growing Trust
In August USACM submitted comments on the draft green paper
From The Eponymous Pickle