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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 Wild WebMink
links for 2011-05-10
Might Be Evil Firefox extension that allows you to keep your Google Docs private from Google if you want to. (tags: FireFox Google Docs Privacy) On Changing horses...
From Computational Complexity
Those Happy Samoans
Below is a post I wrote in 2009 but for some reason never made it to this blog. But I had better post it now because, as I found out via Tony Wirth, Samoa is moving...
From Schneier on Security
The Era of "Steal Everything"
Good comment: "We're moving into an era of 'steal everything'," said David Emm, a senior security researcher for Kaspersky Labs. He believes that cyber criminals...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Programming with C# and XNA 0.5: Jump Start
Pat Yongpradit, a talented young HS CS teacher I have written about before, has created a 5 week mini-course on game programming with XNA Game Studio. This course...
From Wild WebMink
? Launching OpenICF
I have a firm belief that open source software communities become strong when people with many different reasons for being present are free to meet their needs...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Getting Something from Nothing but from Someone
A post about my colleague Norm Levy, who I worked with in some particularly innovative projects at the big soap company (Procter & Gamble). Norm was a pioneerRhymes...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Foursquare Testing NFC
In an interesting development, the game-checking environment has started to test the popular close-range RFID standard NFC. It will be curious to see what this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Use and Impact of Neuromarketing
Ron Wright of Sands Research sends along a note on Oxford doing a study on the use and impact of neuromarketing. " ... Researchers at the University of Oxford...
From Geeking with Greg
Quick links
Some of what has caught my attention recently:Apple captured "a remarkable 50% value share of estimated Q1/11 handset industry operating profits among the top 8...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Marketing on Facebook
Facebook publishes a Guide to Marketing with Facebook. A set of best practices. Fourteen pdf pages that are worth reading. Includes a good set of resources.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Customer Lifetime Value
In SASCom Voices. A talk on a definition of lifetime customer value. " ... Are we oversimplifying customer segmentation and treatment strategies? SAS Marketing...
From Wild WebMink
? One To Follow
@ForgeRock ForgeRock has a Twitter account! Follow us to hear all about ForgeRock's news, views and happenings. about 1 hour ago via webReplyRetweetFavorite
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
2011 Mini-Course: Games Students Made
This year's edition of my mini-course (Computer Science and Games: Just for Girls!) wound down at the end of last week. I made sure to get a copy of the girls'...
From Schneier on Security
Vulnerabilities in Online Payment Systems
This hack was conducted as a research project. It's unlikely it's being done in the wild: In one attack, Wang and colleagues used a plug-in for the Firefox web...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Equity Part II: The Multiple Dimensions of Implementing Equity
In a previous blog entry, I argued that we should address equity in computer science from a civil rights perspective, considering the importance of computing to...
From Apophenia
How Teens Understand Privacy
In the fall, Alice Marwick and I went into the field to understand teens’ privacy attitudes and practices. We’ve blogged some of our thinking since then but we’re...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of May 9
May 12 Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on the economic impacts of cyber attacks (previously scheduled for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Vendors Mature in Predictive Modeling
Business Intelligence vendors are maturing, a report.
From Schneier on Security
Status Report: The Dishonest Minority
Three months ago, I announced that I was writing a book on why security exists in human societies. This is basically the book's thesis statement: All complex...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson