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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 Schneier on Security
Odd Art Forger
He's not in it for the money: Mr. Landis...has been one of the most prolific forgers American museums have encountered in years, writing, calling and presenting...
From The Noisy Channel
Internship Opportunities at LinkedIn
Do you love big data? Do you enjoy applying your skills in data mining, machine learning, information retrieval and data visualization? Are you a hands-on implementer...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Growth of Linked Data
I have covered the concept of 'Linked Data' here before. A good piece in ReadWriteWeb on how the idea is continuing to grow. Also a site of interest, LinkedData...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Near Field Communications Discount System
A somewhat unqiue method of using both RFID and mobile to redeem discounts in a store:E. Leclerc Supermarket Tests RFID-enabled Promotional OffersIn Nice, the French...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Freakonomics Blog Moving
Confirmation that the often interesting Freakonomics blog will be leaving the NYT site and becoming standalone and 'indie' once again. I like it independent.
From Putting People First
Devices will allow for more heads-up mobility
Marko Ahtisaari, senior vp and head of design strategy at Nokia, was interviewed on the [Nokia] Ideas Project site. In the [short] interview, Ahtisaari states that...
From Putting People First
Beware the seductions of sociable machines
Our lives have become bold technological experiments, but we need to think hard before letting the computers and robots take over, says Sherry Turkle, MIT professor...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Microsoft at TCEA 2011
Well I am making my plans to be at TCEA again this year. I
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-01-18
On the map Interesting slide show illustrating the power of OpenStreetMap to overcome political bias that prevents the real world being documented. (tags: OpenStreetMap...
From Schneier on Security
Movie-Plot Threats at the U.S. Capitol
This would make a great movie: Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., renewed his call for the installation of an impenetrable, see-through security shield around the viewing...
From Wild WebMink
Apple and Google and ODF
I’m in Latvia today speaking at the Latvian Open Technology Association annual conference. The speaker before me was from the government and made an important announcement...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Cart Now Belongs to Daddy
In Adage: Study says that males are the primary grocery shoppers 51% of the time. Big change. It is the case in my family. Big implications for in-store marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Searchers in Networks Talk
For those of you in Cincinnati or nearby this week, Full announcement here. The Department of Quantitative Analysis & Operations Management at the University of...
From The Noisy Channel
Dare To Dream
“If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” Martin Luther King, Jr. said these words at a speech in Detroit on June 23, 1963...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MicroStrategy and Mobile BI
Another example of the emergence of mobile business inttelligence. A good direction. Doug Lautzenheiser writes: " ... MicroStrategy continues to aggressively...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Wireless Primer
A very good, extensive, primer in Engadget: 2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between: an Engadget wireless primer. I sense there is much confusion here, and this...
From Schneier on Security
More Stuxnet News
This long New York Times article includes some interesting revelations. The article claims that Stuxnet was a joint Israeli-American project, and that its effectiveness...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Jan-Feb Analytics Magazine
In the latest online bimonthly Analytics Magazine, many interesting articles on the use of analytical methods. Always interesting and useful. Here are the areas...
From The Eponymous Pickle