From Schneier on Security
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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Mashable reports that Google retail stores are rumored to be on their way. At the very least a carefully selected group of Google stores could provide a wealth...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 17, 2013 at 08:57 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Many years ago I was privileged to take the famous four day course taught by W Edwards Deming. Deming is widely credited with turning around the Japanese manufacturing...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 17, 2013 at 03:21 PM
Was briefly involved in a constituent project to this idea. So thinking about the kind and volume of data is very intriguing. Along with closing the loop of...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 17, 2013 at 12:55 PM
Good piece by Theresa Wabler. " .... They key to combating the shopper trend of showrooming is finding creative approaches that serve the consumer and benefit...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 17, 2013 at 02:26 AM
Perceptive colleague Jason Terry sends along a link to a good overview piece on this topic in ZDnet. Winnowing good data from the junk is part of the reason it...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 17, 2013 at 01:36 AM
In Technology Review:Why were the recent Russian meteor fall observed by so many cameras? It turns out there is a large incentive, for insurance purposes, to...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 17, 2013 at 01:20 AM
Francesca Salvadori (Italian blog) is an Italian high school teacher who runs a 1:1 iPad pilot program in her school, and collaborates with Experientia on the topic...Experientia From Putting People First | February 16, 2013 at 03:23 PM
In Cosmeticsdesign: Popular in Asia, "nutricosmetics" could start to make a splash in the West, trend watchers say. The beauty drinks, some of which contain antioxidants...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 15, 2013 at 10:16 PM
Japanese squid researchers have confirmed flying squid can fly, and how they do it. (Note: I have written about flying squid before.)
As usual, you can also use...schneier From Schneier on Security | February 15, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Fascinating piece on consumer financial intelligence: Analytics-IQ launches industry's most accurate predictor of household economic profiles with "consumer financial...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 15, 2013 at 09:49 PM
In Information Week: Fundamentally agree, but it's really more about turning raw data into smarter decisions. I have not lapsed into call everything 'Smarter'...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | February 15, 2013 at 09:35 PM
On Tuesday, as part of the State of the Union address, President Obama issued an executive order on cybersecurity. The order focuses on the cybersecurity of critical...David B. From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM | February 15, 2013 at 09:12 PM
This speech from last December's 29C3 (29th Chaos Communication Congress) is worth listening to. He talks about what we can do in the face of oppressive power...schneier From Schneier on Security | February 15, 2013 at 06:52 PM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Anyone who has spent time in a classroom knows that there are some students, usually a small number, to take up most of the class participation. It’s not that they...Alfred Thompson From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | February 15, 2013 at 05:51 PM
LibreOffice is built from a large legacy codebase that dates back over 20 years. It includes millions of lines of code, can be compiled for a wide range of platforms...Simon Phipps From Wild WebMink | February 15, 2013 at 02:30 PM
"Practicality of Accelerometer Side Channels on Smartphones," by Adam J. Aviv. Benjamin Sapp, Matt Blaze, and Jonathan M. Smith.
Abstract: Modern smartphonesArticle...schneier From Schneier on Security | February 15, 2013 at 12:48 PM
Christopher Shea wrote a recent Chronicle Review article Is Scientific Truth Always Beautiful? I would argue the answer is yes, and it boils down to Occam's Razor...Lance Fortnow From Computational Complexity | February 15, 2013 at 12:46 PM
In September 2011, I posted about how much I like App Inventor as a tool to get students excited about computer science along with believing that they have the... From Computer Science Teachers Association | February 15, 2013 at 12:15 AM
Given the loud outcry regarding the STOC 2013 formatting, which gave you 10 double-column pages to work with (at the cost of, you know, having to turn your paper...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | February 15, 2013 at 12:04 AM