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LIVE Video Today: The Impact of NITRD
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

LIVE Video Today: The Impact of NITRD

Beginning at 8:15am EST today, we will be streaming live via the web

Lousy Random Numbers Cause Insecure Public Keys
From Schneier on Security

Lousy Random Numbers Cause Insecure Public Keys

There's some excellent research (paper, news articles) surveying public keys in the wild. Basically, the researchers found that a small fraction of them (27,000...

GE infographics offer hints about future of data-driven management
From Putting People First

GE infographics offer hints about future of data-driven management

A pair of remarkable projects created by Ben Fry (co-developer of Processing) and his company Fathom may seem like simple marketing, but one day soon could enterprise...

Why user experience is critical to customer relationships
From Putting People First

Why user experience is critical to customer relationships

User experience is a priority that should, in some way, find a home within the design of any new-media strategy, writes Brian Solis. “The reality is that the relationship...

What the demise of Flash means for the user experience
From Putting People First

What the demise of Flash means for the user experience

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National STEM Video Game Challenge TweetChat
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

National STEM Video Game Challenge TweetChat

The National STEM Video Game challenge kicked off a couple of months ago but it starting to come down to the wire. IF you missed the spring deadline for the Imagine...

From Putting People First

Increasing privacy infringement on the Internet has set off a campaign to uphold the

Innovation for a Smarter Planet Mind Map
From The Eponymous Pickle

Innovation for a Smarter Planet Mind Map

I have been examining a number of styles of knowledge and concept maps for a project.  Discovered this interesting example in the mind map library Biggerplate. Innovation...

Life as a Professor
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Life as a Professor

Systers just started a 'best of' blog that highlights useful conversations that have happened on the popular mailing list for technical women.  The first post,Life...

Dumb Risk of the Day
From Schneier on Security

Dumb Risk of the Day

Geotagged images of children: Joanne Kuzma of the University of Worcester, England, has analyzed photos that clearly show children's faces on the photo sharing...

Key Developments in Integrated Retailer Marketing and Merchandising
From The Eponymous Pickle

Key Developments in Integrated Retailer Marketing and Merchandising

In the IBM smarter commerce blog.  A post that relates directly to the DemandTec acquisition.  It extends beyond to the 'social' integration and communicationsStoreflix...

New Programs from Google
From Computer Science Teachers Association

New Programs from Google

Google is looking for excellent educators to teach as part of its Computing and Programming Experiences (CAPE) Summer program. Faculty will be an integral part...

P&G Seeks More Discontinuous Innovation
From The Eponymous Pickle

P&G Seeks More Discontinuous Innovation

In InformationWeek: Seeking to use some of the $2.7 Billion cash that they will receive from the Pringles sale to Kelloggs." ... Procter & Gamble CEO Bob McDonald...

IBM Announces Completion of DemandTec Acquisition
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Announces Completion of DemandTec Acquisition

Announced today.  The integration of the DT abilities into IBM's Smarter Commerce effort makes much sense.  Looking forward to see the details of how it will all...

Gartner Quadrant on Business Intelligence
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gartner Quadrant on Business Intelligence

Good recent view of the business intelligence market " ... In 2011, business users continued to exert significant influence over BI decisions,...

From Computational Complexity

Sloans and More

The Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows were announced today including Northwestern's own Nicole Immorlica. Other winners in theoretical computer science include Xi...

The Sudafed Security Trade-Off
From Schneier on Security

The Sudafed Security Trade-Off

This writer wrestles with the costs and benefits of tighter controls on pseudoephedrine, a key chemical used to make methamphetamine: Now, personally, I sincerely...

Using Piazza
From My Biased Coin

Using Piazza

My TAs forced me to "get with the program" and use Piazza as our mechanism for student questions.  In the past I've simply used a central e-mail address that got...

Exploring the Brain of the Consumer
From The Eponymous Pickle

Exploring the Brain of the Consumer

Just now completing a read of Neuromarketing: Exploring the Brain of the Consumer.   by Leon Zurawicki of  the University of MassachusettsI had the pleasure ofProfessor...

Microsoft Developer Day: Entertainment Reimagined
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Microsoft Developer Day: Entertainment Reimagined

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