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Robin Murphy, Raytheon Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University (and a member of the CCC Council), and Mary Fern

Blue Coat Products Enable Web Censorship in Syria
From Schneier on Security

Blue Coat Products Enable Web Censorship in Syria

It's illegal for Blue Coat to sell its technology for this purpose, but there are lots of third-parties who are willing to act as middlemen: "Blue Coat does not...

Your Business Channel
From The Eponymous Pickle

Your Business Channel

Newly brought to my attention YourBusiness Channel.   See also their blog.A hub for business expertise ... yourBusinessChannel produces and distributes TV quality...

Pharma Effects Data Sourcing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Pharma Effects Data Sourcing

In Fastcompany:  Adverse Events: Why Big Pharma Is Scared Of This Startup.  " ... AdverseEvents, Inc. (AEI) is the first service provider to deliver accurate, real...

Computer Science is Everywhere! (Even Photography)
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Computer Science is Everywhere! (Even Photography)

Last week I did a couple of workshops at the Canadian Museum of Science and Technology for National Science and Technology Week.  I managed to improve the usual...

Symphony IRI Group
From The Eponymous Pickle

Symphony IRI Group

I was recently reminded of Symphony IRI Group.   " ... Helping the world

From Computational Complexity

It's Open Access Week

Open Access Week starts today. Interestingly a number of traditional journal publishers, like Springer, are sponsors as they try to figure out how to modify their...

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Interesting Links 24 October 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 24 October 2011

I am constantly amazed by the opportunities to learn things online by virtual attendance at events these days. In the past week I listened to a keynote (Live streamed)...

Facebook Patent to Track Users Even When They are Not Logged In to Facebook
From Schneier on Security

Facebook Patent to Track Users Even When They are Not Logged In to Facebook

Patent number 2,011,023,240: Communicating Information in a Social Network System about Activities from Another Domain Abstract: In one embodiment, a method...

Modern Hero Revisited
From Wild WebMink

Modern Hero Revisited

About a decade ago I started a “spool” of the comments I had been making on my personal website (which had been running since the late 90s – I actually started...

In Sunlight
From Wild WebMink

In Sunlight

Today has been a beautiful day in Paris, spent walking and talking in the brilliant autumnal sunlight with dear and charming friends – which has been the theme...

Decision Management Systems: Rules and Analytics
From The Eponymous Pickle

Decision Management Systems: Rules and Analytics

Business Rules and Predictive analytics from SAP.   Link to an excerpt from a forthcoming book that I am looking at now.  This topic has been much in my mind of...

Patents Emerge As Significant Tech Strategy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Patents Emerge As Significant Tech Strategy

I have see some evidence of this recently. Even among the smaller players.  Good review of recent big company patent related events ... " ... Several experts say...

Deploying Cloud Computing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Deploying Cloud Computing

On deploying cloud computing.   I had always thought this was easy, just point to other places for your data and services.  But it is not really quite that simple...

How Database Design Fails Us, and What to do About It
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

How Database Design Fails Us, and What to do About It

Good database design is crucial to obtain a sound, consistent database, and — in turn — good database design methodologies are the best way to achieve the right...

Lateral Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Lateral Marketing

Philip Kotler speaks about Lateral Marketing.  In Innovation Excellence.  Good thoughts.

KDDI and Neurosky
From The Eponymous Pickle

KDDI and Neurosky

A dry-electroode NeuroSky headset and Android App from KDDI that measures your brainwaves.  Accurate and useful for marketing?   Analyzing the brains of soccercontrol...

CFO's and the Supply Chain
From The Eponymous Pickle

CFO's and the Supply Chain

Have never thought of it in this way, but its a useful thought.  In CFO mag:"Supply chain and finance are usually seen as separate and conflicting disciplines....

Wal-Mart Shares About Social and Technology
From The Eponymous Pickle

Wal-Mart Shares About Social and Technology

If is fairly rare to see Wal-Mart in such an outspoken mood, but they were at the recent ANA conference regarding their marketing and technology directions.  They...
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