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Retinal Displays
From The Eponymous Pickle

Retinal Displays

For applications like augmented reality it makes sense to investigate ways to better get data directly into your eyes, without having to find a screen or move a...

Increased Use of Video
From The Eponymous Pickle

Increased Use of Video

AdAge reports about increased use of online video by a number of consumer packaged goods players.

Future Direction of Wolfram Research
From The Eponymous Pickle

Future Direction of Wolfram Research

Colin DeCair sends along a link which features a video clip from Stephen Wolfram

? Music for a Bad Week
From Wild WebMink

? Music for a Bad Week

It may just be that you need some free music to soothe away the bad taste from a bad week. There are a bunch of pointers on my personal blog.

On Amazon's PayPhrase
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Amazon's PayPhrase

In StorefrontBackTalk, a discussion about Amazon's new payphrase system and what the longer term implications for how you purchase. Speed and the ability to customize...

Gamma Rays in Lightning
From The Eponymous Pickle

Gamma Rays in Lightning

Antimatter signatures, gamma ray flashes, have been detected in terrestrial lightning storms. Don't recall this ever having been mentioned before. New safety implications...

Scratch Programming for 'All'
From The Eponymous Pickle

Scratch Programming for 'All'

In CACM, the evolution of a programming language for all. I have looked at the Scratch site, but have not tried it for a real application. My argument to these"Digital...

Ranking
From My Biased Coin

Ranking

An anonymous commenter asked an insightful question, worthy of a real answer: "Hi Prof, Why are you so obsessed with ranking things?"*Honestly, I don't think I...

Apologies for Slow Response Times
From The Noisy Channel

Apologies for Slow Response Times


Friday Squid Blogging: Dentyne Ice Squid Ad
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Dentyne Ice Squid Ad

Weird.

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Data Security Bills
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Data Security Bills

In a markup session yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved two bills on the protection of consumer data. S 1490, the Personal Data Privacy and Security...

Going (to) Google
From The Noisy Channel

Going (to) Google


Interview with Me
From Schneier on Security

Interview with Me

On CNet.com

Metagenomics and the Computing Challenges of Microbial Communities
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Metagenomics and the Computing Challenges of Microbial Communities

Why should you care about microbial communities? Except for viruses, they are the most abundant life on Earth and have an overwhelming effect on our environment...

Near Real-Time Flu Tracking at CDC
From The Eponymous Pickle

Near Real-Time Flu Tracking at CDC

I was involved with a project that sought to use retail data to do something similar. With the potential to use it for epidemics or bioterror detection and tracking...

Limits of Social Media Marketing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Limits of Social Media Marketing

A cautious piece about social media marketing. Its more than just starting up a free presence and expecting people to engage.

Entrpreneurial Resources
From The Eponymous Pickle

Entrpreneurial Resources

Useful: In Inc. Top Entrepreneurial bloggers and in Mashable: useful tools for Entrepreneurs.

IBM Sets up Indian Analytics Center
From The Eponymous Pickle

IBM Sets up Indian Analytics Center

In my early days in the enterprise we worked directly with IBM to use their optimization software and resources to solve tough analytics problems. Over the years...

From Computational Complexity

Button Button

Here is the offer: If you press the button you will receive $200,000. The caveat: Someone you don't know will die. I was born during run of the original Twilight...

FOCS/STOC and Asymmetry
From My Biased Coin

FOCS/STOC and Asymmetry

I had a funny conversation with Madhu Sudan yesterday, with him relaying an idea he said he heard from Umesh Vazirani (and perhaps the trail goes on further from...
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