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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
Ross Anderson's Security Engineering Online
The second edition of Ross Anderson's fantastic book, Security Engineering, is now free online. Required reading for any security engineer.
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Damsels in Distress
After all the terrible controversy and the failed attempts of sabotaging her Kickstarter campaign, Anita Sarkeesian's first episode of her video series on Tropes...
From Computational Complexity
Opera and MOOCS
I've really learned to enjoy opera (the art form not the browser) and while I've come to really enjoy Atlanta, the city only has a regional opera company. So IMetropolitan...
From Wild WebMink
Speak Up For SHIELD
If you’re a US citizen, your support for the bipartisan SHIELD Act could strike a decisive blow to patent trolls by making them pay costs if they lose patent actions...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Tracking Sensors in the Workplace
Via the CACM and the WSJ: We examined this approach, using RFID badges and portal sensors in the Innovation Centers. It made things more efficient by letting...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Strong Collaborative Skills Matter
From CIO: Almost nothing of note in IT can be done today without extensive collaboration. The skills to do this are essential in companies large and small. ...
From Wild WebMink
Red Hat Picks Up Dropped Java 6
Red Hat put out a press release yesterday that didn’t instantly make sense to me. After a chat with their GM of Middleware, I realised actually they had all done...
From Schneier on Security
Oxford University Blocks Google Docs
Google Docs is being used for phishing. Oxford University felt that it had to block the service because Google isn't responding to takedown requests quickly enough...
From The Noisy Channel
The Noisy Channel Has Moved To LinkedIn
If you’re reading this, then you’re probably interested in my current writing. You can find my latest posts on my LinkedIn author page.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Finding and Amplifying Creativity
In the HBR Blog: Why we implemented an innovation center in 2000. " ... In 2010, IBM ran a survey of 1,500 CEOs and found that the most valuable management skill...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Changing Role of IT
Bill Inmon on the changimg role of IT. The evolution of technology and how the IT department reacted. Including a look at some of the glorious failures we have...
From The Eponymous Pickle
CPGs Load for Mobile
A survey of CPG spending that points towards much more spending in the mobile space. Not unexpected, the new consumer is moving quickly, and they are increasingly...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Where Are the Teachers in Code.org?
Earlier this month, computer science education fever spread throughout the nation as promotional videos from code.org were publicly released. The media frenzy can...
From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP
Checking the Higgs Boson
Reliability and scientific discovery Cropped from src. Dennis Overbye is Deputy Science Editor of the New York Times. He has just written the lead article for Tuesday’s...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Disappearing Interface
On the disappearing Interface: " ... Instead of all-purpose, full-focus devices, these new tools are migrating outward, on and around our bodies, to our fingers...
From Schneier on Security
How the FBI Intercepts Cell Phone Data
Good article on "Stingrays," which the FBI uses to monitor cell phone data. Basically, they trick the phone into joining a fake network. And, since cell phones...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Addressing Showrooming with Price Matching
In Shopperception. Good thoughts on this threat: " ... Throughout this article we presented a possible threat and how retailers are reacting with defensive campaigns...
From Wild WebMink
A Broken Promise
Microsoft was fined for being a scofflaw and for failing to self-regulate as it had promised, not (just) for a “technical oversight”. I explain more on InfoWorld...
From Schneier on Security
Browser Security
Interesting discussion on browser security from Communications of the ACM. Also, an article on browser and web privacy from the same issue.
From Putting People First