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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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They were able to hack into government websites:
The gang’s USP, and the reason it could charge up to 10,000 yuan (£1,000) per certificate, was that it could hack...schneier From Schneier on Security | August 8, 2012 at 06:04 PM
Wharton WCAI has an upcoming free webinar on Marketing Experiments: From the Basics to the Cutting Edge. On September 12. I plan to attend. More information...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | August 8, 2012 at 01:52 PM
A recent conversation with a client brought up the issue of privacy in the cloud. How does it differ from information stored in other locations? In E-Commerce...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | August 8, 2012 at 01:40 PM
A hacker can social-engineer his way into your cloud storageand delete everything you have.
It turns out, a billing address and the last four digits of a credit...schneier From Schneier on Security | August 8, 2012 at 11:31 AM
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Richard James writes: In the Guardian: "Tesco has launched the UK's first virtual supermarket at Gatwick airport in the hope bored holidaymakers waiting for their...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | August 7, 2012 at 11:58 PM
Amazon enters the gaming fray. " ... Amazon says that it has started making social games because it believes it can make social games well. "We know that many...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | August 7, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Ohio State University Law Professor Peter Swire testifies before Congress on the inadequacy of industry self-regulation to protect privacy.schneier From Schneier on Security | August 7, 2012 at 06:45 PM
Marissa Mayer as CEO of Yahoo may be a test of a new style of executive leadership, the optimizing CEO.
She is not the first computer scientist to lead a major...Greg Linden From Geeking with Greg | August 7, 2012 at 04:51 PM
In InfoWorld today, I explain why I gave my wife my iPad. She loves it, and I am very happy too as I now use a Google Nexus 7 tablet for everything the iPad used...Simon Phipps From Wild WebMink | August 7, 2012 at 04:28 PM
PSFK spoke to Dhani Sutanto, a Digital Art Director who became fed up with swiping his Oyster card through the reader like millions of other Londoners each day....Experientia From Putting People First | August 7, 2012 at 04:22 PM
Interactive data visualizations are an exciting way to engage and inform large audiences. They enable users to focus on interesting parts and details, to customize...Experientia From Putting People First | August 7, 2012 at 04:18 PM
Walking through IKEA over the weekend with two young children, writes Shailesh Manga on UXMovement, was a healthy reminder of what contributes to an ideal customer...Experientia From Putting People First | August 7, 2012 at 04:15 PM
By fighting over whether tablets or PCs are better tools for creating content—as a sort of proxy war over whose vision owns the future of computing devices—we may...Experientia From Putting People First | August 7, 2012 at 04:11 PM
The new semester is hurtling toward me.This semester I get to teach one of my graduate courses, the one I named Algorithms at the End of the Wire sometime over...Michael Mitzenmacher From My Biased Coin | August 7, 2012 at 03:39 PM
Over the past year, we have blogged extensively in this space about the promise of “big data” — noting the enormous volume and heterogeneity of data, as well as...Kenneth Hines From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | August 7, 2012 at 03:27 PM
Thoughts about the Olympics
If you are rooting for your country, would you rather they get (say) 18 medals: 6 Gold, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze, or 17 medals: 10 Gold...GASARCH From Computational Complexity | August 7, 2012 at 02:51 PM
An example in the gaming industry. Which we explored as a solution to retail applications as well. The use of analytics have been common there for years, given...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | August 7, 2012 at 12:58 PM
From Nielsen: Not very surprising, the convenience and ubiquity will prevail. " ... Survey results released on Monday showed that 45 million people, or 47 percent...Franz Dill From The Eponymous Pickle | August 7, 2012 at 12:51 PM
Interesting article on using risk-limiting auditing in determining if an election's results are likely to be valid. The risk, in this case, is in the chance of...schneier From Schneier on Security | August 7, 2012 at 12:14 PM