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Law Enforcement Forensics Tools Against Smart Phones
From Schneier on Security

Law Enforcement Forensics Tools Against Smart Phones

Turns out the password can be easily bypassed: XRY works by first jailbreaking the handset. According to Micro Systemation, no

NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

NSF Announces New Expeditions in Computing Awards

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) today announced four new Expeditions in Computing...

It is what you do, not what you own
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

It is what you do, not what you own

Over 20 years ago, back when I was in high school, I went on a sailboat trip. I was so impressed that I decided to own a sailboat one day. I realized that a sailboat...

Coca Cola Research on Social Media Users
From The Eponymous Pickle

Coca Cola Research on Social Media Users

A report in Progressive Grocer on Coca Cola's analysis of social media users.   " ... A report from the Coca-Cola Retailing Research Council divides social media...

Visual Culture Taking Over
From The Eponymous Pickle

Visual Culture Taking Over

In Adage:  On the increase of image based culture.  Pinterest and the increase image tweets are just a few examples.  Easier to scan, yes.  A thousand words?  But...

From Computational Complexity

We Think Like Our Fields

Have lunch with economists and they'll talk about the decision making processes and equilibriums of everything from politics to sports. Computer scientists worry...

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Our colleagues over at

Computer Forensics: An Example
From Schneier on Security

Computer Forensics: An Example

Paul Ceglia's lawsuit against Facebook is fascinating, but that's not the point of this blog post. As part of the case, there are allegations that documents and...

DigiGirlz Cambridge MA
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

DigiGirlz Cambridge MA

Last Friday Microsoft NERD (New England Research and Development Center) was pleased to host DigiGirlz Day for close to 300 high school girls from around Massachusetts...

Mayo Clinic on empathy and design
From Putting People First

Mayo Clinic on empathy and design

James Oliver Senior and Adam Dole, resp. designer and business planner at Mayo Clinic, argue that health-related apps often fail to take into account any understanding...

Service design talk by Anna Meroni in Sweden
From Putting People First

Service design talk by Anna Meroni in Sweden

Anna Meroni, PhD, is a scholar and professor in Service and Strategic Design at Politecnico di Milano. She works on design activism, social innovation and sustainability...

Chronicle of Philanthropy
From The Eponymous Pickle

Chronicle of Philanthropy

A visualization of philanthropic stories.   A gallery of stories about why people should give using infographics

Defining the "Not Enough People" Problem Differently
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Defining the "Not Enough People" Problem Differently

Recently, Solving the Pipeline Problem: How to Get More Women in Tech and Facebook message: Girls, too, can do computers are two examples of hand-wringing overMarissa...

Books and Websites
From The Eponymous Pickle

Books and Websites

Books should be as easy to produce as websites.   In O'Reilly Radar.   On publishing platforms.     " ... There are countless author and book production platforms...

White House, Labor Dept. Announce Summer Jobs+ Code Sprint
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

White House, Labor Dept. Announce Summer Jobs+ Code Sprint

Calling all developers! Late this afternoon, the White House and Department of Labor announced the Summer Jobs+ Code Sprint,

USACM Offers Recommendations On Data Privacy Codes of Conduct
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Offers Recommendations On Data Privacy Codes of Conduct

Part of the Obama Administration’s proposed online privacy initiative involves consumer data privacy codes of conduct. These codes would be developed through a...

Data Visualization Landscape
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Visualization Landscape

Short thoughtful piece in Forbes on the landscape of data visualization.    Note the mention of storytelling.

So What is Best Price?
From The Eponymous Pickle

So What is Best Price?

What is the right price?    It is always a tough question in retail.  Prices map to profits, and also strongly influence how consumers regard the retailer, both...

On the Weight of Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the Weight of Data

Jim Harris writes about the weight of data.    Thoughtful metaphor to use with management.  " ... weight is a gravitational force acting on data, and perhaps a...

Buying Exploits on the Grey Market
From Schneier on Security

Buying Exploits on the Grey Market

This article talks about legitimate companies buying zero-day exploits, including the fact that "an undisclosed U.S. government contractor recently paid $250,000...
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