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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
The Effects of Social Media on Undercover Policing
Social networking sites make it very difficult, if not impossible, to have undercover police officers: "The results found that 90 per cent of female officers were...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Python Tools for Visual Studio V1.0 Released
A lot of people are looking into using Python in computer science education these days. Of course a lot of people are also using Visual Studio for Visual BasicPython...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Informs Analytics Magazine
The latest issue of Informs Analytics Magazine. News and topical articles on analytical methodologies from the premier business analysis and marketing science professional...
From The Eponymous Pickle
IFTF Releases their 2020 Future Map
I blogged for the Institute for the Future for several years. They consulted with our C-suite and we were often asked to follow up. The are always saying some...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Jaron Lanier Flips on Wal-Mart, Apple and Google
We met computer scientist Jaron Lanier while doing work with the Institute for the Future. In the Edge he talks about the local global flip. Quite a long rant...
From Schneier on Security
Facebook Privacy Guide
It's actually pretty good. Also note that the site is redesigning its privacy. As we learned from Microsoft, nothing motivates a company to improve its security...
From Schneier on Security
Details of the RSA Hack
We finally have some, even though the company isn't talking: So just how well crafted was the e-mail that got RSA hacked? Not very, judging by what F-Secure found...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A&P: A Former Unfair Retailer?
It has happened before: In the WSJ: How a Grocer Bagged Profits At its peak, the chain had nearly 16,000 stores. Critics charged it with competing unfairly by...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
NSF Seeking US Ignite White Papers
The NSF’s CISE Directorate has issued a call for white papers for the new US Ignite initiative: The National Science Foundation invites white papers from individuals...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kosmix and WalMart Labs
Been following the acquisition of the Kosmix search solution by Wal-Mart for some time.Now ReadWriteWeb has an article with some speculation about what it is all...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-08-30
Nym Wars I'm not sure what offends me most about Google's idiotic approach here; the patronising parochialism that says they are the arbiters of what a "real" name...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
ACSL International Contest About to Begin
Interested in programming competitions for your students but travel is not in the budget? You may want to look into the ACSL contests. This announcement came via...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Brandwashed Read and Reviewed
Just completed a review copy of : Brandwashed: Tricks Companies Use to Manipulate Our Minds and Persuade us to Buy by Martin Lindstrom. To be available September...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Ethical Hacking
I attended the hackers convention in Las Vegas this month which was officially called DEFCON (DEFCON is military speak for Defense Condition) #19 (in its 19th year)...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Enhancing In-Store With Mobile
Some good examples from Ad-Age. " ... More consumers are turning to tablets and smartphones to shop, but this back-to-school season major retailers are using mobile...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Good Decision Blog
A new blog by IBM on Decision Management, appears to be useful.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Junaio Announces New Browser: Augmented World
An interesting press release from Junaio. Note in particular the ability to use multiple capabilities, beyond the now becoming common QR codes. As mentioned ...
From Computational Complexity
Patrick Fischer (1935-2011)
Patrick Fischer, founder of STOC and SIGACT, passed away Friday at the age of 75. Fischer's research spanned from studying the relative power of different machine...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Why can
One of the most common data structuring in Computer Science is the hash table. It is used to store key-value pairs. For example, it is a good data structure to...
From The Eponymous Pickle