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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
HTC Android Vulnerability
Custom HTC firmware breaks standard permissions and allows rogue apps to access location, address book, and account info without authorization.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 3 October 2011
What a week. Not as much blogging from me because this were a little crazy. I try not to post just for the sake of posting so without the time to do it right I...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bagging Self Checkouts
This is a surprising article. My own examination of this area seems to show that self-checkout installations of several kinds is increasing. Examining further...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Kickstarter
A means of getting funding for independent creators: " ... The economics of Kickstarter, if you
From The Eponymous Pickle
Personal Annunciation Device
A Personal annuniciation device. " ... The PAD may very well be the world
From The Eponymous Pickle
Qreo Scanning the Cookie
Can you scan an array of cookies laid out in the form of a QR Code? Yes, here is proof of it. Shows the robustness of the code form. I tried it with my phone...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
Solar Decathlon Winner Relies Upon Computing Advances
For the past two weeks, the National Mall in Washington, DC, has been transformed into a neighborhood of futuristic homes, with 20 teams from five countries spanning...
From My Biased Coin
New York Times
Our work on daily deals is mentioned and linked to in Sunday's New York Times business section. (John Byers even got a quote in!) It was also mentioned in this...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ad Technology Rivals Plan to Merge
I recently took a look at how companies were using technology to manage portfolios of advertisements and discovered the pending merger of two of the biggest players...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Securing Executive Support for Analytics
On the face of it this question seemed inconceivable. I worked for an organization that supported analytics fundamentally. They even made the topic one of their...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Will Amazon Eat the World?
Just read The Omnivore in the latest Bloomberg BusinessWeek. About Jeff Bezos of Amazon and his new tablet device. They position it: " ... Jeff Bezos' new tablet...
From The Noisy Channel
Keeping It Professional: Relevance, Recommendations, and Reputation at LinkedIn
Last week, I delivered the following presentation at the CMU Intelligence Seminar: I had a great audience, including the department head! Of course that meant...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Interesting Squid Recipes
Plus a slide show of pretty dishes.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Business Rules Engines
I have been asked about the use ot business rules to drive specifics of process. This came up:Welcome to Business Rule Engine. This site is a companion to the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
You Need a Data Scientist
Good piece on the reasons why you need a data scientist to address how to use analytics for your business. In my own consulting business I get similar questions...
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science
Vulnerability in Teaching
The status quo in university lecturing is comfortable. You capture what you know on a set of slides (often using many words - kind of a brain dump, really), and...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Watson and Wellpoint
Another good article, this in Analytics Magazine on the application of the IBM Watson AI technology and Wellpoint Inc. " ... WellPoint, Inc. and IBM announcedQuite...
From Putting People First
PressPausePlay, a film about hope, fear and digital culture
The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But...
From Computational Complexity