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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 The Eponymous Pickle
Bing to Power Blackberry Search and Maps
In recent months I have been increasingly impressed with the searches and mapping and image search available in Bing. Now they are providing that software for...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Making a Photo Move
Here is a good example of an animated process that can be used to augment a normally still image. Useful and engaging for online images. I had seen something...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ease of Use and Mobility in BI
Good article in ECommerce Times on trends in Business Intelligence. I have noticed it as well, mobile applications put you just a few clicks away from always available...
From Wild WebMink
? BT, Set My Music Free!
The Free Software Foundation Europe has a new campaign group in the UK, and their first target is BT’s upcoming music streaming service. Read about it over on ComputerWorldUK...
From Schneier on Security
Nikon Image Authentication System Cracked
Not a lot of details: ElcomSoft research shows that image metadata and image data are processed independently with a SHA-1 hash function. There are two 160-bit...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Most Read Posts
I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the top read blog posts from April 2011. I look at both web statistics and RSS statistics.In some ways I feel...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
USACM Chair to Testify on Data Breaches
Prompted by the recent data breaches of the PlayStation Network and the email marketing company Epsilon, the Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade Subcommittee of the...
From The Eponymous Pickle
On the Timing of Bunchball
In GigaOM: I talked to Bunchball today, quite impressive. See their Gamification 101 white paper.I" ... n 2005, when the company debuted its software platform...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Making Computer Science Relevant
As computer science educators, we see the need for computer science education. There is an element of self-interest, but we believe computer science knowledge and...
From Wild WebMink
? Flattr Is Back
Flattr is a system that allows you to show your satisfaction with things you find on the internet by making tiny gifts to them. If enough people make the tiny gifts...
From The Eponymous Pickle
NFC Based Coupons on Your Android Phone
A good example of how promotional consideration is starting to get easier to deliver in a mobile way.
From The Eponymous Pickle
IPhone Tracking Bug to be Fixed
As expected, although the carefully set up, unencrypted storage of tracking locations was quickly declared a 'bug', it is definitely bad privacy publicity. ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Progressive Insurance via Sensors
In Engadget: A description of State Farm's IPhone App which uses phone sensors to determine speed location and acceleration to rate your driving. The point is made...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Genetic Music
The Genetic Music Project was recently launched. " ... An open source genetic art project combining music and science. Where everyone is art and everyone can be...
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM
Hill Tech Happenings, Week of April 11
May 3 Hearing: The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on updating the Presidential Records Act to better handle electronic records...
From Schneier on Security
LiveBlogging the Bin Ladin Assassination
"VirtualReality" tweeted the Bin Ladin assassination without realizing it.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A Summer School on Cyber Security for Smart Energy Systems
With support from the U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) Center...
From Wild WebMink
links for 2011-05-02
The Parser that Cracked the MediaWiki Code | Software Research and the Industry As many of us have been commenting for many years, the optimum freedom comes from...
From Putting People First