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From Computer Science Teachers Association

Choosing Conference Sessions

The CS&IT Annual Conference is coming up and I am getting more excited all the time. As a computer science teacher, it's always been the best professional development...
From Computer Science Teachers Association | May 5, 2011 at 08:31 PM

From Schneier on Security

Extreme Authentication

Exactly how did they confirm it was Bin Laden's body? Officials compared the DNA of the person killed at the Abbottabad compound with the bin Laden "family DNA"... schneier
From Schneier on Security | May 5, 2011 at 05:52 PM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Kodu Cup Submission Deadline is May 10th 2011

Just a reminder that the submission deadline for the Microsoft Kodu Cup is next week on May 10th, 2011. There is still time to create a new game with Kodu and... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 5, 2011 at 03:21 PM

From Computational Complexity

How has the STRUCTURES, OH- I mean CCC Conference changed: Lets look at the Call For Papers

Complexity theory has changed over the years. How to really track these things? One way is to look at the list of topics on the Call For papers for the CCC conference... GASARCH
From Computational Complexity | May 5, 2011 at 02:24 PM

From Wild WebMink

? Interference

Canada still in copyright “hall of shame” according to the US The US interference in the copyright policies of other countries – in order to create a benefit for... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | May 5, 2011 at 01:03 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

SMI Gaze Ware

Another eye-tracking system, here from SMI Vision, brought to my attention that is worth looking at. Listening to the buzz in the enterprise there is increasing... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 5, 2011 at 12:42 PM

From Schneier on Security

Osama's Death Causes Spike in Suspicious Package Reports

It's not that the risk is greater, it's that the fear is greater. Data from New York: There were 10,566 reports of suspicious objects across the five boroughs... schneier
From Schneier on Security | May 5, 2011 at 11:43 AM

From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Mid Atlantic Developer Expo is Coming!

This event looks interesting. If you are in the mid-Atlantic (say around Virginia) and interested in a local, reasonably prices and potentially seriously educational... Alfred Thompson
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson | May 5, 2011 at 09:19 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Licensing Bar Code Scanning

Good piece in ReadWriteWeb on how ShopSavvy is successfully licensing capability to others, making the capability widely available on mobile. I have mentioned... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 5, 2011 at 05:56 AM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Onions and Oil Prices

A colleague and I had a discussion about gasoline and oil pricing, and then I found this interesting post by M. J. Perry on Onions and Oil Pricing. What causes... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 4, 2011 at 11:11 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Five Big Brands Betting on Social Gaming

Good examples in Mashable of the current use of gaming by some big brands: "... Skeptics of social gaming for business purposes exist, but that Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 4, 2011 at 09:54 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Artificial Intelligence Needs a Reboot?

I am inclined to agree, having worked in practical application of its ideas from the late 70s through the 80s. It needs to be fundamentally re-thought. Formal... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 4, 2011 at 09:32 PM

From The Eponymous Pickle

Cinci Business Intelligence Group Meeting

Sent by Subrata Debnath: of Analysis Express.Subrata Debnath found Cincinnati Business Intelligence Group - Business Social, Sponsored by Endeca on LinkedIn Events... Franz Dill
From The Eponymous Pickle | May 4, 2011 at 09:22 PM

From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Calling for 2011-12 Computing Innovation Fellows

Today, the Computing Community Consortium, a standing committee of Erwin Gianchandani
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog | May 4, 2011 at 08:52 PM

From Schneier on Security

"Operation Pumpkin"

Wouldn't it be great if this were not a joke: the security contingency that was in place in the event that Kate Middleton tried to run away just before the wedding... schneier
From Schneier on Security | May 4, 2011 at 05:15 PM

From Putting People First

Intel anthropologist offers ten visions for the future

As a follow-up to the previous post, Intel’s user experience discourse is further elaborated on by Genevieve Bell, Intel Fellow and the company’s Director of Interaction... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 4, 2011 at 01:59 PM

From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-05-04

13 reasons why the Infringing File Sharing Act is bad for you by Christopher Wood This is an excellent list of reasons why internet disconnection laws are such... Simon Phipps
From Wild WebMink | May 4, 2011 at 01:01 PM

From Putting People First

Intel CTO stresses the importance of creating compelling user experiences

Justin Rattner, Intel Experientia
From Putting People First | May 4, 2011 at 12:59 PM

From Putting People First

The user experience of Augmented Reality apps

Mark Schatzker of Cond Experientia
From Putting People First | May 4, 2011 at 12:41 PM

From Schneier on Security

Unintended Security Consequences of the New Pyrex Recipe

This is interesting: When World Kitchen took over the Pyrex brand, it started making more products out of prestressed soda-lime glass instead of borosilicate.... schneier
From Schneier on Security | May 4, 2011 at 11:40 AM