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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 Computational Complexity
Forty Years of P v NP
In the afternoon of May 4, 1971, in the Stouffer's Somerset Inn in Shaker Heights, Ohio, Steve Cook presented his STOC paper proving that Satisfiability is NP...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Why Not C#
Someone recently passed on same objection to using C# as a first or otherwise early programming language. I hear these sorts of comments all the time and while...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Ownership of TV Falls in the US
In the NYT, " For the first time in 20 years, the number of homes in the United States with television sets has dropped ... " I note not the number of TV sets...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
What is the CCC?
A bit of shameless self-promotion: I’ve been asked many questions about the Computing Community Consortium in the past year — and we’ve recently put together a...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Sock Monkey and Scratch
Last week Sock Monkey attended the National Science Foundation Working Group on High School Introductory Computer Science where he had the pleasure of meeting Mitch...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Sock Monkey and Scratch
Last week Sock Monkey attended a meeting of the National Science Foundation Working Group on High School Introduction to Computer Science. While he was there...
From Schneier on Security
Decline in Cursive Writing Leads to Increase in Forgery Risk?
According to this article, students are no longer learning how to write in cursive. And, if they are learning it, they're forgetting how. Certainly the ubiquity...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Hello @WalmartLabs
An intriguing development. As part of my role in the innovation centers I hosted Wal-Mart many times and I hope we inspired them to set up something similarKosmix...
From The Eponymous Pickle
ZuluTime Issued Patent for Location Aware Wireless Networks
We talked to Zulutime's founder about his Digimarc watermarking technology for packaging. Implemented for demonstration in the innovation center. Recently I talked...
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