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Free Pluralsight On-demand Training via Dreamspark
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Free Pluralsight On-demand Training via Dreamspark

Microsoft is constantly adding software and other benefits to the DreamSparak program. The latest of these benefits is the opportunity for students to get access...

? FSF Leadership Change
From Wild WebMink

? FSF Leadership Change

I got a call on Friday evening from Peter Brown, the Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation (FSF). It’s been my great pleasure to know and work with...

The Rise of the Service Robot
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Rise of the Service Robot

The past and future of the US Robotics Industry in a good BusinessWeek article. " .... U.S. robotic companies have regained their strength, but face tough Asian...

Webinar on Top Neuro-Ranked Superbowl Ads
From The Eponymous Pickle

Webinar on Top Neuro-Ranked Superbowl Ads

This webinar looks to be very interesting, especially for someone interested in the practical application of neuromarketing.  It will be held tomorrow March 18Here...

USACM Supports Defense Against FY
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

USACM Supports Defense Against FY

USACM signed a letter sent to the Senate leadership last week urging them to resist the deep cuts to science agency budgets approved recently by the House of Representatives...

Introducing Gram's House, Our Imagine Cup 2011 Game for Girls and Computer Science
From The Female Perspective of Computer Science

Introducing Gram's House, Our Imagine Cup 2011 Game for Girls and Computer Science

Computer science is still a gender-imbalanced field. Outreach efforts by various non-profits and companies like Microsoft seem to make an impact on this issue....

Inspiration
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Inspiration

I was inspired recently by the keynote speaker at a Computer Using Educators (CUE) conference that I attended near the end of first semester. The speaker discussed...

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 7
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Hill Tech Happenings, Week of March 7

March 8 Meeting: The President's Council of Advisers on Science and Technology will meet 10 a.m., Marriott Metro Center, 775 12th Street NW, Washington, D.C....

Carr on Memory and Self
From The Eponymous Pickle

Carr on Memory and Self

Nick Carr excerpts a chapter of his book: The Shallows, on the concept of aiding memory.  Is memory being killed by all our digital memory aids and resources?  ...

iPad Providing Comfort in Hospitals
From The Eponymous Pickle

iPad Providing Comfort in Hospitals

A good example of how an easy to use pad can provide comfort and address boredom in hospitals and nursing homes.  Laptops and Smartphones can work there too, but...

CS Community Weighing in on PostDocs
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

CS Community Weighing in on PostDocs

“A funding ecosphere

Jobless recovery, the luddite fallacy and the 4-hour workweek
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Jobless recovery, the luddite fallacy and the 4-hour workweek

The luddite fallacy says that as innovation destroys jobs, just as many new jobs are created. The logic is that increased productivity causes prices to fall, which...

Disney Advertising Lab
From The Eponymous Pickle

Disney Advertising Lab

Roger Dooley on the Disney Advertising and Media Lab.  Surprised they were not doing this earlier. " ..  As much as we hear about neuro-cinema and neuro-enhanced...

From Computational Complexity

Three Questions that I think Watson would have trouble with

Here are two questions that were on Jeopardy (the shows slogan: Watch "Jeopardy!", Alex Trebek's fun TV quiz game show!) that I do not think Watson would have gotten...

Science of Business
From The Eponymous Pickle

Science of Business

Evocative piece by always interesting Steve Miller in Information Management:" ... A recent MIT article is making blogger/analyst Steve Miller question whether...

links for 2011-03-07
From Wild WebMink

links for 2011-03-07

Commitment to

Recently Declassified NSA History Document
From Schneier on Security

Recently Declassified NSA History Document

"American Cryptography During the Cold War 1945-1989; Book IV: Cryptologic Rebirth 1981-1989." Document was first declassified in 2009. Here are some newly declassified...

Understanding society
From Putting People First

Understanding society

Understanding Society is a major

Interesting Links 7 March 2011
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Interesting Links 7 March 2011

Are you going to be at SIGCSE in Dallas this week? I get in on Tuesday and with be there until Saturday. I hope that if you are there you will stop by the Microsoft...

A Practical Rant about Software Patents
From The Noisy Channel

A Practical Rant about Software Patents

Given the controversial content of this post, I’d like to remind readers upfront that this post, like all of the contents of this blog, represents my personal opinions...
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