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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 Wild WebMink
Apple and Google and ODF
I’m in Latvia today speaking at the Latvian Open Technology Association annual conference. The speaker before me was from the government and made an important announcement...
From The Eponymous Pickle
The Cart Now Belongs to Daddy
In Adage: Study says that males are the primary grocery shoppers 51% of the time. Big change. It is the case in my family. Big implications for in-store marketing...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Searchers in Networks Talk
For those of you in Cincinnati or nearby this week, Full announcement here. The Department of Quantitative Analysis & Operations Management at the University of...
From The Noisy Channel
Dare To Dream
“If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” Martin Luther King, Jr. said these words at a speech in Detroit on June 23, 1963...
From The Eponymous Pickle
MicroStrategy and Mobile BI
Another example of the emergence of mobile business inttelligence. A good direction. Doug Lautzenheiser writes: " ... MicroStrategy continues to aggressively...
From The Eponymous Pickle
A Wireless Primer
A very good, extensive, primer in Engadget: 2G, 3G, 4G, and everything in between: an Engadget wireless primer. I sense there is much confusion here, and this...
From Schneier on Security
More Stuxnet News
This long New York Times article includes some interesting revelations. The article claims that Stuxnet was a joint Israeli-American project, and that its effectiveness...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Jan-Feb Analytics Magazine
In the latest online bimonthly Analytics Magazine, many interesting articles on the use of analytical methods. Always interesting and useful. Here are the areas...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Insight on Mobility from the NRF
New insights from the Mobility Blueprint of the National Retail Foundation. ' ...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Wolfram Alpha and the IPhone 5
Some interesting speculation that the IPhone 5 will contain several AI capabilities, including the Wolfram Alpha natural language data reasoning application.
From Computational Complexity
Coloring Maps
The four color theorem means you can color the United States in four colors. But can you color it in three? Try it before you read on. The answer is no. Consider...
From Schneier on Security
New Revelations in the Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Assassination
I wrote a lot last year about the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai. There's a new article by an Israeli investigative journalist that tells the story...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Interesting Links 17 January 2010
It’s Martin Luther King Jr Day. A regular work day for me but I know that a lot of schools have the day off. If you do I hope you are enjoying the three day weekend...
From Putting People First
Experientia part of EPIC 2011
The Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference (EPIC) has become the premier international forum for bringing together academics, computer scientists, designers...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Innovating without Permission
Is open source software is better than closed-source software? Is wikipedia better than Britannica? Is NoSQL better than Oracle and SQL Server? Are blogs better...
From Wild WebMink
OpenIDM Design Summit Announced
One of the key control points in enterprise software is the provisioning or IDM software. It’s the point all the threads of directory, authentication, authorisation...
From Computer Science Teachers Association
Happy New Year! Now What About the Summer?
Now is the time for students (and teachers) to start thinking about their summer. I know the new year just began, but it's never to early to plan. For the last...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Smartphone as a Dangerous Possession
In CNN Money, Your Smartphone as your most dangerous posssesson. Overplayed, yes, but each of the cautions about the security of your data and devices is worth...
From The Eponymous Pickle