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Winning at the Shelf
From The Eponymous Pickle

Winning at the Shelf

Webinar from Quofore on April 13, 2010 at 11AM EST: More information and registration.-

Fernanda Vi
From The Noisy Channel

Fernanda Vi

This just in: Fernanda Vi

"Training" Should Be a Four-Letter Word
From Computer Science Teachers Association

"Training" Should Be a Four-Letter Word

"We need to train more teachers." "Teachers need more training in order to be successful at teaching computer science." "More teacher training programs are...

Cryptanalysis of the DECT
From Schneier on Security

Cryptanalysis of the DECT

New cryptanalysis of the proprietrary encryption algorithm used in the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard for cordless phones. Abstract...

Open Innovation Success Factors
From The Eponymous Pickle

Open Innovation Success Factors

Good piece on Open Innovation: ' ... an article that supports my own observations. The report is about a qualitative interview study on the state of implementation...

Hidden Costs of Complexity in the Enterprise
From The Eponymous Pickle

Hidden Costs of Complexity in the Enterprise

Mark Montgomery of KYield discusses hidden costs of complexity in the enterprise.-

From Computational Complexity

Baseball violates the rules of mathematics!!

(Looking for a roomate for STOC. Check out this site..) Baseball Season started this week. I want to point out that Baseball violates mathematics in two ways...

? When Reptiles Attack
From Wild WebMink

? When Reptiles Attack

What is the significance of IBM’s patent attack on the company behind the open source Hercules community? I believe it indicates a change in the balance of power...

The Effectiveness of Air Marshals
From Schneier on Security

The Effectiveness of Air Marshals

Air marshals are being arrested faster than air marshals are making arrests. Actually, there have been many more arrests of Federal air marshals than that story...

Barriers and Strategies for K-12 Computer Science Teachers
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Barriers and Strategies for K-12 Computer Science Teachers

An interesting new report from Anita Borg Institute, CSTA and the University of Arizona called

Books Worth Reading
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Books Worth Reading

Some books I've read recently have a lot of applicability to education in general and computer science education in specific. So I thought I'd share... The Mathematician's...

Go TunkRank!
From The Noisy Channel

Go TunkRank!

I haven’t talked much about TunkRank in the past months, largely because Jason Adams, who stepped up to the TunkRank Implementation Challenge last year, has been...

Court Ruling Will Stall FCC
From U.S. Public Policy Committee of the ACM

Court Ruling Will Stall FCC

Yesterday a federal appeals court ruled in a case involving the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) efforts to sanction Comcast for violating the FCC's net...

Are there too many Ph.D.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog

Are there too many Ph.D.

Would you accept work designing mass destruction weapons?

Cryptography Broken on American Military Attack Video
From Schneier on Security

Cryptography Broken on American Military Attack Video

Any ideas? At a news conference at the National Press Club, WikiLeaks said it had acquired the video from whistle-blowers in the military and viewed it after breaking...

How Games can Build Leaders
From The Eponymous Pickle

How Games can Build Leaders

An interview with Stanford Prof Byron Reeves of Seriosity. " ... On Leadership: Stanford professor Byron Reeves on how online multiplayer games like 'World of Warcraft'...

Fewer Shopping Trips
From The Eponymous Pickle

Fewer Shopping Trips

Progressive Grocer reports on the continuation of fewer shopping trips and fewer purchases per trip. Interesting statistics.

Panel #3: The Evolution of Research Funding and Projects (Symposium Summary)
From CERIAS Blog

Panel #3: The Evolution of Research Funding and Projects (Symposium Summary)

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Panel Members: David Bell Joe Pekny, Purdue University Kenneth Brancik, Northrop Grumman Petros Mouchtaris, Telcordia Summary by...

Interested in a Procter Franchise?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Interested in a Procter Franchise?

I recently posted about P&G doing franchising of product oriented processes. Well known products like Tide and Mr Clean. As part of the Procter alumni networkYou...

CERIAS Seminar Presentation: David Bell (Symposium Summary)
From CERIAS Blog

CERIAS Seminar Presentation: David Bell (Symposium Summary)

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Summary by Robert Winkworth “Everything I Needed to Know About Security I Learned in 1974” Security luminary David Bell concluded this...
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