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Mariposa Botnet Shut Down
From Schneier on Security

Mariposa Botnet Shut Down

The Spanish police arrested three people in connection with the 13-million-computer Mariposa botnet.

10 things likely to be overheard from a Klingon Programmer
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

10 things likely to be overheard from a Klingon Programmer

I have no idea where this came from originally but it showed up on the AP CS mailing list this week. On one level it is very funny especially if you know the Star...

Evolution of the Google File System
From The Eponymous Pickle

Evolution of the Google File System

From CACM. An interesting technical and historical piece about decisions made at Google to make their massive file requirements work on challenging hardware: '...

Best Buy to Buy Back
From The Eponymous Pickle

Best Buy to Buy Back

Evan Schuman in StoreFrontBackTalk writes about the intriguing implications of Best Buy re-purchasing used products: ' ... With the economy putting intense pressure...

Using a Sports Coaching Model to Support Informal Education
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Using a Sports Coaching Model to Support Informal Education

As a professional community, we need better idea of how many computer science teachers are also involved in informal education. I have a sense that there are many...

Crowdsourcing a Fragrance
From The Eponymous Pickle

Crowdsourcing a Fragrance

Can a fragrance be crowdsourced? " ... New Global Online Platform 'Womanity' Will Try, With Help From Women and Martin Sorrell ... French beauty marketer Clarins...

The analogue human and the digital machine
From Putting People First

The analogue human and the digital machine

Steve Portigal, Julie Norvaisas and Dan Soltzberg of Portigal Consulting were invited by Core77 to discuss what makes their clocks tick: the analogue human and...

The Innovation Imperative
From The Eponymous Pickle

The Innovation Imperative

This is a relatively old article, but worth reading again:The Innovation ImperativeBy Darrel Rhea, Cheskin CEOOriginally published in The HUB Magazine, March 2006Attempts...

Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative
From Schneier on Security

Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative

On Tuesday, the White House published an unclassified summary of its Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI). Howard Schmidt made the announcement...

Upcoming Microsoft Teacher Leader Training Events
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Upcoming Microsoft Teacher Leader Training Events

Are you an educator responsible for providing technology training to colleagues? Do you frequently lead teachers with best practices on how to integrate technology...

The experience design of Windows Phone 7
From Putting People First

The experience design of Windows Phone 7

One of the key figures in redefining the Windows experience on smartphones is Albert Shum, who’s been with Microsoft for barely two-and-a-half two years. His previous...

Data Everywhere
From The Eponymous Pickle

Data Everywhere

From the Economist:Data, data everywhereInformation has gone from scarce to superabundant. That brings huge new benefits, says Kenneth Cukier (interviewed here)

From Computational Complexity

Special Issue of TOC in honor of Rajeev Motwani

(Guest post by Samir Khuller, Sudipto Guha, Laci Babai) Special Issue of the journal Theory of Computing in honor of Rajeev Motwani (1962 - 2009) Submit...

Addressing Writers Block
From The Eponymous Pickle

Addressing Writers Block

IBM was one of the first companies to actively encourage their employees to blog. As a way to accumulate knowledge and make social network connections in and outside...

Crypto Implementation Failure
From Schneier on Security

Crypto Implementation Failure

Look at this new AES-encrypted USB memory stick. You enter the key directly into the stick via the keypad, thereby bypassing any eavesdropping software on the...

Newsletters for Computer Science Teachers
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson

Newsletters for Computer Science Teachers

Maybe you are the sort who likes their news to come on paper. Or perhaps you just like your news in regularly scheduled chunks. Perhaps you like someone to do gathering...

Debunking the Idea of Digital Natives
From Putting People First

Debunking the Idea of Digital Natives

The Economist questions whether it is really helpful to talk about a new generation of “digital natives” who have grown up with the internet. “Writing in the British...

Cowed Through DNS
From CERIAS Blog

Cowed Through DNS

May 2010 will mark the 4th aniversary of our collective cowing by spammers, malware authors and botnet operators. In 2006, spammers squashed Blue Frog. They made...

Experientia
From Putting People First

Experientia

Over the last five years experience design consultancy Experientia has grown from new beginnings to a vibrant company with a large portfolio. To showcase our latest...

Lessons on Active Learning
From Computer Science Teachers Association

Lessons on Active Learning

On 2/18/2010 I went to a talk on getting students involved in classes even if there are 200 of them in the class. It was about active learning, and not surprisingly...
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