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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 Apophenia
Postdoctoral Researchers, Microsoft Research
If you're graduating with a PhD from a computer science program, applying to be a researcher or postdoc at Microsoft Research might seem obvious. But what I've...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bar Code Scanning for the iPhone
I finally took a look at the Redlaser barcode scanner from Occipital for the IPhone, released earlier this year. It is a $1.99 application that downloads quickly...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Bing Doing Well.
I used Bing a number of times in comparison to Google search, but then stopped. Word is it is doing better that expected. Will give it some more tries.
From The Eponymous Pickle
Flu Suit
Idea Connection sends along a link to word of a Flu-Fighting business suit. Treated, it says, to kill the H1N1 virus. I have considerable doubt.
From Schneier on Security
The Doghouse: Privacy Inside
I'm just going to quote without comment: About the file: the text message file encrypted with a symmetric key combine 3 modes 1st changing the original text...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Google Squared is Improved
I mentioned my look at Google's look at structured data some time ago. They have recently announced some improvements. Not much like WolframAlpha, but sort ofWolframAlpha...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
A View from the 2009 European Computer Science Summit
Your faithful correspondent recently participated in the European Computer Science Summit 2009, the annual meeting of Informatics Europe (Paris, 8-9 October...
From The Eponymous Pickle
Less is More: Private Label Implications?
Simplification strategies in retail.. " ... The Nielsen Co.
From Wild WebMink
? Harmonising Principle and Pragmatism
Can open source stop navel gazing and get real? While Matt's point has a certain populist charm, I don't agree with him that software...
From Schneier on Security
David Dittrich on Criminal Malware
Good essay: "Malware to crimeware: How far have they gone, and how do we catch up?" ;login:, August 2009: I have survived over a decade of advances in delivery...
From Computational Complexity
Dagstuhl Day One
The talks Monday were after my own heart. The day started with relativization: The always entertaining Scott Aaronson talked on his approach to get an oracle where...
From My Biased Coin
SOSP congratulations
One conference I've never had a paper in -- though I'd like to someday -- is SOSP, the Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, one of the flagship conferences...
From Putting People First
10/GUI, a new multitouch interface concept
MG Siegler writes on ReadWriteWeb about the fact that desktop touch screens don
From Putting People First
On the difference between personalisation and customisation
What’s the difference between personalization and customization? Are consumers really in control? Do brands (and designers) want them to be? Nick de la Mare of...
From Putting People First
Philips Design and ABN AMRO create emotion mirroring system for online traders
Philips Design and ABN AMRO
From Putting People First
TalkTalk launches Digital Anthropology Report
Yesterday TalkTalk, the UK broadband division of Carphone Warehouse, launched the Digital Anthropology Report
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Working With Industry Helps Researchers?
Is it a good idea for an academic researcher to work with industry R&D projects? Yes, in small doses: We find that university-industry relations exercise a positive...
From The Noisy Channel
Structured Search Is On The Table
Freebase. Wolfram Alpha. Google Squared. I hesitate to declare a trend, but there does seem to be a growing interest in more structured approaches to information...
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