The Road to the 'World Computer' Dan Gordon 11/29/2010 29 comments Over the next few years, we'll see a transition from isolated computers to a networked computing fabric the writer calls the 'world computer'
BlackHat SEO Poisons the Web Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/17/2010 22 comments Criminals are deploying search engine optimization techniques to lasso users into their malware webs
Andrew Hoppin, CIO, New York State Senate IE Radio 11/16/2010 96 comments Appointed in February 2009, Andrew Hoppin is the first-ever Chief Information Officer for the New York State Senate. Today we'll talk to him about how he's using technology to improve government transparency, citizen participation, and operational efficiency for the Senate.
Andrew Lewman, Executive Director, Tor IE Radio 11/11/2010 76 comments Andrew Lewman is the executive director of the Tor Project, a non-profit organization which provides free software to protect individuals' online privacy and anonymity. We'll talk to him about the state of online privacy and whether anonymity has a future in the age of identity.
IBM Point of View: Security and Cloud Computing Think Tank 11/9/2010 While cloud computing is often seen as increasing security risks and introducing new threat vectors, it also presents an exciting opportunity to improve security. Characteristics of clouds such as standardization,
Corporate Espionage Gets Social Scott Koegler 11/8/2010 12 comments Corporate espionage was once done by phone only. These days, online links are advancing the cause of phishing – and fishing for information
6DEE II to Kick Off Monday Editor's Blog 11/5/2010 54 comments Join us and our guest lecturer, Richard Stiennon, on Monday when we'll kick off 6DEE II with a lecture series on encryption
Americans Dis Location-Based Services Editor's Blog 11/4/2010 4 comments A study from Pew finds that only 4 percent of online Americans are using location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla
Why We Don't Have Online Voting Rob Salkowitz 11/4/2010 52 comments Just 41 percent of the US population turned out for the latest election, and we're not using the Web to improve that statistic. Why?
How Spammers Circumvent 'CAPTCHAS' Scott Koegler 11/2/2010 24 comments Although 'CAPTCHA' images protect users from spam by requiring human intervention, spammers are turning to humans to circumvent them
Facebook Foolery Internet Evolution Poll 11/1/2010 13 comments Will the news that some Facebook developers have been selling user information to data brokers change how you use the site?
The Road to the 'World Computer' Dan Gordon 11/29/2010 29 comments Over the next few years, we'll see a transition from isolated computers to a networked computing fabric the writer calls the 'world computer'
BlackHat SEO Poisons the Web Security Clan Editor's Blog 11/17/2010 22 comments Criminals are deploying search engine optimization techniques to lasso users into their malware webs
Andrew Hoppin, CIO, New York State Senate IE Radio 11/16/2010 96 comments Appointed in February 2009, Andrew Hoppin is the first-ever Chief Information Officer for the New York State Senate. Today we'll talk to him about how he's using technology to improve government transparency, citizen participation, and operational efficiency for the Senate.
Andrew Lewman, Executive Director, Tor IE Radio 11/11/2010 76 comments Andrew Lewman is the executive director of the Tor Project, a non-profit organization which provides free software to protect individuals' online privacy and anonymity. We'll talk to him about the state of online privacy and whether anonymity has a future in the age of identity.
IBM Point of View: Security and Cloud Computing Think Tank 11/9/2010 While cloud computing is often seen as increasing security risks and introducing new threat vectors, it also presents an exciting opportunity to improve security. Characteristics of clouds such as standardization,
Corporate Espionage Gets Social Scott Koegler 11/8/2010 12 comments Corporate espionage was once done by phone only. These days, online links are advancing the cause of phishing – and fishing for information
6DEE II to Kick Off Monday Editor's Blog 11/5/2010 54 comments Join us and our guest lecturer, Richard Stiennon, on Monday when we'll kick off 6DEE II with a lecture series on encryption
Americans Dis Location-Based Services Editor's Blog 11/4/2010 4 comments A study from Pew finds that only 4 percent of online Americans are using location-based services like Foursquare and Gowalla
Defining ‘Spam’ Scott Koegler 11/4/2010 3 comments It’s time to come up with a concrete definition of spam.
Why We Don't Have Online Voting Rob Salkowitz 11/4/2010 52 comments Just 41 percent of the US population turned out for the latest election, and we're not using the Web to improve that statistic. Why?
How Spammers Circumvent 'CAPTCHAS' Scott Koegler 11/2/2010 24 comments Although 'CAPTCHA' images protect users from spam by requiring human intervention, spammers are turning to humans to circumvent them
Facebook Foolery Internet Evolution Poll 11/1/2010 13 comments Will the news that some Facebook developers have been selling user information to data brokers change how you use the site?
The smartphone market reached a significant milestone, a breakthrough that may cause vendors to celebrate but could strain the capabilities of IT service desks.
In the fall of 2011, around 160,000 students in 190 countries enrolled in a Stanford-sponsored online course about artificial intelligence. About 23,000 completed the course and got certificates, including 248 who got a perfect score. The university offered the same course the old-fashioned way to students sitting in Stanford classrooms. None of the those students got a perfect score.
As Mitch Wagner discussed today, Yahoo is acquiring Tumblr. The big Internet debate at the moment is whether Tumblr will be good or bad for Yahoo. Regardless of their stances on the future of Yahoo itself, many claim that Yahoo will somehow ruin Tumblr.
Has China stolen a march on the West, developing an Internet architecture that is not only based on IPv6, but is also inherently secure from both internal and external attack?
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
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