Why US Broadband Is Stuck in the Slow Lane Jason Mick 8/23/2012 18 comments The latest FCC report on US broadband shows deployment still not up to desired levels. Blame the carriers, legislators, and yourselves, voters!
Clouds Blameless for Most US Data Loss Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/20/2012 2 comments A closer look at data about security breaches in the US and cloud use raises questions about laying blame on clouds.
NASA: 'Use the Right Cloud for the Right Job' Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/13/2012 5 comments Finally, NASA's manager for data services answers all questions about the agency's use of commercial and homegrown clouds – and discusses what really happened during the Curiosity mission.
Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross IE Radio 8/10/2012 300 comments Look out! The team of Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow has produced upcoming science fiction novel Rapture of the Nerds, due out in September 2012, dealing with a disturbing future in which "metaconsciousness" roams the solar system. Both authors join us to discuss their work and the future of the Internet.
Cory Doctorow is a coeditor of Boing Boing and a columnist for multiple publications including the Guardian, Locus, and Publishers Weekly. He was named one of the Web’s 25 influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His award-winning novel, Little Brother, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Charles Stross, author of several major novels of SF and fantasy, including Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Halting State, and Rule 34, is widely hailed as one of the most original voices in modern SF. His short fiction has won multiple Hugo and Locus awards. He lives in Edinburgh.
Golden Parachutes Internet Evolution Executive Clan Poll 8/8/2012 Post a comment Some tech firms have paid millions in separation agreements to CEOs the board has fired. Does this need to change?
Internet Hails Curiosity Landing as Nerd Triumph Alan Reiter 8/7/2012 52 comments IT was the real star of the Curiosity Mars mission, and enterprises could do worse than emulate how NASA has promoted itself and its technological wizardry.
NASA Rides the Cloud Beyond Mars Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/7/2012 Post a comment The Curiosity mission highlights just one of several uses NASA is making of cloud services, both commercial and internally developed.
NASA's Curiosity: One for the Nerds Internet Evolution Poll 8/7/2012 13 comments NASA has suffered much past criticism for its technological glitches and outright failures. The success of the Curiosity Mars mission may have turned that tide. What do you think?
FBI Sentinel: Case Study in Executive Failure Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/1/2012 7 comments The FBI has finally rolled out its new case management system -- 12 years late, and hundreds of millions over budget. It's time for a management review.
Why US Broadband Is Stuck in the Slow Lane Jason Mick 8/23/2012 18 comments The latest FCC report on US broadband shows deployment still not up to desired levels. Blame the carriers, legislators, and yourselves, voters!
Clouds Blameless for Most US Data Loss Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/20/2012 2 comments A closer look at data about security breaches in the US and cloud use raises questions about laying blame on clouds.
NASA: 'Use the Right Cloud for the Right Job' Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/13/2012 5 comments Finally, NASA's manager for data services answers all questions about the agency's use of commercial and homegrown clouds – and discusses what really happened during the Curiosity mission.
Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross IE Radio 8/10/2012 300 comments Look out! The team of Charlie Stross and Cory Doctorow has produced upcoming science fiction novel Rapture of the Nerds, due out in September 2012, dealing with a disturbing future in which "metaconsciousness" roams the solar system. Both authors join us to discuss their work and the future of the Internet.
Cory Doctorow is a coeditor of Boing Boing and a columnist for multiple publications including the Guardian, Locus, and Publishers Weekly. He was named one of the Web’s 25 influencers by Forbes magazine and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. His award-winning novel, Little Brother, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Charles Stross, author of several major novels of SF and fantasy, including Singularity Sky, Accelerando, Halting State, and Rule 34, is widely hailed as one of the most original voices in modern SF. His short fiction has won multiple Hugo and Locus awards. He lives in Edinburgh.
Golden Parachutes Internet Evolution Executive Clan Poll 8/8/2012 Post a comment Some tech firms have paid millions in separation agreements to CEOs the board has fired. Does this need to change?
Internet Hails Curiosity Landing as Nerd Triumph Alan Reiter 8/7/2012 52 comments IT was the real star of the Curiosity Mars mission, and enterprises could do worse than emulate how NASA has promoted itself and its technological wizardry.
NASA Rides the Cloud Beyond Mars Cloud Clan Editor's Blog 8/7/2012 Post a comment The Curiosity mission highlights just one of several uses NASA is making of cloud services, both commercial and internally developed.
NASA's Curiosity: One for the Nerds Internet Evolution Poll 8/7/2012 13 comments NASA has suffered much past criticism for its technological glitches and outright failures. The success of the Curiosity Mars mission may have turned that tide. What do you think?
Out of Curiosity? Todd Watson 8/6/2012 1 comment Turbo applauds this weekend's triumphant Mars landing by NASA.
FBI Sentinel: Case Study in Executive Failure Executive Clan Editor's Blog 8/1/2012 7 comments The FBI has finally rolled out its new case management system -- 12 years late, and hundreds of millions over budget. It's time for a management review.
Social media has been with us for a decade -- but employer policies and the law are anything but firm about the most appropriate usage of this powerful tool.
Businesses often struggle to decide which domain to use. When it comes to purchasing a domain name, you have plenty of extensions to choose from, ranging from .com and .net, to .me, and even .mobi. But which one should you pick?
I've been writing about how the next evolution of the Internet might just be an advertising revolution, and how corporate IT can stay involved as the enablers and providers of the technologies that make this possible.
In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M.
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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M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
M2M: Rise of the Machines? Not Yet David Weldon In the 1970 science fiction thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project, two giant supercomputers from the United States and Soviet Union secretly join forces to take control of the collective nuclear might of the two countries. In the film, the two machines discover each other's existence, communicate back-and-forth, share their collective data, and cut their human creators out of the process. It is the ultimate example of machine-to-machine communications, or M2M. CLICK FOR MORE
Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross
