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Gordon Haff
Gordon Haff   3/16/2010   23 comments
Netflix Inc. got lots of publicity from its million-dollar Netflix prize contest, as researchers vied “to improve the accuracy of predictions about how much someone is going to enjoy a movie based on their movie preferences.”
Jart Armin
Jart Armin   3/15/2010   23 comments
Reports on some aspect or other of cybercrime are highlighted in the press and in dozens of blogs on a daily basis. Whether it is phishing, botnets, or ID theft, what is the truth behind the numbers? Where are the real figures?
Matthew Mikus
Matthew Mikus   3/15/2010   14 comments
What if the same principle at work in botnets could be put to use for good?
Gideon J. Lenkey
Lots of big brands are in hot water right now -- witness the many rapid-fire hits Toyota's taken in recent weeks. Now it turns out the beloved Energizer Bunny may himself be a malicious hacker.
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Terry Sweeney   bio   3/17/2010   14 comments
Anyone else tiring of the encomia and plangent eulogies for Google's expected departure from the Chinese market? To hear today's pundits describe it, the company is no less than Jesus Christ, Mother Teresa, and George Clooney all rolled into one, feeding, clothing, and algorithmically ranking the poor Chinese masses.
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sdambrot
sdambrot   3/16/2010   1 comment
OK, I made it up - the term cloudlet, that is. (At least - in relation to cloud computing - I think I did.) Either way, I'm using it to express my thoughts about how individuals (as opposed to an enterprise) might leverage the cloud on...
Mike Acker
Mike Acker   3/13/2010   1 comment
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Public generally is very well aware that the term "Computer Security" is worth about the same as a three dollar bill with a picture of Bill Clinton. Yet still the software industry...
Mike Acker
Mike Acker   3/11/2010   1 comment
Under your fingerttips is your keyboard. you have to be sure - you are the only one entering data, and - the data you enter goes only where you want it to go, and - you are the only one reading your display screen If you have malware...
Mike Acker
Mike Acker   2/20/2010   1 comment
Interesting read on ZD Net The fundamental error in all POS terminal thinking is that the merchant gets the card information.  The article referenced here states "Following that, the terminal reads the card details from the chip, which...
DHCIR
DHCIR   2/3/2010   1 comment
Interesting article related to your post... HTML vs. Flash: Can a turf war be avoided?  Apple...taking the gloves off; wow...who woulda thunk it?
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Gordon Haff
Netflix Inc. got lots of publicity from its million-dollar Netflix prize contest, as researchers vied “to improve the accuracy of predictions about how much someone is going to enjoy a movie based on their movie preferences.”

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