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Virtual Education: One More Step to Close the Gap
Is virtual education a feasible option to deliver rich educational contents to country side zones where no traditional schools are available?
Online Information Brokers & the Challenges of Privacy in a Networked World
At Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, we receive phone calls and emails about online information brokers almost daily. The individuals who contact us are often those who have the most at stake–they are the victims of domestic violence, law enforcement officers fearing for the safety of their families, individuals whose livelihood depends on being in the public sphere, and those dealing with identity theft.
The Chaos of the Internet as an External Brain; and More
From the early days of computers, people have speculated that computers would be used to supplement our intelligence. In the last decades, most of the work toward this dream has been in the form of trying to build artificial intelligence.
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy in a Networked Society: June 15-18, in San Jose and Cyberspace
With Facebook privacy on the cover of Time magazine and Google being investigated in Europe and the US after admitting that they collected information from home wifi networks, it’s a perfect lead-in to the 20th annual ACM conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy.
How Many Computers Will You Own?
How many computing devices will you have in ten years? Two? Six? Just one?
Albion College Eliminates Computer Science
Albion College decides to eliminate the computer science major due to budget cuts and low enrollment, because it's not really part of 21st century work.
The Complicated Issues of Computing Education in Qatar
The ACM Education Board visited Qatar at the beginning of May. At Qatar University, 70% of the students in CS are women, and those we met are hungry to produce innovative technology. But are there jobs for them?
On FIFA World Cup 2010: Football and Internet in Latin America
Quick view on how the FIFA Football World Cup will affect Internet in Latin America.
Malvertisements Growing as Online Security Threat
Malvertisements are attempts to inject malware and scareware into advertisements, leveraging the reach that advertising networks have. This blog entry examines some of the issues involved in this growing threat.
Successful Software Platforms Are the Byproducts of Successful Businesses
Startups need their current business to be successful and self-sustaining before they place serious effort in building a general software platform.
On Social Networks, Political Campaigns and Threats
Brief discussion on how social networks are now the battlefield of political campaigns, death threats and more.
NSF Funding Advice; 21st Century Innovation
Jeannette M. Wing shares useful suggestions for department heads. Daniel Reed discusses the importance of synergy among computing specialists and generalists.
What Security Advice Should We Give?
Are people being rational when they ignore the security advice we give them? If so, what advice should we give them that they would not ignore?
Since several years ago, with the beginning of nanoscience, the idea having of micro factories, like household microwave ovens, is floating in the air.
Consumerization of IT and Research
When a corporate, government, or university IT department of the 1970s debated an upgrade to its IBM S/370 mainframes, it is doubtful that the IT director was in any way influenced by the computing experiences or opinions of their teenage children.
Turns out That Brain Training Games Don’t Work
A brief article pointing to a new large scale study published in Nature about the effect of brain training games.
Robots After Roomba: The Ethics of Electronic Companions
As robots become woven into the fabric of daily life, what ethical issues will the world face?
Social Media and the Twitter Backchannel at CHI2010
A marked difference at CHI 2010 compared to last year is the amount of research around social media and the use of social media during the conference. These practices are enabling the conference to be less about one-to-many lectures on the latest research and more about peer-to-peer interactions.
CHI 2010: User Interfaces Learn a Thing or Two
The 2010 conference in Human Factors in Computing Systems has seen a noticeable uptick in projects on and engagement with machine learning.
CHI 2010 Opening Plenary: Thinking About Messy Futures
"Messy Futures: Culture, Technology and Research" was the title of Genevieve Bell’s opening plenary speech at CHI 2010, and it gave attendees a plethora of facts and ideas to consider—or reconsider.
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