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“In this bleak, relentlessly morbid talk, James Mickens will describe why making computers secure is an intrinsically impossible task. He will explain why no programming language makes it easy to write secure code. He will then discuss why cloud computing is a black hole for privacy, and only useful for people who want to fill …
Another day, another reason why librarians are mission critical – we are the multifaceted subject matter experts with multiple expertise – this would not have slipped by colleagues in the law library/news/business sectors if Google had asked (add other expert colleagues as you will – this is not about exclusion – but a request for …
Via phys.org [thanks to Alan Rothman]: “No historical record may capture the nation’s changing political consciousness better than the president’s State of the Union address, delivered each year except one since 1790. Now, a computer analysis of this unique archive puts the start of the modern era at America’s entry into World War I, challenging …
“Based on the definition of the well-known h index we propose a t factor for measuring the impact of publications (and other entities) on Twitter. “The new index combines tweet and retweet data in a balanced way whereby retweets are seen as data reflecting the impact of initial tweets. The t factor is defined as …
Colleagues – we have worked for many years, often many decades, as members of a profession to which we have a deep and abiding commitment and through which we have, under often the most challenging of circumstances, helped to usher in the future without forsaking the past. So this snippet (the rest is behind a …
CDC provides a wide range of data from which users may create customized reports and charts by choosing among specific fields and date ranges – this data set was last updated on June 24, 2015. “CDC’s WISQARS™ (Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System) is an interactive, online database that provides fatal and nonfatal injury, …
A comparison of legislature and SaaS websites shows stark differences: “An analysis of 54 state legislature websites shows that the technology they utilize trails industry standards significantly. A majority, 35 (65%), are programmed in ASP.NET and running on IIS servers – both, usually paired, are Microsoft technologies. This differs greatly from standards seen in leading …
“The Berkman Center for Internet & Society, together with the Global Network of Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC), is pleased to announce the release of a new publication, “Designing Successful Governance Groups: Lessons for Leaders from Real-World Examples,” authored by Ryan Budish, Sarah Myers West, and Urs Gasser. Solutions to many of the world’s …
Google Investor Relations posting: August 10, 2015 – “G is for Google. As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” As part of that, we also said that you could expect us to make “smaller bets in …
Via Atlantic Council – New Twists in Russia’s Cyber Campaign Against NATO and Its Members By Sam Jones, Financial Times: “Russia’s aggressive actions in cyber space are all carefully designed to fall short of warranting any kind of serious military or aggressive response. One of Moscow’s new favoured tactics is to arm crime syndicates with …
ComputerWorld 29th Annual Report It Salary Survey: “After years of tight budgets, employers are boosting pay to attract and retain hot IT talent. Our survey of more than 4,800 tech workers reveals who’s getting the cash — and how you can too..Topics include: Cash Is Back!; IT Pay All the Numbers; Job Seekers Call the …
“Stemming from a proposal accepted by HathiTrust members at the 2011 constitutional convention, HathiTrust has embarked on an ambitious initiative to, “through coordinated action and collective action, expand and enhance access to US federal publications including those issued by GPO and other federal agencies.” The HathiTrust Government Documents Registry is a key component of this broad effort. Further information …
