Four short links: 18 May 2012
Overlapping S-Curves of Various Products (PNG) -- product adoption speed over time. (via Beta Knowledge) High School Makerspaces Q&A with Dale Dougherty (Radioshack) -- Experimentation is one of the things we’re trying to promote. If you do experiments, a number of them fail and you learn from that failure and say, “Gee, I could have...
White House cyber security coordinator stepping down
The White House is losing its cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt to retirement this year after a tumultuous 2011, often referred to a the year of the hack.
Schmidt served the White House in this role for two and a …
Four short links: 17 May 2012
The Mythology of Big Data (PDF) -- slides from a Strata keynote by Mark R. Madsen. A lovely explanation of the social impediments to the rational use of data. (via Hamish MacEwan) Scamworld -- amazing deconstruction of the online "get rich quick" scam business. (via Andy Baio) Ceres: Solving Complex Problems with Computing Muscle --...
Pirate Bay is under (DDoS) attack! Torrent site remains down after 24 hours
The Pirate Bay is currently experiencing a massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, which has caused the site to remain inaccessible for the last 24 hours, reports TorrentFreak.
Members of The Pirate Bay confirmed the news with an update on …
Poll: Only 13% Trust Their Data With Facebook
On the cusp of decision time, when many fund managers and investors will have to decide whether or not to partake in Facebook shares during its initial public offering (orders will reportedly cease at the end of today), a poll conducted by CNBC in conj...
From Saucy Pics to Passwords: How to Share Sensitive Information Over the Internet [Security]
Raise your hand if you've shared a username and password with someone over IM? Ever share a document with your SSN or other extremely sensitive information without protecting it? How about if you've sen...
How smart analytics could thwart terrorist attacks
There's nothing quite like a hypothetical about someone setting a whole block on fire after cutting off the fire department's electric supply in order to slow its response. Is it comforting to know that smart people and smart analytics could help stop it from happening?
Facebook Users’ Data Can Now Be Used To Serve Ads Outside Facebook
Facebook broke in its brand-new Facebook Terms and Policies Hub with a revamped data use policy, as announced by Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan in a post on the Facebook and Privacy page.
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Can I Track My Low-Tech Stuff Like I Can Track My Phone in Case It’s Stolen? [Ask Lifehacker]
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Developer Week in Review: Java on trial
Google and Oracle continue to duke it out in court, with more than just Android at risk. One developer uses cat feeders as a way to look at good software, and the PHP developers take a second try at fixing a critical bug.
California Assembly Passes Bill To Protect Facebook Users’ Passwords
The fight to protect Facebook users’ passwords and other private information is taking place on both the national and state level, as the Assembly in California passed a bill Thursday that would deny employers from accessing anything designated as pr...
