Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It
If Oracle prevails in its claim that APIs can be copyrighted, nearly every aspect of programming will be changed for the worse.
http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/232901227
This is a really big deal and …
Category: InformationTechnology
Cybersecurity = no privacy?
Cybersecurity bills aim to prevent ‘digital Pearl Harbor’
http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/23/technology/cybersecurity-bills/index.htm?source=cnn_bin
This is a serious conundrum and one that is difficult to resolve. Our nation’s electronic infrastructure is indeed under constant (largely successful) attack and there is no doubt in my mind …
First there was delayed focus, now there is image around corners
‘See-around-a-corner’ camera prototype unveiled
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/story/2012-03-20/see-around-a-corner-camera/53668372/1
Not ready for prime time, but it is quite interesting, none the less. In a few years I can see this being developed to the point where you can get really good images of what …
As usual, it is only bad if someone does it to us
Gen. Hayden: Stuxnet virus “Not an act of war”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57390498/gen-hayden-stuxnet-virus-not-an-act-of-war/
There is no shred of doubt in my mind that the US would consider stuxnet an act of war if it were used against us, so it seems disingenuous in …
He makes this sound very attractive
Privacy versus Efficiency
http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/privacy_versus_efficiency/
Adams makes the idea of zero privacy sound very attractive. I am sure that for youth of today (probably anyone under 35) this ‘loss’ of privacy wouldn’t even be noticed. Barring biblical apocalypse or some such …
Flash Crash
Nanosecond Trading Could Make Markets Go Haywire
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/high-speed-trading/
Man, there is money to be made here! Of course, it is very expensive to get sub millisecond access, let alone programming analysis algorithms that can make decisions in this time frame, …
Is this really new or interesting?
Researchers Crack Online Encryption System
An online encryption method widely used to protect banking, email, e-commerce and other sensitive Internet transactions is not as secure as assumed, according to a report issued by a team of U.S and European cryptanalysts.…
Yes and no
Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, Fueling a Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/
We do have a “Cybersecurity-Industrial Complex” exactly like the military industrial complex with the revolving door between the government and the companies sucking on its tits. However, the problem potential …
Is high tech good for education?
Are high-tech classrooms better classrooms?
Despite the hype over Apple’s new iPad textbooks, there’s little proof that gadgets do much to improve education
http://www.salon.com/2012/02/03/are_high_tech_classrooms_better_classrooms/singleton/
A good friend and I started work on an idea for educational games years ago (we …
SOPA, PIPA? Pansies!
If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/23/if-you-thought-sopa-was-bad-just-wait-until-you-meet-acta/
Just like the bla bla bla police state bla bla bla, this is getting tiresome in its repetition. The US uses to be a bastion against the …