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Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College

Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeAre "they" sure it was Linux?It could have been DOS. ;-)RE: Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston CollegeChris writes another blog where he whines about how linux doesn't get any respect. And there is good reason why it doesn't....

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Boston College, illegal activity

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

Apparently, using Linux is a crime at Boston College

The Electronic Frontier Foundation reported over the last couple of days that a Boston College computer science student has been targeted by BC police largely on the basis of using Linux. No, really - I'm serious. by Christopher Dawson

Tags: Boston College, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-15

$2.1mn NSF grant to Boston College's Urban Institute

The National Science Foundation has awarded a three-year, $2.1 million grant to an group of Boston College faculty to develop an urban environmental science curriculum, text book and multimedia system for use in America's urban high schools, a press release from the college announces. Fifty high school...

Tags: urban ecosystem, Urban Ecology Institute

Blog posts 2006-10-31

Boston College reveals alumni data breach

Boston College reveals alumni data breachWhy SS# on such a database?What reason would a college have for keeping a SS# in such a database? That is insane!This is why I refuse to give my SS# to anyone.I thought ...... that SSNs where NEVER intended to be used for identification...

Tags: Hacking, Storage, Databases, SECURITY, Boston College, database, hacker, SS#

Discussion threads 2005-03-17

Additional Resources

Boston U Map 1.0 (Mobile)

Boston U Map is a navigation app for college students, faculties or anyone who is visiting the Boston University campus. It features effectively locate current user location, complete list of all lecture halls, labs, fields, dorms, and parking locations, choose from walking, driving, public transit directions, time of arrival features,...

Tags: Mobile, Location, Logical Dimension, Boston U Map, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2009-09-24

Generation Y: 'Email is unfashionable and outdated'

Steve Clayton, Microsoft extraordinaire and geek in disguise, posted an interesting set of statistics over the weekend, via Socialnomics, on the social media revolution  - the movement where media and information spreads far and wide through social techniques; Twitter and Facebook being the two best examples. Students,...

Tags: Facebook, Generation Y, Student, YouTube Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-24

Social Media Revolution?

Here's another YouTube video - 'Social Media Revolution' - conflating a lot of stats in order to make a case for 'Social Media' being the 'biggest shift since the industrial revolution'. Web 2.0...The Machine is Us/ing Us started this style of delivery and...

Tags: Social Media, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-08-16

Trafficking in Michael Jackson

The news of Michael Jackson's death and subsequent coverage of his memorial service brought the Internet to a crawl and saturated even the most robust of content delivery networks. When the King of Pop died last week, I swore that I was going...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-07-08

Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to a problem that doesn't exist

From the first moment I picked up Amazon's new large-format e-reader, the Kindle DX, I liked it. The plastic was smooth to the touch, the flat e-ink screen was easy on the eyes, and the large 9.7-in. screen only magnified just how thin the...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Magazine, Textbook, Amazon Kindle, Kindle DX, DX, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-06

The Bad HR software demo

Am I too sensitive? The other day I took a demo from an HR vendor â€" and â€" one aspect of that demo really bothered me. When we got to this point in the demo where a user could craft the requirements for a new hire, I...

Tags: Software, School, Firm, Software Executive, Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Management, Human Resources, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-05-01

News to know: Microsoft; Oracle patches; Google; HP; Facebook; Win 7 systems ;

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft makes it official: Forefront reaches the cloud Ryan Naraine: Microsoft tackles patch management metrics with Project Quant Oracle...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Data Centers, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Taxes, Patches, Free Trade, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-16

Top 5 futuristic music interfaces and instruments

You may recently have heard about the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra, or MoPhO, a six person orchestra that uses iPhones to play improvisational pieces and chamber music. The group's Ocarina app has been downloaded 600,000 times, which means that many people now have a 12,000-year-old clay wind instrument at their...

Tags: Performance, Instrument, Video, Music, Kurt Biederwolf, Corporate Communications, Performance Management, Marketing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-08

Taking notes on your Linux laptop

Taking notes on your Linux laptopNo, but certainly part of the MS enabled ecosystem.His post reads exactly as someone who is desperate to downplay Linux while espousing that the only "real" software is Windows based. Be a shame if any of those kids wanted to learn web technologies though,...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Taking Notes, Linux laptop, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-03-12

Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?

It's my birthday today woot, so India is celebrating by debuting a prototype of their $20 laptop during a National Mission on Education launch in Tirupati. OK, so it's actually just coincidence that they're showing it on my birthday, but still, I figured it was worthy of a bit...

Tags: India, Manufacturing, Laptop Computer, Details, Indian Government, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-02

Going paperless...Are we really saving money?

I've been continuing to kick around the idea of going paperless in K-12 education, particularly at the elementary level. It's becoming something of a personal crusade as I watch teachers crank out reams of worksheets for their students and find money to buy toner to support their habit. ...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-11-14

Where are all the programmers?

I was at a conference Wednesday that covered an awful lot of ground. There were some good sandwiches, too, and the cookies were first-rate. One thing that stuck out in my mind, though, aside from the deserts, was one companies inability to hire good programmers domestically. This...

Tags: Recruiting, Programmer, Computer, Development Tools, Productivity, Recruitment & Selection, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-10-08

MozyPro for Mac goes public beta

Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy's business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Backup, MozyPro, Mozy, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Please Dress Me: A tee shirt-ch engine

When great minds collide on the Internet, anything is possible. Take the Vaynerchuk brothers for example. When they put their heart into something, it skyrockets. Gary uses the web to connect with each and every one of his thousands of...

Tags: Social Media, Brother, Gary, Internet, Search, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, Yourself

Police Surveillance: Go Snoop, YourselfI think there is a balance to be struckI'm not happy with the proliferation of cameras you describe, and am opposed to fishing expeditions on principle. I'd much rather see more police on the street particularly in high crime areas, and more police officers who...

Tags: Corporate communications, Big Brother, Police Surveillance, camera

Discussion threads 2008-08-13

Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)

Go MIT! (or should the students get a slap on the wrists?)Government censorship is wrong...and UNconstitutional.Make no mistake, the MBTA is a government organization.The US Constitution states "no law abridging freedom of speech".The judge who issued the restraining order is:1. an idiot2. a d_o_u_chebag3. a fool4. retardedRE: Go MIT! (or...

Tags: Government, DC-metro, Government Censorship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrist

Discussion threads 2008-08-11