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Engineering a new curriculum: Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT. One University of New Haven has a core required course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding as well as the necessary vocabulary of the role that engineering and...; Tags: Sastry, Cornell University, Cornell, curriculum, new curriculum, social science, democracy, Siemens AG; Discussion threads 2007-09-10

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Google trying to take privacy seriously: This week was a very interesting week as far as Google and privacy goes. First, a burglary the same on that affected CNET earlier last month was confirmed to have affected all Google employees hired before December 31, 2005. There's nothing Google could have done about it, but it's...; Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, Social Security, Security, Government, Garett Rogers; Blog posts 2008-07-05
Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign: A Storm Worm's Independence Day campaign is circulating online using email as propagation vector, attempting to trick users into visiting a Storm Worm infected host, where a multitude of what looks like over five different exploits attempt to automatically infect the visitors next to the malware binary fireworks.exe. Historically, Storm...; Tags: Software, Malware, Worm, Exploit, Storm Worm, Day Vulnerability, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-04
Stolen: Google employees' personal data: Stolen: Google employees' personal dataCould be worse...Having them stolen isn't as bad for reputation as losing them... yes, I'm looking at you, British Home Office...RE: Stolen: Google employees' personal dataWow, they can't even secure their own data yet they want you to trust them with your email, documents, and health...; Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Google Inc., Google Employee, personal data; Discussion threads 2008-07-04
Exit Reality (exe): Exit Reality is a free Internet plug-in that allows anyone to view any Web page in 3D. View any Web page in 3D every website is now an online world. Turn your standard 2D Web page into your own unique 3D space. Takes online social networking to a whole new...; Tags: 3D, Web Page, Exit Reality; Software downloads 2008-07-04

Stolen: Google employees' personal data: Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external...; Tags: Google Inc., Social Security, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Sales, Finance, ZDNet Australia, Privacy & data protection; News items 2008-07-03
Why tech jobs are beating the employment odds: Why tech jobs are beating the employment oddsCan somebody tell me whenan economist has ever called it right? Every piece of economic news includes the line "more than" or "less than" what economists predicted.Why do we even listen to these folks?I'd have just put it more brutally...US companies have wanted...; Tags: employment odd, tech job; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4: Seven Tech ways to make America better this July 4Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.Get the environazi boot of our neck.Build more refineries.Reduce government regulations.Eliminate the Endangered Species Act.Build more dams for flood control.Build more highways to relieve traffic congestion.Relax nuclear power plant requirements to build more reactors.Your mindset is...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Strategy, Telecom & Utilities, vision, computer; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Cool Tools - Plan a festive Fourth of July with social apps: The Cool Tools feature is taking a long weekend with the rest of us so it's making its holiday splash today. This week in Cool Tools I explore ways that we can leverage the social Web to plan for a fun and festive Fourth of July celebration. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Barbecue, Festival, Friend, Tool, July, Cool Tools Feature, BrightKite, Social Networking Site, Social Networking, Productivity, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-03
YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users lose: YouTube vs. Viacom: Google's IP wins; Users loseCompetition?Does Viacom think that a 10 minute pixellated clip of a show or movie is really competition for seeing the entire show/movie on a TV or big screen? This is getting ridiculous. If anything, having these clips on YouTube is free...; Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, Viacom Inc., Google IP, YouTube Inc., IP, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-03
Multiple Facebook vulnerabilities reported on Full-Disclosure: Jouko Pynnonen posted a message to the Full-Disclosure mailing list today, citing multiple "script injection" vulnerabilities within Facebook. I'm not sure if this is a surprise to anybody out there, it's certainly not to me, as numerous web applications have major problems with Cross-site Scripting vulnerabilities, but I think this...; Tags: Facebook, Vulnerability, XSS, JavaScript, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Sandbox, JS, Canvas Page, Web Browsers, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-02
300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers: A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests: Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests"Pentest"?Was ist das? Ach du lieber, here it is. Found the following using Google:Definitions of pentest on the Web in German:Ein Penetrationstest ist* in der Netzwerktechnik eine Methode, Sicherheitsschwachstellen festzustellen, siehe Penetrationstest Informatik* in ...A "penetration test". Hadn't...; Tags: social engineering, identity; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?: I'm not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you'll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...; Tags: Reunion.com LLC., Security, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Laser-aided software for tunnel construction: If you ever have cruised on California's Highway 1, you know it offers spectacular views of the Pacific ocean. But several areas of this road are potentially dangerous because they can be affected by landslides. This is why the U.S. National Science Foundation NSF is helping the California Department of...; Tags: Software, National Science Foundation, Tunnel, Laser, gVT, Tools & Techniques, Management, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-07-02
News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors: Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset's smarts are Microsoft's gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...; Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Colormancer (zip): Colormancer is a color enhancement filter for Adobe Photoshop. It allows photographers to breathe life into their images through tweaking the contrast, brightness, and saturation. Advanced color science The filter is designed to sacrifice speed in order to avoid shortcuts in processing color. It uses linear light processing to ensure...; Tags: Image, Colormancer; Software downloads 2008-07-02
McCain's campaign team has no Facebook chops: You have to admire the chutzpah of the idea of convincing voters that they should vote for a candidate through an arcade game rip-off of Space Invaders, because it's simply ludicrous coming from a candidate who has declared he doesn't even know how to "use a computer." Aaron Jacobs-Smith of...; Tags: Facebook, Team, John McCain, McCain, Jacobs-Smith, Games, Personal Technology, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests: Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...; Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-01
ShoZu photo sharing application coming to the iPhone: ShoZu photo sharing application coming to the iPhoneThanks for the reviewHi Matthew,Thanks for the review and great feedback :-) here at ShoZu we have always loved the iPhone and are really excited to finally be able to launch a fully featured version of ShoZu just for it. It is truly...; Tags: ShoZu, Apple iPhone, photo-sharing; Discussion threads 2008-07-01