Archive for the ‘tech’ Category

Lost in the cloud: How safe are your online possessions? – tech – 02 April 2013 – New Scientist

Tuesday, April 9th, 2013

interesting discussion of some of the legalities of cloud usage
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21729101.900?

How to Set Up Your Own Private Cloud Storage Service in Five Minutes with OwnCloud

Monday, April 8th, 2013

http://m.lifehacker.com/5993596/how-to-set-up-your-own-private-cloud-storage-service-in-five-minutes-with-owncloud

The Robot Will See You Now – Jonathan Cohn – The Atlantic

Saturday, April 6th, 2013

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/03/the-robot-will-see-you-now/309216/?single_page=true

Web Privacy, and How Consumers Let Down Their Guard – NYTimes.com

Sunday, March 31st, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/31/technology/web-privacy-and-how-consumers-let-down-their-guard.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes

Cloud and Big Data, Together: A Huge Springboard to Innovation – Forbes

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

Free open data streams, some from gvt.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/03/17/cloud-and-big-data-together-a-huge-springboard-to-innovation/

Where we could put all that grant money

Saturday, March 30th, 2013

How about a 40-inch surface computer? 🙂
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/pixelsense/WhatIsSurface.aspx

BBC – Future Quantified self: The tech-based route to a better life?

Sunday, March 24th, 2013

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130102-self-track-route-to-a-better-life/print More thoughts :
http://blog.gerstein.info/2013/03/thoughts-on-bbc-future-quantified-self.html

Cloud and Big Data, Together: A Huge Springboard to Innovation – Forbes

Sunday, March 24th, 2013

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/03/17/cloud-and-big-data-together-a-huge-springboard-to-innovation/

Social science: Dr Seldon, I presume | The Economist

Saturday, March 23rd, 2013

how psychohistory (from the Foundation Trilogy) is finally coming into its own!
http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21572159-data-social-networks-are-making-social-science-more-scientific-dr-seldon-i

Google Keep: Worth Trying, with Caution | TIME.com

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

http://techland.time.com/2013/03/21/google-keep-worth-trying-with-caution/