IT Hiccups of the Week: 911 Systems Need Emergency Help
German bank supervisor reinstated after missing sleep error, Chrysler has more recalls, Ford adds knobs back to touch-screen system
BBC IT Project Fiasco Snares New York Times CEO
MPs Claim Mark Thompson wasn’t truthful in Parliamentary inquiry as BBC Director General
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Android May Ask Users to Make a Face
A Google patent filing suggests better face recognition could someday replace passwords for Android phones
SAP’s Highly Logical Choice
The German software house says that by 2020, 1 percent of its workforce will be on the autistic spectrum
IT Hiccups of the Week: Irish Rail to Riders: Pay Up for Software Screw Up
Stock exchanges use IT problems for marketing, virtual flight contest has trouble taking off
U.S. States Selling Hospital Data that Puts Patients' Privacy at Risk
Data can be used to re-identify patients despite their being made "anonymous"
Hackathon or Block Party?
The National Day of Civic Hacking brought geeks out in force
IT Hiccups of the Week: Rough Start for NYC's New 911 System
New York City’s bike share program has software issues, and RBS practices its apology once more
Hacking for Change Across the U.S.
Federal agencies will offer public data to coders at today's National Day of Civic Hacking
Can Big Data Win Your Next Court Case?
A lawyer’s startup is mining the court system for its data
BBC Blows £98 Million on Digital Media Initiative
Suspends CTO for "overly ambitious and poorly managed" project
IT Hiccups of the Week: RBS Antagonizes Two Million More Customers
Spokane's multiple 911 system backup failures, CA court jury system issue, Montreal’s Métro out again
Navigating Las Vegas
Lighthouse Signal's WiFi fingerprints mean Android phones can navigate inside Las Vegas hotels.
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Will Face Recognition Ever Capture Criminals?
Despite thousands of cameras on the scene, the Boston Marathon bombers weren’t caught by face recognition technology
'Strongbox' for Leakers Offers Imperfect Anonymity
Humans still represent the weakest link in a new online tool for anonymous sources
IT Hiccups of the Week: Lie Detector Lies?
No-swipe payment system swipes customers’ money; Big Apple worries that e-voting will take a bite out of mayoral election
Data Science Is Now a Job Market Based Entirely on Merit
A start-up ranks data scientists and creates competitions between them for specific consulting projects
Feeding the World With Big Data
Agriculture experts say that open data could lift people out of poverty
IT Hiccups of the Week: Programming Error Rejects Unsuspecting Oregon Trimet Riders' Credit and Debit Cards for 5 Years
Austrian utilities suffer unexplained “software failure,” GM and Chrysler issue recalls, Atmos Energy customers charged too much
Another Excuse For Why Tennessee Will Make State IT Workers Reapply for Their Jobs
North Carolina and Ohio also struggle with government IT projects
Time To Make Plans For June’s National Day of Civic Hacking
They may look like block parties, but these June 1-2 hackathons around the country aim to do some real work for good.
IT Hiccups of the Week: Online Testing Problems Spread
Lingering after-effects of Chicago Options Exchange and H&R Block tech issues
Can Avatars Help Close the Doctor-Patient Communication Gap?
HealthCorpus aims to enhance healthcare communication
Older and Wiser... Up to a Point
Old computer programmers don't fade away
Samsung Imagines a Future With Mind-Controlled Tablets
A tablet controlled by the brain could help the disabled sooner than average consumers
Eye-Tracking Software Goes Mobile
Umoove aims to bring hands-free control to phones and tablets
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Mapping the Human Brain
The U.S. BRAIN initiative will build the tools needed to model the human brain
A Wiring Diagram of the Brain
Advances in medical imaging allow the Human Connectome Project to map neural connections
IT Hiccups of the Week: Excel Spreadsheet Error Heard Around the World
H&R Block sued over refund delays, Minnesota math test hit by server issue, and NH MMIS has problems after all
Altia Systems Has a Fix for Low-Cost Video Conferencing
The $600 PanaCast puck may take some of the pain out of video conferencing
Creating Recipes with Artificial Intelligence
IBM’s cognitive computing team takes on a new frontier: meal planning