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
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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
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
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Altia Systems Has a Fix for Low-Cost Video Conferencing
The $600 PanaCast puck may take some of the pain out of video conferencing
Demo Mobile Conference Embraces The Internet Of Things
And a Pittsburgh design lab's new tool makes it simple to connect all those things together
American Airlines Still Recovering from “Software Issue” That Grounded Flights Yesterday
System-wide network outage affected both primary and back-up systems
IT Hiccups of the Week: New NHS 111 Helpline Needs to Call 999
Alberta’s ERCB computer system falls and can’t get up, Georgia’s DDS out again, everyone placed on detention in New Zealand
This Week in Cybercrime: Tax-related ID Thefts Hit 1.8M in 2012
Plus: Who is behind the South Korea cyberattack? And more warnings on infrastructure vulnerabilities
IT Hiccups of the Week: Computer Technology Upgrade Sours Small Michigan County
Computer problems greatest UK niggle, blunder at Hong Kong racetrack, New Hampshire Medicaid System passes first tests
Movea’s Data Fusion Transforms Sensors Into Indoor Navigation
Software company Movea helps app developers corral the data from the sensors that pack today’s mobile devices
IT Hiccups of the Week: Expect Problems with New Medicaid System New Hampshire Warns
Also: RBS irritates customers second time in a month; USS Guardian finally off Philippine reef
Laser Fusion’s Brightest Hope
The National Ignition Facility houses the world’s most powerful laser. Is it enough to ignite a fusion revolution?
IT Hiccups of the Week: Red Bull Racing Gets Apology from McLaren Over ECU Software Issues
GM recalls Cadillacs and Buicks, Panama Canal containers stack up at port, Verizon erroneously bills customers in Midwest
Computer Technology Impact on 2013 Society as Predicted in 1962 and 1988
Stand-in brains, sophisticated real-time games, electronic mapping system for cars, and household robots
IT Hiccups of the Week: Hundreds of Thousands Hit By U.S. Tax Filing Glitches
Monteal Métro outage, another Tesco pricing error, and glitch household items for sale
IT Hiccups of the Week: Royal Bank of Scotland Angers Customers Yet Again
DMV glitches in three U.S. states, Subarus start themselves and the SimCity server overload
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Weekly Tek-Wrap: Fukushima Tagging of Tuna, and More
A city goes carbon neutral, Goldie Blox takes on American Girl, and news from Innovation Day at Xerox Corp.’s Parc Inc.
Kinect + Brain Scan = Augmented Reality for Neurosurgeons
Microsoft researchers demo a system that creates 3D models of brain scans using the new Kinect Fusion API
U. S. Electronic Health Record Initiative: A Backlash Growing?
EHR vendors’ overpromises and under-delivery
Kinect Fusion Lets You Build 3-D Models of Anything
The new API will make it easy to generate 3-D models with a handheld Kinect