The Guardian – “Humanity’s first steps into the digital world could be lost to future historians, Vint Cerf told the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting in San Jose, California, warning that we faced a “forgotten generation, or even a forgotten century” through what he called “bit rot”, where old computer files… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: February 2015
UK’s most popular pedigree dog to have genome sequenced
The Guardian – how scientists aim to root out disease in dogs: “The labrador retriever, of which there are yellow, chocolate and black varieties, is the UK’s most popular pedigree dog. It is estimated there are several hundred thousand living in homes round the country today, a popularity that has much to do with the… Continue Reading
Paper – The Quest to Replace Passwords
The Quest to Replace Passwords: A Framework for Comparative Evaluation of Web Authentication Schemes, by Joseph Bonneau, Cormac Herley, Paul C. van Oorschot, Frank Stajano. “We evaluate two decades of proposals to replace text passwords for general-purpose user authentication on the web using a broad set of twenty-five usability, deployability and security benefits that an… Continue Reading
Data-driven journalism project revealed racial disparities in U.S. nursing homes
Jeff Kelly Lowenstein via Storybench – part of the Media Innovation track at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism: “In 2009, while at The Chicago Reporter, I took a deep look at racial disparities in the quality of care in nursing homes in Chicago, Illinois and nationally. For a project that the Center for Public Integrity published in… Continue Reading
Google Newspaper Archive
Google News Archive Search – “News archive content refers to content older than 30 days. Although archive search is no longer available within Google News, you can use Google Web Search to find the content that you’re looking for. Search for articles older than 30 days To find news articles that are older than 30… Continue Reading
Why Institutions Matter? The Recent Experience of the United States and the European Union
Shachmurove, Yochanan and Kowalski, Tadeusz, Why Institutions Matter? The Recent Experience of the United States and the European Union (February 11, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2563820 “This paper assesses the reactions of the United States and the twelve economies of the European Monetary Union (EMU) to the financial crisis of 2008-2009. The rapidly… Continue Reading
Embezzlement, Whistleblowing, and Organizational Structure
Makowsky, Michael D. and Wang, Siyu, Embezzlement, Whistleblowing, and Organizational Structure (February 12, 2015). Available for download at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2563849 “We build and test a theoretical framework which captures the key features of embezzlement and whistleblowing within different organizational structures. The model is a synthesis of an inverted public goods game and an ultimatum game… Continue Reading
Agile Government Handbook
“The U.S. federal TechFAR Handbook highlights six key reasons why government should adopt Agile for IT project management and development. Improvement in investment manageability and budgetary feasibility Reduction of overall risk Frequent delivery of usable capabilities that provide value to customers more rapidly Increased flexibility Creation of new opportunities for small businesses Greater visibility into… Continue Reading
The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions
The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions “In November and December of 2013, cybercriminals breached the data security of Target, one of the largest U.S. retail chains, stealing the personal and financial information of millions of customers. On December 19, 2013, Target confirmed that some 40 million credit and debit card account… Continue Reading
Scientists develop comparative search engine that helps to predict human gene function
“The Human Genome Project wrapped up over a decade ago, yet around a third of the genome remains mysterious, its function unknown. Now, School of Medicine researchers have developed a comparative search engine that uses evolutionary correlations between human and other species’ genes to help identify human gene function.” After the human genome was sequenced,… Continue Reading
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions
Monetary Policy and the Federal Reserve: Current Policy and Conditions. Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy. February 9, 2015. “The Federal Reserve (the Fed) defines monetary policy as its actions to influence the availability and cost of money and credit. Because the expectations of market participants play an important role in determining prices and economic… Continue Reading
Information Overload: The Differences That Age Makes
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science January 18, 2015 0961000614566341. Jennifer C Benselin “Information overload has long been studied as a phenomenon that causes problems at the personal, social and organisational level. This study investigates overload from a new angle, that of the influence of age on perceptions of information overload. A combination of questionnaires,… Continue Reading
