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Is Twitters plan to log all clicks a privacy loss?

Twitter’s planned shortening of all links via its t.co service is about to happen. The initial motivation was security, according to Twitter: “Twitter’s link service at http://t.co is used to...

September 2, 2010 · 9:12 AM

Welcome picnic for CSEE grad students, 1:30-3:30 Mon 8/30

NOTE: The time of the CSEE graduate picnic has been changed to 1:30 to 3:30 to avoid overlapping with the UMBC Convocation. The UMBC ACM Student Chapter and CSEE Department are hosting a...

August 29, 2010 · 1:12 PM

UMBC launches new cybersecurity graduate programs

UMBC has established two new graduate programs in cybersecurity education, one leading to a MS degree in cybersecurity and another to a graduate certificate in cybersecurity strategy and policy....

August 28, 2010 · 12:53 AM

Yahoo! using Bing search engine in US and Canada

Microsoft’s Bing team announced on their blog that that the Bing search engine is “powering Yahoo!’s search results” in the US and Canada for English queries. Yahoo also has a post on their...

August 25, 2010 · 12:08 AM

Middle-earth dictionary attack

Middle-earth dictionary attack From http://abstrusegoose.com/296

August 24, 2010 · 11:18 PM

Researchers install PAC-MAN on Sequoia voting machine...

Full Title: Researchers install PAC-MAN on Sequoia voting machine w/o breaking seals Here’s a new one for the DIY movement. Security researchers J. Alex Haldeman and Ariel Feldman demonstrated...

August 23, 2010 · 1:25 PM

Google unemployment index estimates and predicts...

Full Title: Google unemployment index estimates and predicts unemployment The Google Unemployment Index is an economic indicator based on queries sent to Google’s search engine related to...

August 20, 2010 · 11:46 PM

Smart Grid: the collision of energy and information

The Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator (CETI) at bwtech@UMBC will host a seminar series this Fall with focus on the Smart Grid. The series will discuss the issues and opportunities and...

August 19, 2010 · 5:55 AM

Probability-based processor might speed AI applications

Analog computers were a hot idea — in the 1950s! But I find this intriguing because I’ve come around to the position that a lot of our human “intelligence” is the result of acquiring and using...

August 18, 2010 · 12:39 PM

UMBC #4 in IT graduates among US research universities

For the past twenty years, UMBC has had a large number of student majoring in information technology. Our Computer Science and Information Systems programs are among the largest on campus and...

August 18, 2010 · 11:19 AM

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