Stuxnet Worm Used Against Iran Was Tested in Israel - NYTimes.com
january 2011 by amy
Though American and Israeli officials refuse to talk publicly about what goes on at Dimona, the operations there, as well as related efforts in the United States, are among the newest and strongest clues suggesting that the virus was designed as an American-Israeli project to sabotage the Iranian program.
world
politics
computing
security
january 2011 by amy
Solid-state quantum memory unveiled
january 2011 by amy
Broadband quantum networks inched closer to reality recently when researchers demonstrated the ability to transfer quantum-bits (qubits) from entangled photons to solid-state crystalline memory devices. Using a super-cooled crystal the researchers were able to demonstrate the reversible transfer of entangled qubits from a quantum network waveguide to the solid-state memory and back again.
physics
computing
cool
january 2011 by amy
Dawn Song - MacArthur Foundation
october 2010 by amy
"Dawn Song is a computer security specialist who applies rigorous theoretical methods to understand the deep interactions of software, hardware, and networks that make computer systems vulnerable to attack or interference. "
computing
research
october 2010 by amy
Diverse Education
september 2010 by amy
"The United States’ ability to be not just a global leader but even a competitive participant in technology will depend largely on a massive infusion of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. "
gender
technology
computing
science
september 2010 by amy
YouTube - The Electronic Coach
september 2010 by amy
Knuth as basketball team manager!
whoa
computing
history
cool
september 2010 by amy
Frontiers | A personal view of the early development of computational neuroscience in the USA | Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
august 2010 by amy
"The earliest days of computational neuroscience. Wonderfully geeky, great photo." [though apparently there were no women in those days]
neuroscience
computing
from twitter_favs
august 2010 by amy
Yahoo hires lap-dancers to entertain at its open, inclusive Hack Day event - Boing Boing
october 2009 by amy
Yahoo blames Act of God for hiring lap-dancers to perform at Hack Day http://tinyurl.com/ygb3ohg
twitter_fav
@doctorow
gender
computing
arghh
language
october 2009 by amy
play/type blog. starling and asynchrous tasks in ruby on rails
april 2009 by amy
offloading asynchrous tasks out of the rails request cycle - Workling, uses Starling
rails
asychronous
computing
plugins
april 2009 by amy
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