Finding the Cleanup Crew After a Messy Hack Attack – New York Times
Finding the Cleanup Crew After a Messy Hack AttackNew York TimesIn the messy world of computer security breaches, Kevin Mandia is something like the Wolf. Mr. Mandia has spent his entire career cleaning up problems much like the recent breach at Stratfor, the security group based in Austin, Tex., that was hacked …and more » “computer [...]
Norman Krim, Who Championed the Transistor, Dies at 98 (Dennis Hevesi/New York Times)
Dennis Hevesi / New York Times:Norman Krim, Who Championed the Transistor, Dies at 98 — Norman Krim, an electronics visionary who played a pivotal role in the industry’s transition from the bulky electron vacuum tube, which once lined the innards of radios and televisions, to the tiny, far more powerful transistor …
The Internet Gets Physical (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
Steve Lohr / New York Times:The Internet Gets Physical — THE Internet likes you, really likes you. It offers you so much, just a mouse click or finger tap away. Go Christmas shopping, find restaurants, locate partying friends, tell the world what you’re up to. Some of the finest minds in computer science …
Sean Parker Brings Facebook-Style Skills to New York Social Scene (Laura M. Holson/New York Times)
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:Sean Parker Brings Facebook-Style Skills to New York Social Scene — SINCE moving to Manhattan three years ago, Sean Parker, a founder of Napster and former president of Facebook, has considerably enlivened New York’s social scene. — The parties at Bacchus House, his mansionlike home in the West Village [...]
In an Open-Source Society, Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants (Joichi Ito/New York Times)
Joichi Ito / New York Times:In an Open-Source Society, Innovating by the Seat of Our Pants — The Internet isn’t really a technology. It’s a belief system, a philosophy about the effectiveness of decentralized, bottom-up innovation. And it’s a philosophy that has begun to change how we think about creativity itself.
Internet Access and the New Divide (Susan P. Crawford/New York Times)
Susan P. Crawford / New York Times:Internet Access and the New Divide — FOR the second year in a row, the Monday after Thanksgiving — so-called Cyber Monday, when online retailers offer discounts to lure holiday shoppers — was the biggest sales day of the year, totaling some $1.25 billion and overwhelming the sales figures [...]
Friday’s Deals May Not Be the Best (Stephanie Clifford/New York Times)
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:Friday’s Deals May Not Be the Best — Oren Etzioni writes articles about artificial intelligence for scholarly journals, is a renowned expert on data mining and gained fame when Microsoft paid $115 million for Farecast, an airline-ticket price predictor he founded.
On the Move in New York’s Thriving Tech Sector (Alan Feuer/New York Times)
Alan Feuer / New York Times:On the Move in New York’s Thriving Tech Sector — WHEN the tech firm Yipit moved last month from General Assembly, a communal office campus on 20th Street and Broadway, to its own loft space on 18th Street and Fifth Avenue, its 14 employees simply grabbed their coffee cups and [...]
U.S. Military Goes Online to Rebut Extremists’ Messages (New York Times)
New York Times:U.S. Military Goes Online to Rebut Extremists’ Messages — MacDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — The morning sun had barely cast its fresh light over Tampa Bay when Ardashir Safavi — born in Iran, a refugee to Turkey, educated in the mid-Atlantic states — was up and patrolling …
Grading the Digital School: Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley (Matt Richtel/New York Times)
Matt Richtel / New York Times:Grading the Digital School: Apple Woos Educators With Trips to Silicon Valley — SAN FRANCISCO — Three times over the last two years, school officials from Little Falls, Minn., have escaped the winter cold for two-day trips to Silicon Valley. Their destination: the headquarters of Apple.
