USB is a wonderful technology — it allows us to be platform-agnostic, gives us compatibility, ease of use, and more durability than some previous connectors we have used in the past. It also presents a very difficult security challenge to security professionals. USB devices have become so ubiquitous, we don’t think twice about just pluggingRead… Read more »
From the Public Technology Institute website: Webinar Dates For Governments: Tuesday, January 24, 2012, 2:00–3:00 PM ET For Non-Profits: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 2:00–3:00 PM ET Offered by PTI and Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration. Led by James Davy, Director of the Rutgers Center for Applied Appreciative Inquiry and a former public officialRead… Read more »
A social movement with a hashtag in its name is obviously heavily reliant on technology. Here are a few technologies and approaches that Occupy Wall Street used to expand rapidly. Mesh networks: localized Internets, set up for rapid and secure internal communication. The People’s Skype, a distributed voice and voting system that enables the peculiarRead… Read more »
This month, Google received Patent No. 8078349 for “Transitioning a Mixed-Mode Vehicle to Autonomous Mode.” The vehicle appears to be able to function in a driver-controlled mode, yet has the ability to be placed in a “driver-less” mode. When placed in this mode, the vehicle will use non-human inputs to monitor its location and proceedRead… Read more »
The Transit Wire is taking the week of December 26 off. Original post
Stocks spent the week in a steady, low volume, holiday rally. For the TSP, the C-fund gained 3.80% on the week, the S-fund was up 3.48%, the I-fund added 2.27%, while the F-fund (bonds) lost 0.62%, and the G-fund was up 0.03%. For the month, the C-fund is now up 1.63% in December, the S-fundRead… Read more »
As 2011 comes to a close, it’s only natural (and for a blog, virtually mandatory) to reflect on the year that’s passed. Since that first post more than three years ago until now, this blog has served as the foundation for everything I’ve done in creating and building the social media practice at Booz Allen.Read… Read more »
Definition: A Rainmaker creates a significant amount of new business for a company. The Sales Lab Rainmaker Series is one rainmaker technique for technologists during the first 300 seconds (five minutes) of the monthly Capital Technology Management Hub Meeting. This is the handout for our December meeting. At the beginning of this Rainmaker presentation inRead… Read more »
The Public Eye with Eric Chabrow We often don’t get what we don’t pay for with smartphones and their free apps: security. Continue…http://www.govinfosecurity.com/blogs.php?postID=1129&rf=2011-12-23-eg&elq=7a6e7a088ec74503a26fb1622f0e31f7&elqCampaignId=1040
The Public Eye with Eric Chabrow In a world where employees demand that they can access corporate networks via their mobile devices, news that software embedded in millions of Android smartphones can record every keystroke users make is troubling. What’s really scary, beyond the obvious, is the risk this hidden software poses to organizations tryingRead… Read more »