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Siobhan Gorman: How Team of Geeks Cracked Spy Trade
Palantir's software has helped root out terrorist financing networks, revealed new trends in roadside bomb attacks, and uncovered details of Syrian suicide bombing networks in Iraq,
2009-09-19 to analysis, bestof, data, intelligence, it, social, software, spy by soobrosa
My Manhattan Project
How I helped build the bomb that blew up Wall Street.
2009-05-06 to bestof, bond, economics, finance, global recession, mortgage, quant, software, wall street by lipi
Ashlee Vance: R, the Software, Finds Fans in Data Analysts
To some people R is just the 18th letter of the alphabet. To others, it’s the rating on racy movies, a measure of an attic’s insulation or what pirates in movies say.
2009-02-08 to bestof, data, open source, software by soobrosa
If You Liked This, Sure to Love That
But Web sites have this significant advantage over brick-and-mortar stores: They can track everything their customers do. Every page you visit, every purchase you make, every item you rate — it is all recorded. In the early ’90s, scientists working in the
2008-12-12 to ai, arts, bestof, data, movies, netflix, prediction, social, software by bagoly
Deflating IT
The chief executive of AdventNet, Sridhar Vembu, has a shot at becoming software’s Michael Dell.
2008-09-21 to bestof, india, it, outsourcing, software by soobrosa
Gary Wolf: Want to Remember Everything You'll Ever Learn? Surrender to This Algorithm
SuperMemo is based on the insight that there is an ideal moment to practice what you've learned. Practice too soon and you waste your time. Practice too late and you've forgotten the material and have to relearn it.
2008-05-03 to bestof, how-to, memory, mind, pedagogy, philosophy, practive, software by soobrosa
From palmtops to brain cells
Jeff Hawkins, best known as the creator of the Palm Pilot, hopes his new theory will lead to more brain-like computer software.
2008-04-03 to bestof, memory, mind, psychology, software, technology by soobrosa
Face value | Doing well by being rather nice | Economist.com
"Mr Goodnight considers that unwise, for tax reasons: “I keep telling Larry and Sergey you shouldn't give away food—the IRS will come in.”"
2007-12-18 to billionaire, economist, google, hr, sas, software by poppa_large
What's The Greatest Software Ever Written?
So there you have it: The single Greatest Piece of Software Ever, with the broadest impact on the world, was BSD 4.3. Other Unixes were bigger commercial successes. But as the cumulative accomplishment of the BSD systems, 4.3 represented an unmatched peak
2006-08-23 to software by bagoly
Universal service?
Proponents of “software as a service” say it will wipe out traditional software.
2006-04-27 to economist, freakonomics, service, software by soobrosa

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