The selection of the assumed effect size (AES) critically determines the duration of an experiment, and hence its accuracy and efficiency. Traditionally, experimenters determine AES based on domain knowledge. However, this method becomes impractical for online experimentation services managing…
Simply blocking websites may not be enough to combat child pornography, according to the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee, which also said that such a measure would be difficult to implement across the European Union due to member states' differing sensitivities and traditions.
Mitchell Silverman noticed in running his book-trading website, Bookins.com, that even while processing hundreds of thousands of transactions involving people shipping books to others, problems rarely arise. Those who swap books take great care in packaging and shipping them, often sending kind notes to the recipients, who are strangers.
The "Avatar effect" that was supposed to make 3D TV so popular last year failed to materialize, but manufacturers, ever optimistic, say a wider selection of films and some modest technology improvements should make 2011 a better year.
Nokia has decided to stop offering its Ovi Music Unlimited service in 27 of the 33 countries where it was offered, the Finnish phone maker said on Monday.
Fluor Corp. and the Buffalo Sabres weren't looking to implement a unified communications infrastructure, but pressing telecom needs led both in that direction after Fujitsu exited the U.S. PBX business.
Oracle buys Sun. HP buys 3Com. SAP buys Sybase. Just when it seemed like consolidation among the big data-center vendors had played itself out, we're off again at full tilt. Multiple trends are driving the latest acquisitions wave: The economy is recovering, customers are demanding systems that are easier to implement and vendors seem intent on collapsing the divide between servers, network and storage.
A new study says insurance claims data shows that bans on cell phone calling and texting apparently has no effect on the number of vehicle crashes. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s response: the study is “irresponsible.”
Members of the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) questioned how to measure the effect of copyright and other intellectual property infringement in China, with some witnesses at a Tuesday hearing saying they doubted the numbers that affected industries have given out.
Several U.S. lawmakers urged the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to back off on a plan to offer an unlimited number of new generic top-level domains until concerns about trademark protections and other issues can be addressed.
A couple whose bank account was breached can sue their bank for its alleged failure to implement the latest security measures designed to prevent such compromises.
Research lauded at the 21st Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Thursday night ran the gamut from discovering beetles that mate with beer bottles to understanding the effect having to pee has on thinking.
Wikipedia and other Wikimedia Foundation Web sites went down for hours on Wednesday in a global outage caused by a domino effect of technical problems.
The European Commission has started legal action against 20 European Union member states which have failed to take measures to implement new rules protecting consumers’ data online.
Toronto-based Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is in the final stage of a long-term strategy to digitize patient records, having just begun to implement an enterprise content management (ECM) system.
Health-care providers looking to implement a mobile strategy need to understand the strong bond people have with their smartphones, said panelists Friday at the World Congress' Summit on mHealth in Boston.
Apple appears to have downgraded the Serial ATA interface of at least two models in its new MacBook Pro laptop line, a move that could effect the I/O of internal solid-state disk (SSD) drives and external hardware.
New travel requirements go into effect June 1 at U.S. land and sea borders amid security concerns over an RFID-enabled passport card that has been approved for U.S. travelers.
Sony will deliver its quarterly earnings for the October to December period on Thursday and many will be watching for signs that corporate reforms are having some effect on the company's operating profits.
When Y2K came and went without a major upheaval of the world’s IT infrastructure, it left a legacy of complacency that may come back to haunt IT departments when changes to daylight-saving time take effect on March 11, according to Forrester researchers who have issued a new report titled “Echoes of Y2K in Daylight-Saving Time Changes.”
Most companies that use social networking for business purposes have failed to implement formal processes for adopting the tools, and even fewer say their IT departments are directly involved in the social networking initiatives.
3D televisions were being hyped all over the show floor at the Consumer Electronics Show last week, with manufacturers gushing about an "Avatar effect" and hoping for a surge in high-end TV sales. But on the sidelines, even executives with a stake in the technology acknowledged there are big challenges to making 3D TV widespread in the home.
Regulatory compliance will continue to influence security projects in 2010 as a slew of new security and privacy regulations go into effect, such as the federal HITECH Act.
Sure, 2009 was a banner year for Web 2.0 darling Twitter. But here are five changes that I want to see Twitter implement to make its service even better in 2010.