Category Archives: information technology

Preparing for a Cyber-Attack

I thought this piece in the Times (on the vulnerability of the nation’s vital infrastructure systems, such as the electric grid, telecommunication networks, air control system, or the banking systems (e.g. payments and settlements systems), against cyber attacks organized by anonymous hackers) … Continue reading

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Google Flu Trends

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Cybernetics and China’s Population

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Free from the administrative burdens of maintaining their own infrastructure…

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