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New Software Helps Scientists Identify Animal Sounds Thanks to software, scientists now have the ability to record massive amounts of audio samples from ecologically diverse areas and use technology to help in the species-identification process—a labor-intensive task, given the difficulty in deciphering the sounds in many hours of recordings. |
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The Analysis Software That Wrecked J.K. Rowling’s Anonymity The literary world was shocked to find out the nobody author of a new novel was actually super-famous J.K. Rowling. Her secret was uncovered by using software programs and algorithms to analyze her writing—a method that could also reveal hackers and others who might want to be anonymous online. |
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The Software behind the PRISM Intelligence-Gathering Program News of the National Security Agency’s PRISM intelligence-gathering program has reverberated throughout the media. This sophisticated computer system has the capability to sift through enormous amounts of data and extrapolate meaning, giving the NSA a way to track people and their behaviors. |
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Not in the Mood: Why Emotion Prediction Software Will Annoy Many Once you get over the cool factor of all the really neat things that can be done with emotion prediction software, you start to wonder just how much companies—specifically retailers—will use this information to gain access to not only your money but also your actual emotions and moods. |
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Should You Measure Agile Adoption Effectiveness? A frequent question when organizations are moving to agile is "What metrics should we use to measure our agile adoption?" What people really should be asking is "Should we measure our agile adoption?" The trick is to figure out what an appropriate measurement is. Kent McDonald examines some methods. |
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IBM Supercomputer Watson Now a Customer Service Agent Watson, IBM’s supercomputer that was introduced to the world on Jeopardy!, is trying out a new gig as a customer service agent. The artificial intelligence system will use its capacity to respond to natural language by answering call center customer service requests from everyday people. |
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Ask Questions and Observe Language to Find State Transitions Bugs that peek out during a window of vulnerability can make us think we’ve been outsmarted. But in their sleuthing bag testers have a powerful tool that can surface such issues: state modeling. Bonnie Bailey describes how to ask the right questions and observe language to find state transitions. |
