4 posts and columns on Penn State

Ripples in Microsoft's Cloud as Amitabh Srivastava Leaves

in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

One of the few to carry the title Distinguished Engineer, he’s credited with getting Windows development back on track, then creating its cloud computing platform.

News Byte

Android Apps Transmitting Private Data

in News on September 30, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

A new study shows that many popular Android apps transmit private user data to advertising networks without the user’s consent or knowledge. Researchers from Duke, Penn State and Intel Labs developed an application called TaintDroid, which detects such transmissions, and tested 30 apps from the Android Market–half of which were found to be sending GPS coordinates to remote servers. The developers of the TaintDroid application plan to make it available to the public to enable user awareness of data collection.

Cull Web Content With Alerts

in The Digital Solution on September 30, 2008 at 5:28 pm PT

It can be hard to find just what you want in the 24-hour news cycle that constantly churns content out online. One way to find the information you want is by setting up computer-generated alerts. These electronic notifications are relatively simple to use and offer a range of helpful services, from a virtual heads-up when [...]