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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/07/Whats_Next_with_the_Internet_Vint_Cerf_Looks_Ahead

“Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf argues that smart phones and other mobile technology will not make people less intelligent. “It reminds me of the guy that complained about the invention of writing,” he explains. “He said people would no longer remember anything ’cause they could just write it down.”

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Vint Cerf, vice president and chief Internet evangelist at Google, is the person most often called “the father of the Internet.” His contributions have been recognized repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The Churchill Club catches up with Cerf to hear his take on what new opportunities and services today’s ever-faster Internet technologies will spawn and what may stand in their way. Cerf is interviewed by Jessica Vascellaro, tech reporter for The Wall Street Journal. – Churchill Club

Vinton G. Cerf is vice president and chief Internet evangelist for Google. In this role, he is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies to support the development of advanced Internet-based products and services from Google. He is also an active public face for Google in the Internet world.

Widely known as one of the “Fathers of the Internet,” Cerf is the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the Internet. In December 1997, President Clinton presented the U.S. National Medal of Technology to Cerf and his colleague, Robert E. Kahn, for founding and developing the Internet. Kahn and Cerf were named the recipients of the ACM Alan M. Turing award, sometimes called the “Nobel Prize of Computer Science,” in 2004 for their work on the Internet protocols. In November 2005, President George Bush awarded Cerf and Kahn the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their work. The medal is the highest civilian award given by the United States to its citizens.

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The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the U.S. and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person’s hard drive…
Should Obama Control the Internet?
Thu April 2, 2009 12:33 PM PST

Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency?

Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast power to monitor and control Internet traffic to protect against threats to critical cyber infrastructure. That broad power is rattling some civil libertarians.

The Cybersecurity Act of 2009 (PDF) gives the president the ability to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” and shut down or limit Internet traffic in any “critical” information network “in the interest of national security.” The bill does not define a critical information network or a cybersecurity emergency. That definition would be left to the president.

The bill does not only add to the power of the president. It also grants the Secretary of Commerce “access to all relevant data concerning [critical] networks without regard to any provision of law, regulation, rule, or policy restricting such access.” This means he or she can monitor or access any data on private or public networks without regard to privacy laws.

Rockefeller made cybersecurity one of his key issues as a member of the Senate intelligence committee, which he chaired until last year. He now heads the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which will take up this bill.

“We must protect our critical infrastructure at all costs—from our water to our electricity, to banking, traffic lights and electronic health records—the list goes on,” Rockefeller said in a statement. Snowe echoed her colleague, saying, “if we fail to take swift action, we, regrettably, risk a cyber-Katrina.”

But the wide powers outlined in the Rockefeller-Snowe legislation has at least one Internet advocacy group worried. “The cybersecurity threat is real,” says Leslie Harris, head of the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), “but such a drastic federal intervention in private communications technology and networks could harm both security and privacy.”

The bill could undermine the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), says CDT senior counsel Greg Nojeim. That law, enacted in the mid ’80s, requires law enforcement seek a warrant before tapping in to data transmissions between computers.

“It’s an incredibly broad authority,” Nojeim says, pointing out that existing privacy laws “could fall to this authority.”

Jennifer Granick, civil liberties director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, says that granting such power to the Commerce secretary could actually cause networks to be less safe. When one person can access all information on a network, “it makes it more vulnerable to intruders,” Granick says. “You’ve basically established a path for the bad guys to skip down.”

The bill’s scope, she says, is “contrary to what the Constitution promises us.” That’s because of the impact it could have on Internet users’ privacy rights: If the Commerce Department uncovers evidence of illegal activity when accessing “critical” networks, that information could be used against a potential defendant, even if the department never had the intent to find incriminating evidence. And this might violate the Constitutional protection against searches without cause.

“Once information is accessed, it can be used for whatever purpose, no matter the original reason for accessing something,” Granick says. “Who’s interested in this [bill]? Law enforcement and people in the security industry who want to ensure more government dollars go to them.”

Nojeim, though, thinks it’s possible the bill’s powers could be trimmed as it moves through Congress. “We will be working with them to clarify just what is needed and how to accomplish that,” he says. “We’re hopeful that some of the very broad powers that the bill would confer won’t be included.”

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/04/should-obama-control-internet

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http://twitter.com/xfifteen // For a full review on Windows 7 and Office 2010, visit: http://xfifteen.blogspot.com
I recently upgraded to Windows 7 Pro RTM. The features in this video are of course still valid for the new release.

Windows 7 RTM Pro is valid “forever”, and Windows 7 RC is valid until March 1st, 2010.

Windows 7 RC is downloadble for everyone from Microsoft. Windows 7 RTM is only for MSDN(AA) and TechNet subscribers (paid or via university/school).

Featuring:
- Themes, with each another sound profile
- Resizable gadgets
- Window focusing by shaking and hovering over thumbnails
- The taskbar / “superbar” and start menu
- Office 2010
- Windows Media Player 12
- …

Note:
To download another language pack, just launch Windows Update and choose the language pack you’d like to have. I did this for the Norwegian language pack.

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/19/A_Closer_Look_at_Personal_Genomic_Testing

A panel of DNA policy and research experts connect the openness affiliated with the web 2.0 phenomenon to the growing acceptance for personal genetic testing. “We have a different sensitivity to privacy because there are stigmas in previous generations that we just don’t have anymore,” says 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey.

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Personal genomic testing (the analysis of the DNA of individuals) is now available for less than $400. The consequences of personal genetic testing are often debated, with advocates arguing that genetic data can lead to improved health care and critics warning that consumers may be unduly worried upon learning results.

California regulations impose conditions on firms providing personal genomic testing. This symposium examines genomic testing technology, its ramifications, government regulation of the industry, and whether individuals should have their genome analyzed. – Commonwealth Club of California

Linda Avey has over 20 years of sales and business development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. Prior to starting 23andMe, she developed translational research collaborations with academic and pharmaceutical partners for Affymetrix and Perlegen Sciences.

Daniel Ballon is Senior Policy Fellow in Technology Studies at the Pacific Research Institute. Dr. Ballon’s research focuses on policies which promote innovation in the technology sector. He previously spent ten years conducting applied research in biotechnology, and his work has been published in leading biomedical journals.

David C. Magnus, Ph.D. is ociate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Stanford University. Magnus is also Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/19/A_Closer_Look_at_Personal_Genomic_Testing

A panel of DNA policy and research experts connect the openness affiliated with the web 2.0 phenomenon to the growing acceptance for personal genetic testing. “We have a different sensitivity to privacy because there are stigmas in previous generations that we just don’t have anymore,” says 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey.

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Personal genomic testing (the analysis of the DNA of individuals) is now available for less than $400. The consequences of personal genetic testing are often debated, with advocates arguing that genetic data can lead to improved health care and critics warning that consumers may be unduly worried upon learning results.

California regulations impose conditions on firms providing personal genomic testing. This symposium examines genomic testing technology, its ramifications, government regulation of the industry, and whether individuals should have their genome analyzed. – Commonwealth Club of California

Linda Avey has over 20 years of sales and business development experience in the biopharmaceutical industry in San Francisco, Boston, San Diego, and Washington, D.C. Prior to starting 23andMe, she developed translational research collaborations with academic and pharmaceutical partners for Affymetrix and Perlegen Sciences.

Daniel Ballon is Senior Policy Fellow in Technology Studies at the Pacific Research Institute. Dr. Ballon’s research focuses on policies which promote innovation in the technology sector. He previously spent ten years conducting applied research in biotechnology, and his work has been published in leading biomedical journals.

David C. Magnus, Ph.D. is ociate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Stanford University. Magnus is also Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.

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Want to get access to files, music, movies and more stored on your home PC, wherever you are in the world? This clever hack turns your local PC into a free web server, and you don’t need a static IP address to do it! Save money and time with this DIY tip.

files stored at home? How about hosting a home web server? Static IPs are expensive, if you can even get one. We set up Dynamic DNS instead!

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The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the US and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person's hard drive. …

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The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the US and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person's hard drive. …

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The personal computer may soon be not-so-private, with the US and some European nations working on laws allowing them access to search the content held on a person's hard drive. …

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Listen to Ann King from Financial Services Solutions Marketing at RSA, The Security Division of EMC, as she discusses Information Risk Management, a solution for managing security across the entire enterprise. Learn how information risk management provides the most effective means of recognizing, essing and mitigating the risk that information is exposed to throughout its lifecycle.
For more information: http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3364

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