Saturday, July 22, 2006

surplus From Business Week, July 31, 2006 Iran's annual oil and gas revenues:     $60.000 billion annual aid contribution to Hezbollah: $   .180 billion annual aid contribution to Hamas:      $   .040 billion and from Business Week, July 31, 2006 Russia's government owned Gazprom gas company: annual revenue: $60.000 billion Some customers and their reliance on Gazprom: Finland:            100% Latvia:              100% Lithuania:         100% Slovkia:            100% Greece:               87% Czech Republic:    81% Austria:               73% Turkey:               66% A Revolution in Wealth, by the Tofflers What most business, political and civil leaders have not yet clearly understood is a simple fact: An advanced economy needs an advanced society. For every economy is a product of the society in which it is embedded and is dependent on its key institutions. (chapter 5) in another place in the book, they mention the concept of: surplus complexity. more on that later. 5:10:13 PM    comment []

	Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Universities: A marriage of convenience. Technology alliances are proliferating in higher education, where companies sponsor research that advances their agendas, and concerns over conflicts of interest give way to pragmatism. [CNET News.com - Front Door] Corporate classrooms. Is tech industry a savior or danger to education? [CNET News.com - Front Door] 7:27:48 PM    comment []

	Monday, November 3, 2003

The consumer defines value, producers provide choice. II SJ Mercury: Adding style to substance. It used to be that only high-end companies such as Apple Computer or Sony cared about industrial design -- the distinctive look and feel of their products. But in an age when hardware has become a commodity, many more tech companies are coming to realize that aesthetics matter. [Tomalak's Realm] 7:06:40 PM    comment []

	Sunday, April 20, 2003

on the difference between marks and locks. JD Lasica has a nice pointer to a story about progress in the digital watermarking debate. She wonders about this progress because of work (in part by Ed Felten) suggesting “that all such encryption systems can be defeated.” But there is an important distinction that this debate needs. I’m a strong supporter of flawed (in the sense of defeatable) watermarking. Here’s why: [Lessig Blog] 2:06:00 PM    comment []

	Saturday, April 19, 2003

Oh, Nooo! What If GPS Fails?. John Petersen, the director of the Arlington Institute, helps the government think about the unthinkable. His latest inquiry: What if the U.S. Global Positioning System stopped working? By Andrew Zolli from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 7:16:12 AM    comment []

	Wednesday, April 16, 2003

Unwired: Internet not a necessity. Those who don't use the Net aren't necessarily offline because they can't afford it, according to a new study that casts some doubt on traditional theories about the digital divide. [CNET News.com] Tune Out, Turn Off, Drop Offline. Not everyone who is offline is too poor to get connected to the Internet. A growing number of so-called Internet dropouts are staying away because of frustration over technical problems, according a recent study on the digital divide. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News] 9:09:44 PM    comment []

Filling in security GAAPs. A bid to promote good practices in security could finally make IT security as popular--or at least as standardized--as financial reporting. [CNET News.com] 9:06:22 PM    comment []

	Tuesday, April 15, 2003

Lawyers see security suit-riddled future. Speaking at the RSA data security conference, lawyers warn of Harry the Hacker and say security law could be the next big area of cyber law. [CNET News.com] 2:39:44 PM    comment []

EE Times: Cryptographers sound warnings on Microsoft security plan. Whitfield Diffie, a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems Laboratories, said an integrated security scheme for computers is inevitable, but the Microsoft approach is flawed because it fails to give users control over their security keys. [Tomalak's Realm] 2:39:01 PM    comment []

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