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A New “Digital Cold War” Emerges
Last week in Dubai, Russia, China, the Arab countries, and much of Africa voted to end the Internet as an international , free and open space. They have voted instead to allow for the partitioning of the Net, in an effort to keep information – and people well regulated. (From PCMAG.com) “The Internet Society came [...]
Tech Trends Which Will Define 2013 (Assuming we avoid the Mayan Apocalypse)
Of course 2012 was supposed to be the year the TV remote died, and despite my voice activated XBox interface I still keep the remote in hand in those rare moments when I get to watch a bit of television. Next year cars are supposed to become more automated. Design will become more “natural.’ And [...]
What is the Future of Farming?
How will we double the food supply? We’d better figure it out because the world population will likely double in this century. Is the future in bioengineering? It’s going to be a big part of it to be sure. And it’s not as evil as it is often made out to be. However, GMO foods [...]
Google Wants to Read Your Mind
It makes sense. The next stage of search is to anticipate search. Of course to what degree this is a chicken and egg equation is not clear. But make no mistake, Google is seeking to know your next step before even you think about taking it. It seems crazy now. It likely won’t seem so [...]
Print Your Organs
Biotech startup aims to use bioink in 3D printer to grow human tissue and someday, organs. My father has talked about this for a couple of decades. Though his taste is suspect in many things, his long term predictability skills are pretty darn good. He was talking about the buying things over the Internet in [...]
Digital Energy May Prove the Cheapest Energy of All
How are we going to deal with the ever increasing energy demands of a growing global population? As the developing world comes increasingly into the 21st Century, the demands of these people for a better way of life, what has been an energy intensive way of life, will only increase. This (if nothing changes) will [...]
Rewrite of Senate Bill lets Feds Read Your Email, Google Docs, Without a Warrant
The 4th Amendment may be very close to dead. If this bill becomes law, online the 4th Amendment is dead. What’s the problem with the police trolling through your Gmail account looking for something? If you haven’t done anything you have nothing to fear right? Right. (From CNET) Leahy’s rewritten bill would allow more than [...]
Cyber War: Israeli Military Sites Under Mass Hack Attack
War is in cyberspace as much as it is in real space. Since mid-last week Israeli sites have been probed over 44 million times. Typically Israel is subject to a few hundred attempts per day. In air conditioned bunkers filled with servers hackers chase each other back and forth through code and over social media. [...]
Which Government Had Google Remove the Most Content?
Governments around the world to varying degrees see the free flow of information on the Internet as a challenge. Sometimes governments even lobby Google to make some information disappear. Governments also ask the company for user search histories etc. Most of the time Google complies as the video below reports. And “requests” are increasing. Where [...]
