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Google Redirects Traffic To Avoid Kazakh Demands
pbahra writes “Google has rejected attempts by the Kazakh government ‘to create borders on the web’ and has refused a demand to house servers in the country after an official decree that all Internet...
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EG8 Publishes Report In Noninteractive, Nonquotable Format
pbahra writes “You could not come up with a better illustration of the clash of cultures that was the eG8 than the post-forum report. Was the output of the two-day gathering in Paris published on a...
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Technology and Moral Panic
pbahra writes “Why do some technologies cause moral panic and others don’t? Why was the introduction of electricity seen as a terrible thing, while nobody cared much about the fountain pen? According...
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Is the Military Prepared For Cyberwarfare?
pbahra writes “If you think that combating cyber criminals is hard in your organization, imagine doing it in an enterprise with some 18 or so layers of management between the top man (and it is always...
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Former Nokia Engineers Fueling Finnish Startups
pbahra writes with an editorial in the Wall Street Journal. From the article: “A few weeks ago Microsoft’s European chairman told TechEurope that the average amount of venture capital per head across...
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Digital Tech and the Re-Birth of Product Placement
pbahra writes “When you think of product placement on television you tend to think of cumbersome 1950s examples where the actor would cheesily turn to camera and hold up, say, a bar of soap—where do...
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Augmented Reality’s Disruptive Potential
pbahra writes “A company called Layar, based in Amsterdam, is working on products that take augmented reality in a slightly different direction. They provide a platform that allows anyone to build an...
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WSJ Says Pro-ACTA Forces Helped Drive Anti-ACTA Reactions
pbahra writes with commentary from the Wall Street Journal: “Europeans will take to the streets this weekend in protest at the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, an international agreement that has...
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Reasons Behind the Demise of Kodak
pbahra tips a story that goes into the reasons behind Kodak’s decline and fall. Quoting: “With digital, a significant shift in mind-set occurred in the meanings associated with cameras. Rather than...
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Why the Middle East Is a Good Place For Women Tech Entrepreneurs
pbahra writes “Conferences for start-ups and entrepreneurs often feature ‘pitch contests,’ slots in which aspiring entrepreneurs take to the stage to sell their ideas to the audience. Last month’s...
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