Category: Science and Technology Policy

Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?

Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?: Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook? —- well does it?

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The Best and Worst Internet Laws

Articles: The Best and Worst Internet Laws Date: Apr 20, 2007 By Eric Goldman. Over the past dozen years, the lure of regulating the Internet has proven irresistible to legislators. For example, in the 109th Congress, almost 1,100 introduced bills referenced the word Internet, and hundreds of Internet laws have been passed by Congress and […]

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Map of Science

Map of Science: The Map of Science is a network map showing the relationships between 1.6 million scientific articles. The algorithm for the map was put together by Richard Klavans and Kevin Boyack. At the site you can click through to other maps showing analysis by geography, industry, institutions, and topics. —- Pretty cool, but […]

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from Doc: The Living Edge

The Living Edge: David Sifry has just put up The State of the Live Web, April 2007. To explain the Live Web, he points to a pair of pieces I wrote in 2005. If you’d like a more visual explanation, follow the slides from this talk I gave at OSCON last summer, starting here. —– […]

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Living knowledge – The international Science Shop Network

Living knowledge – The international Science Shop Network: Communities building knowledge: innovation through citizens’ science and university engagement August 30 – September 1, 2007- Paris (France) (Ecole des Mines de Paris) This conference will provide a forum where information on community based research, carried out in both community and academic settings, can be shared and […]

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G8-UNESCO World Forum on 'Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development' G8-UNESCO World Forum on 'Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development' — G8 Forum

G8-UNESCO World Forum on ‘Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development’ G8-UNESCO World Forum on ‘Education, Research and Innovation: New Partnership for Sustainable Development’ Trieste, Italy, 10-12 May 2007 The Forum builds on the discussion launched at the St. Petersburg summit on the interconnections between the three components of the triangle of knowledge—education, […]

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Lauren Weinstein's Blog: Newly Revealed FBI Data Abuses and the Data Retention Red Flag

Lauren Weinstein’s Blog: Newly Revealed FBI Data Abuses and the Data Retention Red Flag: Broad abuses of retained data are now demonstrated to be real, not theoretical, as described in .this Washington Post story —– Lauren has a nice post outlining some of his insights and furthering his points about the problems of the governments […]

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Freedom for IP

Freedom for IP: Ignite Seattle Video —– this is a good presentation about intellectual freedom, the the freedom to create and innovate.

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Internet should be run by key players: new ITU boss | Tech&Sci | Internet | Reuters.com

Internet should be run by key players: new ITU boss | Tech&Sci | Internet | Reuters.com: The Internet should continue to be overseen by major agencies including ICANN and the ITU, rather than any new “superstructure”, the new head of the International Telecommunications Union said on Friday.Hamadoun Toure, who took up the reins of the […]

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Reforming U.S. Patent Policy – Council on Foreign Relations

Reforming U.S. Patent Policy – Council on Foreign Relations: The conversation on American competitiveness is often intertwined with the conversation on innovation. The liberalization of trade and the increasing influence of emerging markets such as China and India have meant that U.S. innovation is now competing globally. This global competition has raised awareness and concerns […]

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