[EAS][RRE]pointers

[pjk]

Subject:   [RRE]pointers

Dear Colleagues -

Phil Agre's RRE News mailings
<http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/rre.html> have often been
my source for individual URLs for this list, usually with some
comments of my own added. 

This is typical of being near the top of one's personal information
"food chain". Phil has RRE readers with predictable affinities,
they send him stuff, he filters and sends that out on RRE News, and
then I filter from that in turn. I get about 10-15 such email
"streams" that constitute my personal positioning in information
flow. Having the right amount of "nutrition-rich" stuff flowing by
is, I think, as important as doing very targeted searches, e.g. via
Google.com. You would do much the same as if you were collecting
material for a book or a course.

On this occasion I thought I'd send you one of Phil's collations
(just minus the political items) as they come every few days. Phil
has a strong affinity for privacy and intellectual property issues.
Earlier URL batches at
<http://dlis.gseis.ucla.edu/people/pagre/urls.html>.

In this set I found the item about "black boxes" for use in
operating theatres particularly interesting. Insecurity, monitoring
technology and litigiousness are combining to drive us in some
strange directions.

Engineers should be aware of how they contribute to this mix. There
are enough 'project topics' in this mailing alone for a semester
course in engineering ethics.

   --PJK

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[RRE]pointers of 8/29/01:

Here are some more URL's.  Thanks to everyone who contributed.


politics

[...snip...]


privacy

first Borders says it "suspended any plans to implement" face
recognition ...
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO63359,00.html

... then it denies that it ever had any such intention
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02447.html

Church resistance to identity cards in Greece
http://www.ekathimerini.com/news/content.asp?aid=97252

Davis Bids to Weaken Consumer Privacy Bill   (bummer)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/08/29/MN169531.DTL

What, No Privacy in Phone Calls?
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZIHKITWQC

Pentagon Endorses Biometrics to Enhance Computer Security
http://nationaldefense.ndia.org/article.cfm?Id=521

"Black Box" Recorder Developed for Operating Theatres
(surgeons, okay, maybe, if it really helps, but where does it stop?)
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991197

threats to business from lack of security in instant messaging
http://www.zdnet.com.au/biztech/ebusiness/story/0,2000010339,20257051,00.htm


intellectual property

California Panel May Affirm Prior Restraint in DVD Decryption Case
http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZGZ3O4YQC

Russian Programmer Indicted
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10349-2001Aug28.html
http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/skylarov/indict82801.pdf
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Sklyarov/20010828_eff_sklyarov_elcomsoft_pr.html

copyright: "institutions are trying to regain control over information flows"
http://www.heise.de/tp/english/inhalt/te/9409/1.html

Forecasts of an E-Book Era Were, It Seems, Premature
(cyber people believed that having an idea meant that it could be
 done now)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/technology/ebusiness/28EBOO.html?pagewanted=all


news from Planet Microsoft

MS claims it dumped plug-ins for ActiveX for security reasons!
(ActiveX is Exhibit A of MS's reckless approach to executing foreign code)
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/08/28/internet.explorer.ap/

Microsoft strategies to keep computers from running multiple operating systems
http://www.byte.com/documents/s=1115/byt20010824s0001/

Campaign to Save WordPerfect for Mac
http://www.geocities.com/bulgybear/wp.html


Europe

Information Society Technologies, Dusseldorf, 3-5 December 2001
http://www.europa.eu.int/information_society/newsroom/istevent/index_en.htm

EU Information Society Technologies Programme
http://www.cordis.lu/ist/home.html

newsletter about "e-learning" in Europe
http://www.prometeus.org/news/PROMETEUS_Newsletter9.pdf


everything else

The Changing Faces of Virtual Education
http://www.col.org/virtualed/

US Settles with Internet Access Spammers
(the punishment? they have to promise not to do it again)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/13140.html

Recordable DVD Standards Go Head-to-Head
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99991208

Governments Push Open-Source Software
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6996393.html

In Capitol, AT&T and Bells Fight to Control Web [sic] Access
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/29/technology/ebusiness/29NET.html

article about the debate about how to report computer security problems
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/08/29/west/print.html

funny story about Americans being natural organizers
(walking around in shopping malls is an institution with interest groups!)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/national/28MALL.html?pagewanted=all

GILC Alert (Global Internet Liberty Campaign)
http://www.gilc.org/alert/

Neat New Stuff on the Net
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html

Chicagoans Are Reading the Same Book at the Same Time  (cool)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/books/28MOCK.html?pagewanted=all

Baruch College Opens a Huge "Vertical Campus"
(interesting story about design for density, which is a good thing)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/28/education/28BARU.html

using bird costumes and ultralight planes to teach whooping cranes to migrate
(savages control the government, but decent people are still fixing things)
http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/20010827.atc.18.ram

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