Editorials
Policy update – Jan 2012
The month stars with a lot of activity and already the Christmas celebrations seem far off. The month was dominated by one key issues – SOPA – but now even SOPA seems far off with more tales of censorship – first from the Google privacy policy (Google seeks to clarify new privacy policy) . The trend of censorship continues with … [Read More...]
Invitation to join the Policy bloggers network
Invitation to join the Policy bloggers network Hello! Hope you had a good break over the holiday season. After some initial analysis and insights over the pilot period(sep 2010 to dec 2010) - we now proceed to the next phase of the policy bloggers network The Digital Policy bloggers network is an open community which creates conversations around … [Read More...]
A capacity crunch at the fiber optic level?
In the last EIF meeting on innovation, I had the pleasure of listening to a brief talk by Prof. Sergei K. Turitsyn who spoke of a capacity crunch for current fiber optic technology in the near future. Mostly, discussions of capacity crunch center around available spectrum. In contrast, this … [Read More...]
Episodes in visual/mindmap format ..
We are now trying out episodes in a visual format. click on the image above to see this (click on the labels to get detail) In future, we may also use paper.li … [Read More...]
Fostering trust in the Cloud in the face of law enforcement access to data
Fostering trust in the Cloud in the face of law enforcement access to data By Andrew Griffin The USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law on October 21, 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks. PATRIOT stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. It law enforcement … [Read More...]
Toward a strategic vision for the transatlantic market – A synopsis of the fourth report from the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)
Toward a strategic vision for the transatlantic market - A synopsis of the fourth report from the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) By Maggie Baldry The Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN) published a 36 page report entitled - Toward a Strategic Vision for the Transatlantic Market. The full report is … [Read More...]
IGF – Nairobi : voices from the blogosphere and beyond
The IGF in Nairobi was an important event. This article aims to summarise the voices from the blogosphere and the key issues leading up to the IGF Background and Issues The IGF is a United Nations led-activity initiated in 2006 as a global platform for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue on prevailing and emerging issues on Internet governance in order … [Read More...]
Interview with Matthias Kirschner – Free Software Foundation Europe
How do you think people can make money from free software? To answer this questions it helps to differ between the software model,the development model, and the business model (see Point 1: Think clearly https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/enterprise/freesoftwarecompany.en.html). With Free Software you can earn money, like with non-free … [Read More...]
Policy bloggers Episode – Dec 11 2011
Greetings With this episode, we conclude the trial phase of the policy bloggers network. With the next episode, we commence the live phase. The objectives of the Policy bloggers network fortnightly episodes are: - To identify emerging / under the radar trends in Digital policy discussion - To cater primarily … [Read More...]
TRANSATLANTIC WEEK IN WASHINGTON D.C. – summary of sessions
Note: Original source EIF Back in July, I attended the TPN event in Washington and it was a very insightful event. Here is summary of the event and detailed links CHALLENGES AHEAD: CAN THE TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY STAY COMPETITIVE? Date: from Monday 11 to Thursday 14 July 2011 Again this year EIF made a major … [Read More...]
The FCC’s job and unlicensed spectrum – Waldman report
“The Information Needs of Communities” will be the subject of a hearing tomorrow morning. Webcast here. Here’s my statement. Chairman Genachowski, Commissioner Copps, and FCC … Read More
Healthcare IT Spending on Cloud to Surpass $1 Billion -business-technology-roundtable.blogspot.com
The healthcare and social services vertical marketplace is extensive. It includes companies that provide medical care and social assistance for individuals -- which includes ambulatory healthcare … Read More
Premier League fans can buy cheap foreign TV coverage, EU rules
Football fans will potentially be able to watch cut-price Premier Leaguematches, after the European Union's highest court ruled on Tuesday that it is not illegal for individuals to buy set-top box … Read More
CTIA again tries to block San Francisco cell phone radiation ordinance
The CTIA sued to block a San Francisco ordinance from taking effect that would require retailers to display a poster warning of the potential health risks from cell phone radiation. The wireless … Read More
The illiterate of the 21st century – ICT and Sustainable development
At the last EIF event on ICT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT , I had the pleasure of hearing Joseph Nsengimana - Corporate Affairs Group and Strategic Alliances, Africa Intel META I have … Read More
Healthcare IT Spending on Cloud to Surpass $1 Billion -business-technology-roundtable.blogspot.com
The healthcare and social services vertical marketplace is extensive. It includes companies that provide medical care and social assistance for individuals -- which includes ambulatory healthcare … Read More
Samsung’s attempt to ban the iPhone 4S over FRAND patents is deeply troubling
As the Wall Street Journal reports, Samsung announced this morning that it seeks to ban the new iPhone -- the iPhone 4S -- in various markets. Today, Samsung will make simultaneous filings of … Read More
Global: Key Quotes and Tweets from the Internet Governance Forum
As the Internet Governance Forum is a truly epic event both in the online and in the offline world, it's really hard to do justice to the whole complexity of the discussions and debates that are … Read More
Trading IPv4 addresses will end in tears -arstechnica.com
As we run out of IPv4 address space, is it time to create an exchange for trading unused address blocks? Ars contributors Iljitsch van Beijnum and Timothy Lee tackle the issue. In this article, … Read More
Interview with Matthias Kirschner – Free Software Foundation Europe
How do you think people can make money from free software? To answer this questions it helps to differ between the software model,the … Read More
Open vs Closed: The 21st Century Statecraft Behind the Open Govt Partnership
Canadian open government activist David Eaves has another of his usually smart posts up todayabout the emerging foreign policy strategy behind the … Read More
Can “Cross-Border Privacy Rules” Trump Divergent Data Protection Laws?
As privacy has become an increasingly important issue to people around the world, we have seen scores of countries pass data protection laws designed to give … Read More
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Policy update – Jan 2012
The month stars with a lot of activity and already the Christmas … [Read More...]
Invitation to join the Policy bloggers network
Invitation to join the Policy bloggers network Hello! Hope you had a good break over the holiday … [Read More...]
Episodes in visual/mindmap format ..
We are now trying out episodes in a visual format. click on the image above to see this (click on … [Read More...]
Fostering trust in the Cloud in the face of law enforcement access to data
Fostering trust in the Cloud in the face of law enforcement access to data By Andrew … [Read More...]
Toward a strategic vision for the transatlantic market – A synopsis of the fourth report from the Transatlantic Policy Network (TPN)
Toward a strategic vision for the transatlantic market - A synopsis of the fourth report from the … [Read More...]
Latest Posts
IGF – Nairobi : voices from the blogosphere and beyond
The IGF in Nairobi was an important event. This article aims to summarise the voices from the … [Read More...]
Interview with Matthias Kirschner – Free Software Foundation Europe
How do you think people can make money from free software? To answer this questions … [Read More...]
Policy bloggers Episode – Dec 11 2011
Greetings With this episode, we conclude the trial phase of the policy bloggers network. With … [Read More...]
Crippling the Internet through SOPA could kill off the next industrial revolution(s)
SOPA has been in the news in a big way .. Gigaom summarises the issues accurately … [Read More...]
Episode Two
Welcome to the second episode of the policy bloggers network. In this episode, we have our … [Read More...]
My ethics statement
Walt Mossberg has an excellent ethics statement on his blog. Inspired by that statement and considering my work with the policy … [Read More...]
