Cloud computing has become one of the hottest topic in current IT world. It has lots of advantages, saving resource, saving cost, high performance, etc. However, many legal issues follow it too, such as privacy, security, uptime, storage, transportation, and so on.
As clients, what they care about mostly maybe the security of their data. Where [...]
It is obvious that Google has become a default choice for most searches internationally. Lots of people use Google search engine to get all kinds of information in each second throughout the world. Almost every website would like its webpage to be accessed by the most people, which make its webpage popular. Google search is [...]
What are Smart grids? A smart grid is an energy saving concept of delivering electricity to consumers by utilizing two-way digital technology to control consumers’ appliances to reduce cost, save energy and increase transparency. This modernized electricity network utilizes an intelligent monitoring system to track all electricity flowing, integrates alternative sources of electricity (such as [...]
Recently a United Airlines flight attendant notified a passenger that he must abandon a video-messaging session with his family during a flight. However, little did the flight attendant know the person they prohibited from using iChat was John Battelle, the founder of Wired, a popular tech magazine.
Shortly after being told to shut down he blogged [...]
One day in class, our instructor Brian mentioned a professor of his who claimed that “privacy is a transaction cost.” In other words, the only reason privacy exists in the first place is because it was too much trouble for anyone to bother monitoring everything they would otherwise want to. There’s no innate [...]
Background
Nowadays, no one can go on line without clicking a bunch of “I Agree” buttons. What’s behind the 1-second clicking action is the so-called term of service (TOS), that you agree to give up lots of rights unconsciously. Not many people will have the patient to read the TOS, even though they want to, the [...]
Finally there is some hope of ending the secrecy around Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Thanks to the European parliament which overwhelmingly passed a resolution calling for transparency on ACTA negotiation processes and public access to the negotiation texts. The resolution was approved on March 10, 2010 with 633 votes in favor, 13 against and 16 abstentions. “The [...]
Tagged ACTA, Transparency, WikileaksWith the advance of web and telecommunication technologies, outsourcing or offshoring IT and Information systems became a popular business practice. Companies that used to have their offices and partners only in a single country suddenly started having IT and trade partners thousands of miles away in a different continent. Cost saving and cheap manual labor [...]
Very strong 101 lecture on new models for universities.
Major problems with current universities:
Change happens 1 death at a time
TENURE is broken: 6 years = tenure and then there is little to no incentive to keep learning
imparting sacred knowledge
gate keepers
Old school professors:
lecture with notes
drinking from a fire hose
1 to many
New professors:
experience designer: guiding the students through [...]
Web 2.0 is about connecting people and enhancing the power of working together. An ongoing explosion of new technology is powering increasingly complex social and business interactions as well as enabling an unprecedented level of unmediated information exchange and horizontal organization. This trend is likely to continue because individuals, businesses, and other organizations desire the [...]
