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tagged cloud_computing by steelej ...on 15-APR-08
This is a radio interview with Jay Rosen on the podcast show Open Source.  Rosen discusses the current trends in the media, include the communal effort by readers and administrators of the online news site Talking Points Memo to expose the U.S. Attorney's scandal.  TPM won the prestigious Polk Award for its efforts.
tagged cloud_computing crowdsourcing jay_rosen open_source_journalism internet_policy by steelej ...on 11-APR-08
Princeton Workshop on Cloud Computing and Public Policy.
tagged cloud_computing social_policy internet_policy ownership by steelej ...on 03-APR-08
An explanation of "The Cloud."
tagged cloud_computing freedom internet_policy by steelej ...on 03-APR-08
Maybe using light instead of electricity (which runs on coal) is a solution to the pollution caused by server farms.
tagged alternative_energy cloud_computing environment pollution internet_policy by steelej ...on 03-APR-08

danah boyd is a doctoral candidate in the School of Information at the University of California-Berkeley and a Fellow at the Harvard University Law School Berkman Center for Internet and Society.   apophenia is her blog.

In this post, she relates a story from a friend of hers, who centralized virtually all of his online life (and therefore, his life) on Google products, only to have his account erased by Google because of a fraudulent phishing attack.  The story raises concerns about storing all your data in one place and with one company.

tagged cloud_computing digital_preservation google privacy internet_policy by steelej ...on 03-APR-08

Mozilla is currently testing out something called "Weave," a tool that would allow you to synchronize your content on multiple browsers, via a hosting option similar to what Google does.

This goes a step beyond Google, because Mozilla is, of course, a desktop application. So Mozilla Weave would have access to your desktop behavior and the stuff you store on their servers.

tagged cloud_computing privacy internet_policy mozilla_weave mozilla by steelej ...on 03-APR-08
Developed by Sun, it's a "networked supercomputer" for hardcore researchers.  Google Docs this ain't.
tagged cloud_computing sun internet_policy by steelej ...on 03-APR-08
Haven't read this yet, but it was linked to by the Slate article.  Might be an important article.
tagged cloud_computing internet_policy by steelej ...on 03-APR-08
A contrarian take on cloud computing from a reformed enthusiast.
tagged cloud_computing internet_policy desktop_computing by steelej ...on 03-APR-08

Article from Harper's Magazine about how much Google's server farms are polluting a river in the Pacific Northwest.

Google Docs--but at what cost?

tagged cloud_computing environment google pollution internet_policy by steelej ...on 02-APR-08

This is a test of some of the functions of PennTags.

In October 2000 the Biddle Law Library and the American College of Bankruptcy collaborated to create a special collection entitled the National Bankruptcy Archives (NBA), a national repository of materials relating to the history of debtor-creditor relations, bankruptcy and the reorganization of debt. The NBA collects records from the American College of Bankruptcy as well as from other organizations whose activities have been relevant to the history of bankruptcy and insolvency legislation, regulation, and administrative and judicial determination. The NBA also houses papers of individuals who have influenced the field, and other collections documenting the history of bankruptcy law.

Some of the records of the National Bankruptcy Archives are currently on display in the reference area of Biddle Law Library.

 

Photograph of National Bankruptcy Archives exhibit at Biddle Law Library

 

tagged copyright, william patry by steelej ...on 13-NOV-07
Lessig, Lawrence. . Code : and other laws of cyberspace / Lawrence Lessig. [046503912X ] [New York, N.Y.] : Basic Books, c1999.
Call#: Van Pelt Library ZA3225 .L47 1999


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