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Apply Now: CIS Seeks Affiliates, Fellows

The Stanford Center for Internet and Society seeks scholars and practitioners interested in a formal affiliation with the Center for the 2010-2012 academic year…

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They've got to want it

Friedman in the NYT today: "Why do we have to recruit and train our allies, the Afghan Army, to fight? That is like someone coming to you with a plan to re…

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Computers Freedom Privacy... And Robotics

ACM Computers Freedom Privacy is in its 20th year.  This year was exciting to me in that robots entered the mix.  My panel on the topic featured forecaster and…

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Abusive Customers

Jamie Smarr on the NYT City Room blog: "Let’s face it, folks. The customer is not always right. In fact, some are just plain old abusive, cheap and crass.…

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Dispute Resolution iPhone App

Mike Sherry in the Kansas City Business Journal, "In a marital spat? There’s an app for that..." "In a knock-down-drag-out fight with your signi…

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Facebook's Security Screening

UPDATE: Facebook explains the security procedure here. Apparently they only use photos if you have not set up another verification means. Also, I have confirmat…

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The Criminalization of E-Personation

I was interviewed yesterday for the local Fox affiliate on Cal. SB 1411, which criminalizes online impersonations (or “e-personation”) under certain circumstanc…

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ODR and Consumers 2010

Sporadic updates on this blog as of late, but that's due to some exciting developments in other places... Check out the cooperative blog on the UNCITRAL OD…

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Face for Radio

Check out my latest eBay adventure... filling in for Griff as the host of eBay Radio: http://www.ebroadcaststudios.com/jun8,2010.html Pretty rough, but it'…