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Dan Gillmor is author of "We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People" (O'Reilly Media, 2004), a book that explains the rise…

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I am an antitrust attorney in private practice in Washington.  I am on the Council of the ABA Section of Antitrust Law.  I used to co-chair the Section's Co…

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Property-based Remote Attestation

Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi and Christian Stüble have recently published a paper  that builds, in some regards, upon an earlier paper by Klaus Kursawe and Christian Stüb…

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Semantic Remote Attestation

So I am slowly catching up with the TC debate (more to come soon).  Last May, Vivek Haldar gave a very interesting presentation at the 3rd USENIX Virtual Machin…

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Financial Aid vs. Foreign Aid

You're a senior in high school.  A number of colleges--all equally ranked by you--have offered you financial aid packages.  Some offer $20,000, others $30,0…

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What is Internet and Society News?

* * * Internet and Society News is a compendium of third-party news articles that address issues relating to how the Internet affects commerce and society.  Th…

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Could U.S. Have Warned of Tsunami-Risk?

A letter to the editor of the NY Times suggests that the U.S. could have informed Asian leaders of the earthquake risk.  I don't know the facts, but the wri…

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Indian Relief Fund

Contributions can be made to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's relief fund or to Oxfam, among others. The Indian PM is one of the world's most im…