Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 28, 2012 11:11:00 PM CET
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 28, 2012 11:09:00 PM CET
New privacy laws could boost EU cloud industry
The proposed legislation could make organisations more wary about where their data is held
The European Union's data protection proposals, announced earlier this week, could unsettle end users looking at cloud adoption, but European cloud providers stand to benefit, according to Andy Burton, chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF).
Speaking to Techworld at Cloud Expo Europe in London yesterday, Burton said that, while there is a risk that sovereign law could come into conflict with the new EU legislation around data protection, that risk has been greatly over-exaggerated.
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Topic: SECURITY - on January 28, 2012 10:53:00 PM CET
DARPA-Funded Hacker's Tiny $50 Spy Computer Hides In Offices, Drops From Drones
Even more embarrassing than a student discovering your GPS tracking device on his car, as the FBI found out last year, is having to ask him to give the expensive piece of equipment back.
So security researcher Brendan O’Connor is trying a different approach to spy hardware: building a sensor-equipped surveillance-capable computer that’s so cheap it can be sacrificed after one use, with off-the-shelf parts that anyone can buy and assemble for less than fifty dollars.
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Topic: Davos - on January 28, 2012 10:50:00 PM CET
Insight from Davos: How Global Thought Leaders Talk About Innovation
The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, or Davos, rounds out its last full day of sessions today in Davos, Switzerland. For the last three days, 2,500 of the world’s leaders convened to discuss global poverty, political upheaval, climate change and whatever else keeps them up at night.
Advancement is the unspoken focus of this group, which is “committed to improving the state of the world.” The word “innovation” actually appears 35 times in the 100-page agenda. Compare that to 14 mentions of “governance,” 24 mentions of “war,” and five mentions of “poverty.” ”Innovation” even beats out “political,” appearing 33 times. (These all pale in comparison to the 76 mentions of “economic,” but who’s counting?)
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Topic: POLITIK - on January 27, 2012 11:12:00 PM CET
EU citizens: █████ █ ████ everything ███ █████ is█████ ████ ████ fine ████ ███ ██████ trust ███ ██████ ███ your █████ ████ government.
Acta is a global inflection point for democracy: europe, japan, us, etc signed it. The ugly face of facism can wear various masks
Polish minister: "We are partners, not a subordinate parliament of Congress or the Obama administration"
By the way. #ACTA can NOT be considered made fully public, unless the documentation of the negotiations are released.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 11:04:00 PM CET
EU Commission propaganda on ACTA
The European Commission published a document in defense of ACTA, “10 Myths about ACTA“. It is pure propaganda. The document is widely distributed by polish authorities.
Let’s take a look.
Myth 1: ACTA is a secret agreement. Negotiations were not transparent and conducted “behind closed doors”. The European Parliament was not fully informed.
Commission: “The text of ACTA is publicly available to all.”
The final text is indeed available.
Commission: “The negotiations for ACTA were not different from negotiations on any other international agreement.”
That is not true. WTO and WIPO have much more transparency and input from NGOs.
Commission: “It is a fact that such agreements are not negotiated in public, but with the Lisbon Agreement and the revised Framework Agreement there are clear rules on how the EP should be informed of such trade negotiations. And these have been scrupulously followed.”
Still, the Parliament could not discuss the text openly. No feedback from experts possible. And earlier versions are still secret, while they may be important for interpertation in conflict resolution.
Commission: “Commissioner De Gucht has participated in three plenary debates, replied to several dozens of written and oral questions, as well to two Resolutions and one Declaration of the EP, whilst Commission services have provided several dedicated briefings to MEPs during the negotiations.”
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 10:51:00 PM CET
US Embassy calls Polish Parliament, complains of lack of discipline on #ACTA vote
An employee of the U.S. embassy in Warsaw to the Polish Sejm phoned and questioned about party discipline during the vote on the desideratum to the Prime Minister ws. ACTA. - It's outrageous, not subject to the administration of President Obama - politicians embarrassed comment.
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 27, 2012 10:48:00 PM CET
So sieht Protest gegen #ACTA in Polen aus
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