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In the News

There's always a lot going on related to the course topics. Recent news related to the course topics will be placed here throughout the course. These are but a few of the things I've come across; if you come across an interesting article, let me know! Also, let me know if any of the links become outdated, no longer work, or are otherwise improperly labeled. Thanks!

Added May 21, 2007

Rise of the machines
How to Narrow IT's Gender Gap
Cyber-war - the way of the future?

Added May 16, 2007

Microsoft Research Aims to Make Computing Ubiquitous
Robo-quandary
Using "offensive technologies" to secure networks
Computer guru prepares to grasp the future with both hands
Sizing up the coming robotics revolution
Report: Tech's Gender Gap Widened by Uninviting Workplace
Internet Captures Half of Spare Time

Added May 15, 2007

Less Risk Seen in Purchasing Clothes Online
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act: The Perils of Wiretapping the Internet
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

Added May 14, 2007

Robots tackle core of STEM education
Computational chemists are rising to the challenge of developing applications for petascale computing
Burton Smith on Reinventing Computing
Google searches web's dark side
Lonely joggers find company at last
Commencement 2007: Unlocking the Power of Music
The Age of the Supercomputer
The End User: Search for tomorrow
Shredded East German Files Reassembled
Robots are the new PCs
Hackers, experts to probe e-voting
A cyber-riot
Association for Computing Machinery Applauds Committee Vote on E-Voting Reform Legislation
House panel approves e-voting paper trails

Added May 9, 2007

U.S. Critical Infrastructure in Serious Jeopardy
'Guessing' robots navigate faster
Electronic Voting May Be Ready by Fall '08, Official Says
USACM Urges Revisions to National Identification Policy; Proposes Delay in Real ID Implementation to Assure Individual Privacy and Security
Leahy, Others Speak Out Against New ID Standards
Nike+ IPod = Surveillance

Added May 8, 2007

Muzzling All to Hush a Few

Added May 7, 2007

South Korea plans code of ethics for robots
Web alarms, mobile alerts aim to make you safer
AI will surpass human intelligence after 2020
SIGGRAPH Innovations Impact Daily Life
IT goes soft for career oriented women
Web browsers are new frontline in internet war

Added May 6, 2007

DRM group pledges to fight Digg rebels

Added May 4, 2007

Net Neutrality Advocates Ready for New Congress
Hacking the online ballot box | New media | MediaGuardian.co.uk
Computers, Freedom, and Privacy
Net Neutrality Advocates Ready for New Congress
Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service

Artificial Intelligence and Robots/Robotics

Rise of the machines
Robo-quandary
Sizing up the coming robotics revolution
Robots are the new PCs
'Guessing' robots navigate faster
South Korea plans code of ethics for robots
AI will surpass human intelligence after 2020

DRM: Digital Rights Management

DRM group pledges to fight Digg rebels

Education

Robots tackle core of STEM education

E-voting

Association for Computing Machinery Applauds Committee Vote on E-Voting Reform Legislation
House panel approves e-voting paper trails
Electronic Voting May Be Ready by Fall '08, Official Says
Hacking the online ballot box | New media | MediaGuardian.co.uk
Florida Acts to Eliminate Touch-Screen Voting System

Gender and Technology

How to Narrow IT's Gender Gap
Report: Tech's Gender Gap Widened by Uninviting Workplace
IT goes soft for career oriented women

In our lives

Microsoft Research Aims to Make Computing Ubiquitous
Internet Captures Half of Spare Time
Less Risk Seen in Purchasing Clothes Online
Lonely joggers find company at last
Commencement 2007: Unlocking the Power of Music
The Age of the Supercomputer
The End User: Search for tomorrow
Web alarms, mobile alerts aim to make you safer
SIGGRAPH Innovations Impact Daily Life

Net Neutrality

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy

Politics

Cyber-war - the way of the future?
A cyber-riot
Muzzling All to Hush a Few

Privacy and Security

Using "offensive technologies" to secure networks
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act: The Perils of Wiretapping the Internet
Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act
Google searches web's dark side
USACM Urges Revisions to National Identification Policy; Proposes Delay in Real ID Implementation to Assure Individual Privacy and Security
Leahy, Others Speak Out Against New ID Standards
Nike+ IPod = Surveillance
Web browsers are new frontline in internet war
Net Neutrality Advocates Ready for New Congress

Reliabilty

U.S. Critical Infrastructure in Serious Jeopardy
Homeless man disrupts Internet2 service

Science and Technology

Computer guru prepares to grasp the future with both hands
Computational chemists are rising to the challenge of developing applications for petascale computing
Burton Smith on Reinventing Computing