At Google we’re always trying to make the web a better platform. That’s why we’re working on Native Client, a technology that aims to give web developers access to the full power of the client’s CPU while maintaining the browser neutrality, OS portability and safety that people expect from web applications. Today, we’re sharing our technology with the research and security communities in the hopes that they will help us make this technology more useful and more secure.
So, what is this all about? Is it a shot at MS’s .net, or to re-invent Java? Or is this the dropping of the other “shoe” which will combine with Google Chrome and Google Gears to run “Native Client Apps”? There’s been a few comments and questions about it already.
Did you know that you don’t really need a set top box to get HDTV from your cable company? In the U.S. and other countries, you can plug your digital cable directly into your television, Tivo, or computer and enjoy the HDTV that you’ve paid for - it’s simple and it’s convenient. The only thing holding back Canadians from enjoying these same benefits is the will of the people and the action of our government.
If you want to get involved in shaping the future of TV in Canada,
click the link below and read more about it and write the CRTC
and/or your Member of Parliament
Drop The Box
CBC Article
Government agencies are moving to gain access to telephone and internet customers’ personal information without first getting a court order, according to a document obtained by CBCNews.ca that is raising privacy issues.
Government moving to access personal info, sparking privacy fears
CTV has now posted a copy of the consultation document.
The government LISTENING to the MEDIA??
Michael Geist - Public Safety To Release Lawful Access Consultation
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| Public Safety Canada and Industry Canada have quietly launched a semi-public consultation on one element of lawful access. The new consultation, which concludes on September 25th, asks for comments on the provision of customer name and address information by telecommunications companies to law enforcement. The consultation has not been posted on the Internet and I was asked not to post it online. |
This is something all Canadians should be aware of.. Read more:
Michael Geist - Public Safety Canada Quietly Launches Lawful Access Consultation
If you are a Google Docs and Spreadsheets user it is now very easy to publish your documents to your Blogger/Blogspot WebLog (Blog).
I am currently using my Blogger/Blogspot WebLog to some lobbying of the Canadian Department of Veterans Affairs on behalf of my family (and others who may run into this roadblock).
All the latest articles on my WebLog were created on Google Docs and Spreadsheets!
This sounds (ok looks) like a scene from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, The one where if you want to argue more you will have to pay more money. More money to look at these wrinkley of entertainers? Do they think anyone cares?
HDTV’s sharp increase in popularity concerns TV stars fearful of such clarity on Yahoo! Canada News
Some TV types say big-screen HDTV could lead to the end of the extreme close-up as we know it. Others predict hi-def fears could soon be reflected in artists’ contracts.
Another computer A-hole has been added to the growing number that “The Doctor” has to study. It all stems from the new Blue-Ray DVDs and High Definition Television. It’s a copy protection scheme called HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection). Be prepared with a supported Video Card and a new Monitor!
Read the whole story at: Digital Home - Warning: Most LCD Monitors can’t play High Definition content
“Clear your schedule for a world wide day of action against DRM. On Tuesday October 3rd we will all be taking action to raise the stakes and attempt to increase awareness to the threats of DRM - in a very significant way.”
What is DRM ?
More information is available at Defective by Design !
Maybe Canadian’t will be spared from having to deal with WIPO (World Intelectual Properties Org) issues when it comes to sharing music, etc.
The Canadian Music Creator’s Coalition was in Ottawa urging the ministers of heritage and industry to do what’s best for music fans and embrace the new world of digital downloading and online music sharing in the government’s upcoming review of copyright law — even if that means upsetting the powerful music industry lobby.
Tim Wu, writer for Slate Magazine seems to think so:
Welcome to the fight over “network neutrality,” Washington’s current obsession. The debate centers on whether it is more “neutral” to let consumers reach all Internet content equally or to let providers discriminate if they think they’ll make more money that way.
This is also happening in Ottawa where the CRTC makes the rules.. During the recent election it was referred to as two-tiered Internet.
Bob Lewis, formerly a writer of a column called “IS Survivor”, for Network World, has decided that “Best Practices” is a poorly used phrase.
The concept is simple: Provide an alternative to what’s usually bandied about as “best practice,” in a form that’s immediately useful to working IT managers, because much of what the industry calls “best practices” are nothing of the sort.
He then goes on to try to display what “Best Practices” are:
Many are descriptions of what one or two large corporations do and like, applied as prescriptions for every company regardless of whether they fit the circumstances or not. They’re one-size-fits-nobody recommendations. Other best practices aren’t practices at all. ITIL, for example, is more of a classification scheme, describing what rather than how. Then there’s a point that emerged from our Sarbanes-Oxley discussions: In many cases, “best practice” really means “basic professionalism.”
The Keep The Joint Running Conference then goes on to define a replacement for “Best Practices” which he calls th KJR Manifesto:
You can read the whole article at Bob’s Website, IS Survivor !
Don’t wait too long as this is a weekly article and you’ll have to sign up to view the archive of Bob’s articles.
Look at that! I’m not the only Computer Proctologist. Boing Boing has picked up on another:
Kathryn Cramer, an investigative blogger, has begun to publish the results of her research into VEIL. VEIL is a technology that the entertainment industry has proposed to turn into a legal requirement for all devices capable of turning an analog signal into a digital one: cameras, recorders and mics of all kinds, in other words. This is to “plug the analog hole.”
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em·po·ri·um n.
A place where various goods are bought and sold; a marketplace;
a large retail store;
a place of business: a furniture emporium;
a bazaar or shop.
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Vir·tu·al adj. - Existing or resulting in essence or effect though not in actual fact, form, or name:
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Computer Science. Created, simulated, or carried on by means of a computer or computer network.
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