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| Topic: High Tech Developments |
4:35 pm EDT, May 23, 2002 |
George Gilder, Ray Kurzweil and Jaron Lanier discuss the most dangerous technologies of the near future. This is the second part of a three part series. Privacy? What Privacy? |
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What Does the Future Hold? |
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| Topic: High Tech Developments |
4:34 pm EDT, May 23, 2002 |
George Gilder, Ray Kurzweil and Jaron Lanier discuss the most dangerous technologies of the near future. This is the third part of a three part series. What Does the Future Hold? |
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Tracking a Counterterrorism Breakdown |
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| Topic: War on Terrorism |
3:51 pm EDT, May 23, 2002 |
NPR's Mike Shuster reports on Morning Edition that government agencies had several clues that might have triggered alarms in the months before Sept. 11. But no one put them together. Senior government officials were frantic about threats from al Qaeda, going all the way back to June 2001. There were daily meetings in the White House, and alerts issued from the FBI, the State Department and the Federal Aviation Administration. "The warnings were serious, the information specific and some of it had to do with the use of airplanes to kill the president and foreign leaders." Be sure to follow the "Listen to Mike Shuster's report" link to hear the audio track for this story. It's the best study I've seen thus far into how close we actually came to having specific advance knowledge of September 11. Tracking a Counterterrorism Breakdown |
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Adelphia and Rigas Family Continue Their Tug of War |
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| Topic: Economics |
9:31 am EDT, May 23, 2002 |
Adelphia is close to a deal under which the Rigas family would give up all its board seats and supervoting rights and forgive $575 million in debt. The deal would also include either the transfer of $1.2 billion in cable assets to Adelphia or the cash flow from those properties, which is more than $90 million a year. Got debt? Adelphia and Rigas Family Continue Their Tug of War |
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| Topic: Science |
9:27 am EDT, May 23, 2002 |
"Can you imagine having Stephen Jay Gould as a babysitter?" Gould's Serious Fun |
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Similar Graphs Raised Suspicions on Bell Labs Research |
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| Topic: Science |
9:26 am EDT, May 23, 2002 |
What had been hailed a few months ago as a breakthrough in molecule-size electronics is now in doubt, and a rising star at Bell Laboratories is under suspicion of improperly manipulating data in research papers published in prestigious scientific journals. "There were funny things about the data that just shouldn't have occurred. The data was just too perfect, and we knew something was wrong." Single molecule transistors? Not yet, perhaps. Scientific intrigue at Lucent Bell Labs. As if dismal sales on the business side weren't enough to drive stock prices into the ground. Similar Graphs Raised Suspicions on Bell Labs Research |
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Digital Video Recorders Give Advertisers Pause |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
9:22 am EDT, May 23, 2002 |
Digital successors to the VCR that eliminate the frustration of recording television programs have crossed a popularity threshold, raising alarm among advertisers and TV executives who see the devices as a threat to the economics of commercial television. "The free television that we've all enjoyed for so many years is based on us watching these commercials," said Jamie C. Kellner, chief executive of Turner Broadcasting. "There's no Santa Claus. If you don't watch the commercials, someone's going to have to pay for television and it's going to be you." Jamie Kellner hits the mainstream press. NYT's Amy Harmon on the confused economics of television media. I find it amusing that Kellner uses the concept of paying for television as a threat against piracy. I would contend that people want to (and do) pay for content because they dislike the annoying distractions and time burglars that are TV advertisements. Why doesn't he get this? Turner owns HBO, which owns the broadcast rights to the most successful cable series ever, which viewers are happily paying for. Digital Video Recorders Give Advertisers Pause |
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| Topic: Economics |
12:41 pm EDT, May 21, 2002 |
There is no question that these are challenging times for the telecommunications industry and telecommunications investors. The tidal wave of troubles that hit telecom came hard and fast. We have seen an unprecedented number of telecom bankruptcies. We can all debate the causes of the telecom tsunami. My purpose today is not to rummage through the past in hopes of gleaning lessons for the future. My purpose today is to highlight for you what I see as the major challenges ahead. In so doing, I am hoping that you on Wall Street will join us on Pennsylvania Avenue in tackling these challenges. ... Our goal is a bright future for the telecom industry. You are attentive observers of the telecom industry. Our process is to gather as much relevant input as we can ... You watch what happens out there and probably have a pretty good idea of why certain businesses and technologies are succeeding and others are not. Now is your chance to be part of the solution and to help ensure a future for the telecom industry we can all be proud of. This is a May 8 speech given at a Goldman Sachs conference on global communications by the assistant secretary of the NTIA. Telecom Tsunami |
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Clone free | Fukuyama interview in Salon |
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| Topic: Science |
6:18 am EDT, May 21, 2002 |
Maybe in 2053, when my clone is having coffee with your clone, the arguments in Francis Fukuyama's cautionary polemic "Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution" will seem as quaint as the early opposition to railroads does today. ... Fukuyama told Salon why he thinks that the right to be cloned and to tinker with our offspring's genes aren't liberties that we should all enjoy, and what should be done to restrain the onrush of biotechnology. Clone free | Fukuyama interview in Salon |
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New Ad Campaign Aimed at TiVo Owners |
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| Topic: Intellectual Property |
6:11 am EDT, May 21, 2002 |
A new breed of interactive TV commercial debuts today, aimed at the people most likely to skip them. Watch my ad, please! Ad Wizard: Hey! I noticed that no one is using video-on-demand to deliver real content, and no one wants to watch ads. The two must be made for each other! Let's use VOD to deliver ads! Isn't that a great idea? New Ad Campaign Aimed at TiVo Owners |
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