"From the E-book on your reader to the mp3s on your iPod to your musings on Facebook and Twitter - who owns the bits of data that make up your digital life? In this segment, Ira talks with technology columnist Randall Stross about the concept of "ownership" in the digital domain." From http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200907312
Guests include the UW dept. chair who developed Vanish, with their own explanation. Good stuff.
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Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple are expanding rapidly into finance, advertising, media and retail. Tech writer Farhad Manjoo outlines how the four companies are heading in new directions â and encroaching on each other’s territory â as they try to expand their customer base.
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/03/141976518/the-war-between-google-amazon-facebook-apple?ft=1&f=13
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I had the privilege of being on NPR’s Science Friday last Friday. In a word, it was amazing. If you haven’t listened to the podcast yet, click here to listen to an MP3 of me on NPR (file size: 16 MB; runtime: 35 minutes).
http://www.cookingforgeeks.com/blog/posts/npr-science-friday/