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Vinton Gray "Vint" Cerf (/ˈsɜrf/; born June 23, 1943) is an American computer scientist, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with American computer scientist Bob Kahn. His contributions have been acknowledged and lauded, repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.

MacOS KenDensed: MacOS KenDensed: Apple’s Patent Lawsuit & Antitrust Shuffle

Source: The Mac Observer

Apple and Samsung didn’t kiss and make up this week, despite the hopes of Judge Koh. Windows RT might turn out to be a great iPad seller, Apple thinks the DOJ is lame for pushing its ebook price fixing lawsuit, Google close ...
Full article at: The Mac Observer  More like this  17 hours ago, 10:19am CDT

Google Draws fire for Hypocrisy

Google Draws fire for Hypocrisy
Google is under fire for issuing contradictory statements on privacy. In California Google told California State...
Read more Aug 1 2008, 10:25am CDT
 

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Van Jacobson Denies Averting Internet Meltdown in 1980s

Source: Wired

Van Jacobson: the man who averted the late-'80s internet meltdown. Or not. Photo: PARC All Van Jacobson wanted to do was upload a few documents to the internet. Unfortunately, it was 1985. The internet wasn’t yet called the internet. It was called the AR ...
Full article at: Wired  More like this  1 day ago, 3:39pm CDT

Vint Cerf Slams Congress Over CISPA

Source: Techdirt

Cerf, who is an "Internet evangelist" (Vice President) at Google, had some particularly harsh words for the Cybersecurity and Intelligence Protection Act (CISPA), saying it wasn't specific enough on how ...
Full article at: Techdirt  More like this  1 day ago, 2:02pm CDT

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Hayward student's Geography Bee move pays off

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Washington -- Varun Mahadevan, 13, of Hayward, took a high-risk bet Thursday that landed him a $10,000 college scholarship and third place in the National Geography Bee. Mahadevan had earned his place among the top ...
Full article at: San Francisco Chronicle  More like this  2 days ago, 4:55pm CDT

Tell Obama to Outlaw Cyberspying on Americans, says UmeNow CEO

Source: Beaumont Enterprise

"It is regrettable that President Obama is supporting the passage of a cybersecurity bill that compromises the privacy rights of Americans," stated Evelyn Castillo-Bach, founder and CEO of UmeNow. UmeNow announced today that it is calling on Pre ...
Full article at: Beaumont Enterprise  More like this  3 days ago, 10:01pm CDT

'Father of the Internet' Calls Out U.S. Government on CISPA

Source: Game Politics

Legendary computer scientist and the man known as "the father of the Internet," Vint Cerf said during the Freedom to Connect conference in Washington on Monday that the International Telecommunications Union will become a "global Internet cop" ...
Full article at: Game Politics  More like this  4 days ago, 12:17pm CDT

Presidents Obama, Clinton pay tribute to Steve Jobs at Webbys

Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Yesterday a host of political leaders, artists, scientists, and tech visionaries paid tribute to Steve Jobs at the annual Webby Awards in New York. The tribute started with an opening from Justin Long and John Hodgma ...
Full article at: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)  More like this  4 days ago, 11:08am CDT

President Obama joins famous faces in Webby Awards tribute to Steve Jobs (video)

Source: Macworld UK

President Obama was among the well-known figures that paid tribute to Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs at the 16th annual Webby Awards show on Monday. John Hodgman and Justin Long, the actors who played the roles of the PC and M ...
Full article at: Macworld UK  More like this  4 days ago, 7:26am CDT

Extra lane: how Comcast assures that Xfinity TV on Xbox 360 works well

Source: Ars Technica

Recently, a few bloggers conducted tests that seem to show Comcast’s traffic to its Xbox 360 running Xfinity TV On Demand , which does not count against a user’s usage cap ( as announced in March ), uses a different type of tr ...
Full article at: Ars Technica  More like this  4 days ago, 7:20am CDT



 
 

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