Computer Floss » Internet http://computerfloss.com Delightful digital distractions in free/libre/open source software Mon, 11 Nov 2013 11:27:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 Bruce Schneier and the Lords of the Cloud /2013/08/bruce-schneier-and-the-lords-of-the-cloud/ /2013/08/bruce-schneier-and-the-lords-of-the-cloud/#comments Thu, 29 Aug 2013 09:42:43 +0000 /?p=1617 I know the title sounds like a Harry Potter rip-off starring everyone’s favourite IT security guru, but this is a video of Mr. Schneier giving a talk at Google about the state of security and privacy online. I’ll embed the video below (I highly recommend watching it). For those who don’t have an hour to […]

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]]> /2013/08/bruce-schneier-and-the-lords-of-the-cloud/feed/ 0 Arthur C. Clarke predicting computing in 2001… back in 1974. /2012/10/arthur-c-clarke-predicting-computing-in-2001-back-in-1974/ /2012/10/arthur-c-clarke-predicting-computing-in-2001-back-in-1974/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2012 07:07:49 +0000 /?p=1229 I just came across this lovely nugget of history courtesy of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It’s Arthur C. Clarke in 1974 predicting how, by the year 2001, we’ll all have small computers that can fit on a desk in our own home, and they’ll even be inter-connected with other computers across the world. We’ll take […]

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]]> /2012/10/arthur-c-clarke-predicting-computing-in-2001-back-in-1974/feed/ 0 YouTube videos still trickling along /2011/03/youtube-videos-still-trickling-along/ /2011/03/youtube-videos-still-trickling-along/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:38:20 +0000 /blog/?p=850 Information is both hard and easy to get hold of on the Internet. Getting it is easy; verifying its veracity is hard. The Internet is a double-edged sword in this respect. It’s a free and open forum, where anyone can post information in order to educate. There are very few obstacles, like fickle publishers with […]

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