Topic: The Internet and the World Wide Web
How do we ensure that the "Second Superpower" Jim Moore proposes includes the poor as well as the rich? When a new democratic structure emerges from highly-wired westerners, how do we ensure it's fair and just for those currently unwired?
The man whose ground-breaking use of Internet-based campaigning propelled Howard Dean from obscurity to early front-runner, takes Teach-In participants inside the campaign's unconventional experiment in Internet politics.
His technology column for the San Jose Mercury News usually appears in the Business section, but Dan's self-assigned beat includes a personal blend of technology, economics, law, and civil liberties. In this IT Conversation, Dan gives his views on a broad variety of topics: the "copyright cartel," WiFi, VOIP, Linux, and electronic voting machines.
A self-described nerd, Craig has become somewhat of an international celebrity. He has been asked by San Francisco mayor-elect Gavin Newsom to join the mayor's transition team.
At the last minute, the U.S. federal government pre-empted stronger state legislation by passing the CAN-SPAM Act. It may not put a dent in spam, but it will place new requirements on every email message sent by companies, even those from individual employees.
Hear why David believes the Dean campaign has been so successful with its use of the Internet.
Through the legal concept of vicarious liability, businesses are responsible for the acts of their employees. 5% of the companies she surveyed have already gone to court over an email-related issue, and 14% have had email records subpoenaed. This may be the least glamorous aspect of IT management, but you can't put it off.
If you haven't checked out
Netcraft.com, you really should. They track over 42,000,000 web servers, and analyze and publish their data. When a site moves to a new hosting service, Netcraft knows! Who's moving where? What about those C&W/Exodus customers? Why are sites leaving the U.S.? Who are the winners and losers in the hosting business? (Who's stealing customers, and from whom?)
More than 27,000 developers have registered to access data in XML format, and they're submitting nearly 10 million requests per day. They have a choice between REST and SOAP. Which one is more popular, and why? Find out what Amazon.com has learned from this experience, and what they recommend to others.
From The Stencil Group's report, Web Services Rules; Real-World Lessons from Early Adopters: Which companies are implementing web services and why? Are their projects large or small? Behind or beyond the firewall? Who's successful, who's not, and why? And will web services kill the traditional EAI vendors?
