Archive for: September 2008

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) will bring together more than 100 public and private organizations to develop a national strategy on child safety on the web.

PM Gordon Brown said “Some people call the internet a slanging match without an umpire. The challenge for us is to make sure young people can use the internet safely and do so with the minimum of restrictions but the maximum of opportunities.”

Takes a little while to start.

This is the first couple of hours only. Full video & audio and speaker list to follow.

Here is video of the US Senate Commerce Committee’s hearing ‘Broadband Providers and Consumer Privacy‘ held on Sep 25 2008.

Here is video of the US Senate Commerce Committee’s hearing ‘Why Broadband Matters‘ held on Sep 16 2008.

On Monday, September 29th at 10:00 AM, Council Member Gale A. Brewer (D-Manhattan), Chair of the Technology in Government Committee, will hold a hearing regarding the FCC’s plans to shutdown the analog frequency in 2009, which will create a huge “white space.”

 
The next few days are filled with ISOC-NY-related activity, including OneWebDay, Software Freedom Day, the initial lecture in Evan Korth’s Computers and Society series, and last but not least, ISOC-NY’s September monthly meeting.

On Oct 1 2008 Infoblox will present DNS expert Cricket Liu at the Microsoft Conference Center in an interactive discussion on the very latest information about recently discovered flaws in DNS software, plus a session on best practices architecture for DNS and DHCP, specifically for Microsoft environments.  Cost free. Breakfast & lunch included.

On Sept. 23 at 7 p.m., PS 40, 265 Ralph Avenue [map], DA Charles Hynes and Council Member Darlene Mealy will be talking about internet safety awareness

Vint Cerf talks about the Future of the Internet in a a message sent to the participants at the 1st Regional ccTLD conference in Sofia, Bulgaria

Tim Berners-Lee has announced the formation of the World Wide Web Foundation, a new group awarded a $5m seed grant to advance the web and increase its openness.

“The mission of the Foundation is to advance a web that is free and open, to expand the web’s capability and robustness and to extend the web’s capabilities to all people on the planet,” Berners-Lee said at the launch of the group in Washington.

The Foundation is backed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which pledged the $5m grant over a five-year period.

On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 10:30 AM (EST) The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation will receive testimony regarding the consumer benefits of broadband service in areas such as education, job opportunities, telemedicine, and access to government resources. link

See http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=409 for webcast