On this week's Tech Weekly, Aleks Krotoski is joined by Observer columnist and professor of public engagement with technology at Cambridge University John Naughton and Guardian technology editor Charles Arthur.
The trio talk about the fallout of three of the biggest stories to rock the technology ocean this week. Making waves are the reshuffle at Rim - what happened in the last year that's seen this market leader take a dramatic tumble and cost the chief executives their jobs? What's the next for Sopa, now that the Us Congress has shelved the current wording of the copyright bills, and what, asks John, does this say about our new concepts of ownership in a digital world? And is it the end of an era, now that film giant Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection? John takes the long view, reminding us that it wasn't so long ago we thought Xerox was infallible.
The trio talk about the fallout of three of the biggest stories to rock the technology ocean this week. Making waves are the reshuffle at Rim - what happened in the last year that's seen this market leader take a dramatic tumble and cost the chief executives their jobs? What's the next for Sopa, now that the Us Congress has shelved the current wording of the copyright bills, and what, asks John, does this say about our new concepts of ownership in a digital world? And is it the end of an era, now that film giant Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection? John takes the long view, reminding us that it wasn't so long ago we thought Xerox was infallible.
- 1/24/2012
- by Scott Cawley, Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, John Naughton
- The Guardian - Film News
Joining Aleks Krotoski, Jemima Kiss and Charles Arthur this week is Paul Walsh from MetaCert, the company contracted by the ICM Registry to classify the content of the new crop of .xxx web addresses, to be launched later this year. Paul talks the pod team through what makes the cut and what doesn't, and how MetaCert rates content for a global audience.
The team also speak with Chris Marcich, president and managing director of the Motion Picture Association of America's European office, which recently won a landmark cake against BT. The ISP was asked to block access to Newzbin2, a site known to share links to copyrighted content. Marchich parries the debate about the legal and political implications of an ISP as arbiter of acceptable content.
Also in this week's podcast, why Google Chrome has become the second most popular web browser in the UK, behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ahead of Mozilla's Firefox,...
The team also speak with Chris Marcich, president and managing director of the Motion Picture Association of America's European office, which recently won a landmark cake against BT. The ISP was asked to block access to Newzbin2, a site known to share links to copyrighted content. Marchich parries the debate about the legal and political implications of an ISP as arbiter of acceptable content.
Also in this week's podcast, why Google Chrome has become the second most popular web browser in the UK, behind Microsoft's Internet Explorer and ahead of Mozilla's Firefox,...
- 8/2/2011
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur and Jemima Kiss are reunited in the Tech Weekly studio this week to discuss the latest headlines across the technosphere.
Google+ is top of the agenda, as the social network is rolled out to early adopters. Charles and Jemima are sceptical: what really makes a crucial social networking space? Facebook's relationship with Skype is also under the microscope, as is the future of the 6,000 patents won by a consortium of tech companies versus the coalition between Google and Intel.
The team dissect the implications of the extradition requests coming from the Us for a 23-year-old British student whose .com website streamed unlicensed television material. The case has been brought forward by the Us authorities because the domain is registered in the Us, but the server and the site reside outside that country. Does this hearing represent the future of domiciled copyright ownership, and what will happen...
Google+ is top of the agenda, as the social network is rolled out to early adopters. Charles and Jemima are sceptical: what really makes a crucial social networking space? Facebook's relationship with Skype is also under the microscope, as is the future of the 6,000 patents won by a consortium of tech companies versus the coalition between Google and Intel.
The team dissect the implications of the extradition requests coming from the Us for a 23-year-old British student whose .com website streamed unlicensed television material. The case has been brought forward by the Us authorities because the domain is registered in the Us, but the server and the site reside outside that country. Does this hearing represent the future of domiciled copyright ownership, and what will happen...
- 7/5/2011
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
Join Aleks Krotoski, Jemima Kiss, Gia Milinovich and Charles Arthur for the latest technology news. This week, they dissect The Social Network, often referred to as The Facebook Movie, because it documents the rise and rise and rise of the most popular social networking site in the world. 500 million users can't be wrong, right? Charles, Jemima and Gia report back from this week's special preview screening.
Also this week, the virtual and the real worlds are under threat from hackers. An Iranian nuclear power plant has been infiltrated by a computer worm that attacks the integral systems of the plant's workings. Charles suggests it's a government job, and Gia gets excited about nuclear espionage.
Alexander Hanff from Privacy International gives us the implications of the 750 Mb file accidentally revealed on the Acs:Law website after it was taken down by members of the 4Chan social network - and what legal recourse...
Also this week, the virtual and the real worlds are under threat from hackers. An Iranian nuclear power plant has been infiltrated by a computer worm that attacks the integral systems of the plant's workings. Charles suggests it's a government job, and Gia gets excited about nuclear espionage.
Alexander Hanff from Privacy International gives us the implications of the 750 Mb file accidentally revealed on the Acs:Law website after it was taken down by members of the 4Chan social network - and what legal recourse...
- 9/29/2010
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
The UK is heading to the polling booths to vote for its new Parliament on 6 May. This year, the main parties have made Britain's digital future a central issue in their election promises, releasing technology manifestos and making speeches about how they will promote the country's thriving technology industry.
We want to know just what each party plans for the digital economy, how they'll curb piracy and filesharing, where they stand on intellectual property copyright reforms, how they'll fund rural broadband penetration, and what they intend to do with the library of government data.
Joining us for this week's programme are Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham, financial secretary to the Treasury, and minister for Digital Britain; Jeremy Hunt, Conservative MP for South West Surrey
and shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and Lord
Razzall, the Liberal Democrat's spokesperson for business, enterprise
and regulatory reform.
Also...
We want to know just what each party plans for the digital economy, how they'll curb piracy and filesharing, where they stand on intellectual property copyright reforms, how they'll fund rural broadband penetration, and what they intend to do with the library of government data.
Joining us for this week's programme are Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham, financial secretary to the Treasury, and minister for Digital Britain; Jeremy Hunt, Conservative MP for South West Surrey
and shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, and Lord
Razzall, the Liberal Democrat's spokesperson for business, enterprise
and regulatory reform.
Also...
- 4/29/2010
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Jemima Kiss, Scott Cawley, Jeremy Hunt, Stephen Timms
- The Guardian - Film News
After almost two years of debate, the controversial digital economy bill has passed into law. Fergal Sharkey, chief executive officer of UK Music, and Jim Killock, the executive director of the Open Rights Group debate the implications of the act in this week's programme.
The Digital Economy Act 2010 outlines the government's solution to online piracy, and seeks to provide a boost to the valuable British creative sector and is a vast and sprawling act that has ignited an extraordinary debate that strikes at the heart of digital rights.
The act will force internet service providers to protect the rights of content providers - people like musicians, film-makers and photographers. It also offers unprecedented control over the digital spectrum; that includes the right to blacklist websites that illegally distribute copyrighted material. Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur chair the debate.
Charles also speaks to people involved in inclusive design - design which...
The Digital Economy Act 2010 outlines the government's solution to online piracy, and seeks to provide a boost to the valuable British creative sector and is a vast and sprawling act that has ignited an extraordinary debate that strikes at the heart of digital rights.
The act will force internet service providers to protect the rights of content providers - people like musicians, film-makers and photographers. It also offers unprecedented control over the digital spectrum; that includes the right to blacklist websites that illegally distribute copyrighted material. Aleks Krotoski and Charles Arthur chair the debate.
Charles also speaks to people involved in inclusive design - design which...
- 4/14/2010
- by Aleks Krotoski, Charles Arthur, Feargal Sharkey, Jim Killock, Scott Cawley
- The Guardian - Film News
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