On Monday March 30 2009 Governor David A. Paterson’s Recovery Cabinet held a Broadband Stimulus Information Session
Downloads of the webcast can be found here – The windows media version appears to have much better audio than the others.
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An informative article in the latest issue of Popular Science goes into some detail as to the measures taken to protect the fundamental hardware of the Internet.
Today: Tuesday, March 31st, Richard Stallman, the founder of the free software movement, will speak about the legitimate purpose of copyright in the context of modern technology and current legal trends. The event is open to all, so tell friends and associates and we will fill the auditorium. No RSVP is necessary.
When: 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 31s
Where: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Moot Court Room (1st Floor)
55 Fifth Avenue (near 12th Street),
A reception with food and drinks will follow at 8:00 p.m.
More information : http://www.fsf.org/events/20090331newyork/ .
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On Mar 10-12 2009 Saul Hansell addressed the Broadband topic in a 3 part series in the New York Times. The series attracted over 200 comments from the public.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/tag/broadband-gap/
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As part of the IETF 74 meeting in San Francisco, on 24 March the Internet Society organized a panel of experts from industry and other thought leaders on the to discuss the pressing need to adopt Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to ensure the continued growth of the Internet as a platform for innovation.
IPv6 is the next generation Internet Protocol (IP) standard intended to supplement, and eventually replace, the IPv4 protocol most Internet services use today. To help ensure the continued rapid growth of the Internet as a platform for innovation, IPv6 tackles some of IPv4’s shortcomings – most notably a limited amount of remaining addresses. While the technical foundations of IPv6 are well established, significant work remains to deploy and begin using IPv6 capabilities.
Because IPv6 is central to the continued growth and stability of the Internet, the Internet Society is working with its members and other organizations to promote its deployment by sharing information and helping to build the required operational capability among the Internet community.
More information, including panelist bios and slides: http://www.isoc.org/isoc/conferences/ipv6panel/
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On Thursday, March 26 Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and Council Member Gale A. Brewer Present: Are Your Children Safe from Internet Dangers? Learn How to Protect Your Kids from Sexual Predators and CyberCrimes, presented by: Investigator Ken Morgan
This presentation – Your Child’s D.I.G.I.T.A.L Life – will help you:
* Understand and supervise your children’s online life.
* Protect your children from online dangers – cyberbullying, identity theft, pornography and sexual predators.
* Prevent your children from becoming victims in real life.
WHEN: Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 PM
WHERE: Public School 199, 270 West 70th Street, New York, NY 10023.
FREE. ALL WELCOME.
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Audio of the NYC Broadband Advisory Committee’s Staten Island public hearing on Thursday Mar 5 is now available here. Video and summaries will follow.
High quality audio and video of last Friday’s Has Divestiture Worked? event @ NYU can now be found below.
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Zittrain (from 2004) sets us straight:
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The Berkman Center at Harvard has announced an new extension to their Herdict “verdicts of the herd” project.. Herdict Web aggregates reports of inaccessible sites, allowing users to compare data to see if inacessibility is a shared problem. By crowd-sourcing data from around the world, Herdict can then document accessibility for any web site.
A nifty explanatory video has been produced:
The NYC Broadband Advisory Committee will hold its fifth public hearing in Staten Island on March 5 2009.
WHEN: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 11 AM – 3 PM
WHERE: CUNY College of Staten Island (Building 1P)
Recital Hall, The Center for the Arts
2800 Victory Boulevard
Staten Island, NY 10314 [map] [travel info]
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ICANN has produced a revised version of its gTLD Applicants Handbook.
Many alterations/additions have been made in provisions for “community-based” and “geographic name” applicants that will be of particular interest to potential applicants for a .nyc TLD. In particular details of ‘comparative evaluation’ procedures for competing applications are enumerated, as are the processes for individual or community based objections to applications.
Initial application fees will be $185,100. Notably, those repeating applications from the 2000 round will get a $86,000 discount.
An edited version of some relevant provisions is below.
ISOC-NY in conjunction with the Open Infrastructure Alliance (OIA) is presenting
Has Divestiture Worked? A 25th Anniversary Assessment of the Breakup of AT&T
– a symposium that marks the quarter-centennial of the sundering of Ma Bell.
DATE: FRIDAY, MARCH 6th, 2009 TIME: 6PM-9PM
LOCATION: New York University, Warren Weaver Hall (251 Mercer), Room 109
PRICE: ADMISSION IS FREE. (RSVP requested to: rsvp@bway.net)
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ISOC-NY’s February general meeting will take place on Thursday Feb 19 2009 @ 7pm.
* Note that this meeting is now set to begin at the regular time of 7pm.
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ISOC-NY’s January general meeting will take place on Tuesday Jan 13 2009.
* Date: Jan 13, 2009
* Time 7pm – 9pm
* Location: Room 317, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th) (See note below)
ISXubuntu WG Meeting
A meeting of ISOC-NY’s ISXubuntu working group will take place on Wednesday Jan 14 2009.
* Date: Jan 14, 2009
* Time 7pm – 8pm
* Location: Room 317, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street NYC (SW corner of West 4th) (See note below)