CSC115 Links



  • Spies threaten U.S. electric grid
  • http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html

  • Scientists In Politics
  • http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/14/956359/-Why-There-Are-So-Few-Scientists-And-Engineers-In-Politics#

  • Physicists in Congress Calculate Their Influence
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/science/10phys.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

  • Can You Count on Voting Machines?
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/06/magazine/06Vote-t.html

  • Cable Companies Target Commercials to Audience
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/business/04cable.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=&st=nyt

  • Computer Experts Unite to Hunt Worm
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/technology/19worm.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

  • Google, British military discuss Google Earth use in attacks
  • http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6150596-7.html

  • Google Street View: Private moments captured
  • http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/3345004/Google-Street-View-Private-moments-captured.html

  • ROBOTS HAVE RIPE STUFF (Farmer Robots)
  • http://www.nypost.com/seven/04112009/news/nationalnews/robots_have_ripe_stuff_163911.htm

  • A Serious Threat to Online Trust ( A compromising digital signature algorithm)
  • http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/site/blog/post/a_serious_threat_to_online_trust/

  • Expert: Botnets No. 1 emerging Internet threat
  • http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/01/31/furst/

  • Airport scanners take “naked” pics
  • http://news.aol.com/article/airport-scanners-naked-pictures/488332?icid=main|hp-desktop|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Fairport-scanners-naked-pictures%2F488332

  • Cyber attacks have wide reach.  GAO Report
  • www.gao.gov/assets/660/652170.pdf‎

  • surveillance of voice mail and email
  • https://ssd.eff.org/3rdparties/protect/email-webmail

  • The power of the social media (e.g. facebook, twitter, and text)
  • http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_how_cellphones_twitter_facebook_can_make_history.html

  • Do you have to be careful posting on a social network?
  • http://nsit.uchicago.edu/services/safecomputing/tmi/

  • Society’s technology dependence movie “Live free or die hard”
  • http://www.sidereel.com/Live_Free_Or_Die_Hard
    http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/5.05/netizen.html

  • Who owns my purchased cell phone?
  • http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124692204445002607.html

  • Google Chrome as Big Brother?
  • http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/02/05/big-brother-uh-google-watching-your-every-move

  • How to protect your name?  Google Insurance?
  • http://www.reputation.com/reputationwatch/articles/how-protect-your-online-reputation-and-clean-your-search-results

  • How safe is my computer applications? Microsoft’s answer.
  • http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/microsoft-shows-off-experimental

  • What kind of university should the US have?  The 5 minute one?
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO8x8eoU3L4

  • The pervasive computer and music. Pandora.com and DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998) guidelines for streaming Internet radio
  • http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pandora.htm/printable

  • Society’s dependence on email.  How stable is it?
  • http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/awful_case_of_fail_Tg0lhuC5i0jVCXnIh0mcsJ

  • Should ISPs be allowed to control traffic content?  The issue of net neutrality.
  • http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125329467451823485.html

  • How should we handle academic freedom in cyberspace?
  • http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2009/SO/Feat/onei.htm

  • Should search engines be allowed to infringe on trademarks in their advertisements?
  • http://news.cnet.com/2100-1024_3-5113673.html
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/05/13/google_adwords_fuss/

  • Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man
  • http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/26/science/26robot.html

  • Stifling scientific research with the new international copyright protection agreements
  • http://69.18.221.209/pdfs/oncampus/oc_janfeb10.pdf

  • Scientists and Engineers in the 111th  Congress
  • http://sharp.sefora.org/issues/111th-congress-degrees-by-type/

  • Social Network Dangers
  • http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-accounts-sold-russian-hacker-kirllos-user-logins/story?id=10461717

  • Example National Security Threat from social network
  • http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/jul/24/social-networking-spy-robin-sage