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“Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity” — [This is a rough unedited crib of the actual talk] — Citation: boyd, danah. 2010. “Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity.” SXSW. Austin, Texas, March 13. — Good afternoon! — Let me begin by saying that I'm tremendously honored to be here doing the welcoming keynote at SXSW.
Zoom is kind of like Mitsubishi — it sort of does it all. Months after shipping one of the greatest pocket audio recorders every known to man, the company is now hitting back with none other than a pair of guitar effects pedals. The G2Nu and G2.1Nu boards both feature 100 preset guitar sounds, 20 of which have purportedly been given the almighty thumbs-up from Steve Vai. If you’re curious about differences, the latter adds a built-in expression pedal for additional control, but frankly, the expected capabilities aren’t what we’re interested in. Both devices sport integrated USB ports that enable them to operate as audio interfaces; in other words, axe slingers can record directly to their computer through this box, and the 1.9-inch display helps you keep track of what’s going on. Regrettably, pricing and availability details have been conveniently omitted, but we suspect it’ll be hitting Sam Ash, Sweetwater and the rest of the gang soonish.
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Ray Muzyka, chief executive of popular video game-maker BioWare, spoke at our GamesBeat@GDC conference in San Francisco about building game franchises. While onstage, Muzyka talked about his Electronic Arts-owned company’s upcoming games in the Star Wars, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age franchises — all across BioWare’s “future portfolio,” he said it’s shifting toward selling games as an ongoing service rather than a standalone product.
Afterwards, I did a brief video interview with Muzyka, during which he elaborated on how his BioWare’s business model is changing, described the company’s new games and downloadable content (DLC), and offered his advice for up-and-coming game entrepreneurs.
See all our coverage from GamesBeat@GDC.
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The details are slim to none on this one, but we’re all about a good pocket cam rumor. According to the usually-reliable Business Insider Cisco will launch a new set of Flip camcorders around the NAB show which runs from April 12-15, but we don’t have any specs yet. Come on Cisco, now you’ve got us guessing not only about the future of the Internet, but also if your newest Flip will support 1080p. Told you we didn’t know much, but we’ll obviously be keeping an eye out for more.
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Sorry, everybody who bought a Zune HD! You screwed up. It won’t be a part of the XNA Game Studio 4.0 party—meaning it won’t play those new mobile Xbox Live games for Windows Phone 7—unlike the Zune HD2. More »
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We’ve remarked in the past that TiVo is slowly dying and the latest numbers from the company aren’t making us any more optimistic: More »
Everyone likes watching the Oscars at a party, and we’re having our very own! It’s going to be here in the comments section. You’re invited to come talk trash about Hollywood. Why? Because we like you, we really like you. More »
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We’ve come across plenty of robots that were controlled by phones before, but usually those phones were being controlled by human hands. Some California hackers, however, are building bots that put Android to work for their robo-brainpower. More »
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Apple’s lawsuit against HTC made one thing clear: Steve. Jobs. Will. Cut You. And with all the patents they’ve got? Nobody’s safe. Here’s who’s next on the subpoena warpath: More »
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Department of Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said today that the federal government is stepping up its efforts to protect Americans from increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. It will do so by preparing to prevent and preempt attacks, without compromising privacy, she said.
She said she met hockey star Wayne Gretzky during the recent final game for the Gold Medal in hockey at the Olympics, and she recalled how he said that he doesn’t skate to where the puck is, but where it will be. The same applies for anticipating cyber attacks.
Under President Obama, protection of the nation’s cyber infrastructure is viewed as both an issue of national and economic security, Napolitano said in a speech at the RSA security conference in San Francisco today. Her speech follows one yesterday by Howard Schmidt, the new White House national cybersecurity coordinator.
“We don’t live in a static world,” she said. “We have to evolve to deal with the threats.”
The federal government’s goal is to protect cyberspace, making it safe and secure and encouraging cyber security knowledge and innovation. It is working with private industries to protect infrastructure of the Internet that is owned by both federal and private parties.
One project is Einstein, an effort to protect federal agencies. Basic protection has been added under Einstein, but now the government is moving on to the idea of preventing attacks before they can happen. The effort mirrors attempts to anticipate terrorist attacks to head off the cyber equivalent of 9/11.
Napolitano said that the government is also reviewing the resiliency of networks to make sure that, if there are attacks, they can’t take down all of the network and that recovery can be quick. She said the collaborative work is happening, but was short on the details.
“We want to ensure that the Department of Homeland Security has the legal authority and financial resources to act and retain the top talent that it needs,” she said. “We have to make the system writ large, safe and secure.”
She asked the conference attendees to redouble efforts to increase security and improve their products so that the security is automatic and the reaction to attacks can happen at Internet speed. She wants the industry to make interoperable products and privacy-enhancing authentication. And she called for the industry to increase public awareness and set up a competition to do so. The DHS National Cyber Challenge contest closes on April 30 and details are on the DHS web site. The investment in this educational campaign will be big; Napolitano compared it to the scale of campaigns to stop smoking and prevent forest fires via Smoky the Bear.
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Bourne Energy’s BPP-2 puts a 30-pound, 500-watt generating hydroelectric plant on your back. That’s like being able to walk around with 60 solar panels. And when civilization finally collapses, I’ll be dragging mine to an as yet undisclosed location. More »
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The DVE Immersion room might well be the most impressive holographic telepresence setup for sharing 3D Powerpoint presentations ever (better than anything you could buy), but their promo video feels like it was produced by OCP in Robocop. More »
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Neil Young’s father, Scott Young, was a hockey writer who authored classic books like “Scrubs on Skates.”
So it seemed appropriate that his son, one of Canada’s great musical artists, was expected to be among the performers Sunday night for the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
It was the night of the full moon, which rose over North America like a celestial hockey puck after Canada won the hockey gold medal by defeating the United States, 3-2, on a goal in sudden-death overtime by Sidney Crosby.
Sudden-death is the appropriate term for Crosby, a skilled opportunist who plays with a lethal instinct.
He materializes from the edge of action like a wraith in the mist. The best team barely won Sunday and Crosby was its best player.
His wrist shot between the pads of Ryan Miller ended a clean, hard match of exquisite ebb and flow that elevated the profile of the sport and enhanced its appeal.
Crosby showed tears and a big smile before getting his gold medal and skating with the Canadian flag. “Hockey’s in really good shape,” he told NBC.
It sure was on this day and in this tournament, the best feature of an entertaining Olympics, a natural team competition that felt legitimate compared to some of the newer stunt sports contrived to showcase acrobatic daredevils for American audiences.
In two weeks of competition, the silver-medal Americans were better than expected; the Russians were far worse. The Slovaks were impressive; the bronze-medal Finns were hard to figure.
And thanks to NBC for staying with the entire post-game scene Sunday and not breaking for any commercials.
For the most part, its telecasts this time around showed respect for the sport and a new awareness of which camera angles work well and which ones do not.
One quibble about Sunday’s telecast was the intrusion of sounds from unseen replays that leaked onto the live audio several times.
You could hear them even over the non-stop chatter of Ed Olczyk, who knows a lot about hockey but rarely comes to the end of a sentence or a thought.
At one point, during the medal ceremonies, the play-by-play man, Mike Emrick, had to gently suggest that it would be good to listen to the public address announcer. Olczyk finally took the hint.
And then there were the flowers and the medals and the flag and the red Mounties and “O Canada!” in a big arena singing scene that seemed sacramental, like a ritual in a cathedral.
It was quite the way to end a game, a tournament and an Olympics. No, the American hockey players did not quite win, despite a clutch comeback, but it is hard to call them losers.
Both teams merit praise. In the words of the Joni Mitchell song from the opening ceremonies, you could appreciate “both sides now” and salute them for a terrific conclusion.
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It’s possible that you’ve been reading reports of Microsoft’s body-sensing Project Natal with some skepticism, wondering, “how well can this cockamamie setup possibly work?” Well, going by this video of it perfectly tracking a guy breakdancing, pretty damn well. More »
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