Thursday, April 10, 2003

Tech--privacy's friend or foe?. A group of researchers is out to prove that though technology has created many of society's privacy concerns, it can protect our liberties in the future. [CNET News.com] comment [] 6:04:36 PM    

A Top Ten Issue candidate

Investment in R&D is hitting tough times as national and state governments weather the economic downturn.  Labs such as MIT's media lab are teetering towards irrelevance.  How can this be good for the future of technology?  Will general research fall subject to the short term needs of the economy for quick fixes?  Or, is this just a cyclical adjustment?

The Lab That Fell to Earth. Once the center of the technology research universe, the storied MIT Media Lab is teetering on the brink of breakup -- or worse, irrelevance. By Brendan I. Koerner from Wired magazine. [Wired News]

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