“In an unusual decision, an appeals court in Washington ruled on Friday that Oracle can copyright application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Java programming language. The ruling is a defeat for Google, which uses the APIs for its Android software, but also has implications for the technology industry as a whole, where APIs — which let computer programs speak to each other — are considered to be a basic building tool and outside the scope of copyright.
In a unanimous three-judge ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a district judge in California erred in 2012 by declaring that the APIs were simply a function or an idea, and not an expression subject to copyright protection.”
bit.ly, a popular link shortening service has reported that their account credentials may have been compromised. If you use bit.ly, read the blog post for more details.
The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society (TTCS) will host its next pizza lime on Wednesday May 14 2014, at Joe’s Pizza from 7pm to 9pm.
Agenda:
Net Neutrality and the FCC and implications for T&T
Proposed Code of conduct for using computers
Launch of knowledge.tt on May 18
Startup Weekend in June
Do you have a particular topic you would like to talk about? Send me your suggestions at secretary@ttcsweb.org
Any persons interested in computing or ICT are welcome to attend. A contribution of $50 is expected towards the food bill.
Come join us as we eat and chat about current ICT issues!
Address:
Joe’s Pizza
#5-6 Emerald Plaza
Eastern Main Road, St Augustine
Detailed Directions:
Heading East on the Eastern Main Road after UWI, just before St. John’s Road (the road with Scotia Bank), look for Emerald Plaza on your right. Take the second entrance on your right.
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in collaboration with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) will be hosting the LAC+i Roadshow event on Friday April 25 2014 from 8:30 to 4pm at the Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain at the Belmont Salon and Lounge Room
At this event, various sessions about ICANN policy issues related to domain names and IP addressing, including
generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs),
country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs),
transition to IPv6
Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Domain Name System
This event is free to attend. If you have an interest in these topics and want to learn more and ask questions, please attend!
About the LAC+i Roadshow
The LAC-i-Roadshow is one of the projects of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Strategy, a strategy that was developed by the different stakeholder groups represented at ICANN from the LAC region. It is designed to raise awareness across the region on key topics related to the DNS critical infrastructure such as the transition to IPv6, SSR (Security, Stability and Resiliency) and the impact of the new gTLD program.
Vic Gundotra, the father of Google+, today announced that he is leaving Google after eight years with the company. It’s unclear where he is going next or who will take over his position at Google. In his announcement, Gundotra says he is “looking forward to the journey yet to come.”
The Trinidad and Tobago Cybercrime Bill 2014 was introduced in the House of Representatives in March 2014 to provide for the creation of offences related to cybercrime and for other related matters in Trinidad and Tobago including
child pornography
using a computer system to set up a meeting with a child for the purpose of abusing the child.
the offence of violating a person’s privacy by capturing and sharing pictures or videos of a person’s private area without his consent.
the offence of harassment through the use of electronic means with the intent to cause emotional distress.
criminalising the act of sending multiple electronic mail messages that are unsolicited and which causes harm to a person or damage to a computer.
The NETmundial conference, a global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance began in São Paulo, Brazil on April 23 2014, with President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, signing of the Marco Civil da Internet or Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights.
The conference is being attended by over 1200 participants from 97 countries including representatives from Government, civil society, private sector, academia, and technical community with many other participating remotely.
NETmundial logo (source; NETmundial)
Day 2 continues on April 24 2014 and you can attend and participate remotely via
Microsoft Trinidad and Tobago is hosting a workshop titled “A deeper understanding of Data Sovereignty and demystifying Data Protection.” on April 29th, 2014 from 1 to 3pm at their Microsoft Office at #61 Mucurapo Road, St. James, Trinidad.
Workshop Outline:
Data Protection Issues and regulations (Financial Sector, Governments, EU model clauses)
Government access to data. Patriot Act, Law Enforcement requests; Data Sovereignty. Common myths
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in collaboration with the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) will be hosting the LAC+i Roadshow event on Friday April 25 2014 from 8:30 to 4pm at the Hilton Hotel, Port of Spain.
At this event, various sessions about ICANN policy issues related to domain names and IP addressing, including
generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs),
country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs),
transition to IPv6
Security, Stability and Resiliency of the Domain Name System
Internet Governance in the Caribbean
and more.
This event is free to attend. If you have an interest in these topics and want to learn more and ask questions, please attend!
You can read the agenda at
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BzqpE890O2UoRnh5TkRYOC05LWZZbHM2Z1ZuaUtUWnVjX1JR/edit
About the LAC+i Roadshow
The LAC-i-Roadshow is one of the projects of the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Strategy, a strategy that was developed by the different stakeholder groups represented at ICANN from the LAC region. It is designed to raise awareness across the region on key topics related to the DNS critical infrastructure such as the transition to IPv6, SSR (Security, Stability and Resiliency) and the impact of the new gTLD program.
The local section of IEEE (an Engineering organisation) together with ISOC-TT (an Internet organisation) and TTNIC (a DNS registry) will host a forum on Internet Governance on campus on Thursday May 1, 2014, from 6.30pm-8.30pm, at Room 101, Faculty of Engineering Building.The forum is titled “Internet Governance: What it is and why you should care”. All interested persons are welcome to attend.
The Working Group on Internet Governance (IG) has defined Internet governance as “the development and application by governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet”.
In this forum, Internet governance will be explained and the views of various stakeholders will be presented.
Agenda:
6.30pm-6.40pm
Welcome and introductions
Dr. Patrick Hosein, Chair of the Computer and Communications Society of the TT IEEE Section
6.40pm-7pm
A Civil Society perspective of Internet Governance
Ms. Cintra Sooknanan, Chair of the TT Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC)
7pm-7.20pm
A Government perspective of Internet Governance
Mr. Tracy Hackshaw, Vice Chair, Governmental Advisory Committee, ICANN
7.20pm-7.40pm
The Multi-Stakeholder Model with examples
Ms. Jacqueline Morris, Member of the TTNIC Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group
7.40pm-8pm
ICANN activities in the Caribbean Region
Albert Daniels, ICANN Global Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the Caribbean
8pm-8.05pm
Vote of thanks and closing remarks
Mr. Kevon Andrews, Vice Chair of the Computer and Communications Society of the TT IEEE Section
For further information please contact the IEEETT CCS Secretary at laura.bigram@gmail.com.
Abbreviations
IEETT – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Trinidad and Tobago Section
CCS – Computer and Communications Society
ISOC-TT – Internet Society Trinidad and Tobago Section
TTNIC – Trinidad and Tobago Network Information Centre
