Incredible, never knew the complexity of the Formula 1 Steering Wheel. Wired has more details at http://www.wired.com/2014/05/formula-1-steering-wheels/
Incredible, never knew the complexity of the Formula 1 Steering Wheel. Wired has more details at http://www.wired.com/2014/05/formula-1-steering-wheels/
GigaOM:
“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.”
Read the rest of the article at
http://gigaom.com/2014/05/09/tech-world-stunned-as-court-rules-oracle-can-own-apis-google-loses-copyright-appeal/
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.
bitly blog — Urgent Security Update Regarding Your Bitly Account.
(updated May 13 2014 with agenda topics)
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:
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.
See you there!
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
and more.
Read the full agenda at LAC+iLAC-Road-Show-Trinidad
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.”
via Vic Gundotra, The Father Of Google+, Is Leaving Google After 8 Years | TechCrunch.
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
The Bill can be viewed at http://www.ttparliament.org/legislations/b2014h05g.pdf
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.
Day 2 continues on April 24 2014 and you can attend and participate remotely via
Other relevant links:
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:
To register please email: v-pajose@microsoft.com or moragb@microsoft.com
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
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
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.