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Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology
by gianluca quaglia May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

Driverless car: Google awarded US patent for technology A US patent for self-driving cars has been awarded to Google. The intellectual property rights relate to a method to switch a vehicle from a human-controlled mode into the state where it takes charge of the wheel. It explains how the car would know when to take control, where it is located and which direction to drive in. The search firm suggests the technology could be used to offer tours of tourist locations or to send faulty models to repair shops. The application for Transitioning a Mixed-mode Vehicle to Autonomous Mode was applied for in May, but had been hidden from public view until this week. The document describes using two sets of sensors. The first identifies a "landing strip" when the vehicle stops. This then triggers the second set which receives data informing the machine where it is positioned and where it should go. qui il resto dell'articolo http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-16197664 Qgl

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42° Mercoledì di Nexa - 9 maggio 2012
by Giuseppe Futia May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

*42° Mercoledì di Nexa* Data Protection Today: Challenges and Perspectives http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-42* * *Mercoledì 9 maggio 2012 ore 18 - 20* (2° mercoledì del mese) Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) Twitter: http://twitter.com/nexacenter Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nexa.center Live Streaming: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events On the occasion of the 42nd Nexa Wednesday, *Eleonora Bassi*, fellow at the Nexa Center for Internet & Society, and *Maria Bottis*, assistant professor at Ionian University (Information Law), will discuss the key current issue of data protection. In January 2012, the European Commission has proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules <http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11…> *to strengthen online privacy rights and boost Europe's digital economy*. It consists in a Regulation setting out a general EU framework for data protection and a Directive on protecting personal data processed for the purposes of prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of criminal offences and related judicial activities. New rules focus on: enhancing a single market for personal data, on the one hand removing unnecessary administrative requirements for companies and on the other hand increasing responsibility and accountability for personal data processing (introducing Data breach notifications, Data Protection Officers, Binding corporate rules, Data Protection Impact Assessment...), strengthening National Supervisor Authorities' powers and cooperation, reinforcing individuals' rights giving people more control over their personal data and make it easier to access it (with new rules on consent, on data portability and on the right to information). They also include the right to be forgotten, that has generated great debate. It has been created especially for the online environment: the online users' right to have their data deleted if they withdraw their consent and if there are no other legitimate grounds for retaining the data. *The meeting will be held in English and Italian (no translation provided)*. A list of previous "Mercoledì di Nexa" meetings is available here <http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi>. *Biographies: * *Eleonora Bassi*, fellow at the Nexa Center for Internet & Society. She holds a Degree in Law (cum laude) and a PhD in Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (University of Turin, 2007). Her main research fields are legal theory, privacy and data protection law, fundamental rights. In collaboration with the Nexa Center she has been involved in the EVPSI research project <http://www.evpsi.org/>, in the LAPSI Thematic Network <http://lapsi-project.eu/> and in the OPEN-DAI project <http://www.open-dai.eu/> studying privacy issues related to open data policies. *Maria Bottis*, assistant professor, Information law, Ionian University (Corfu, Greece). She holds a law Degree (with honors) from Athens Law School, a LLM degree (Cambridge Law School, UK, 1991), a LLM degree (Yale Law School, 1992) and a PhD on medical information law (University of Athens). She was appointed a Faculty Fellow at Harvard University, Center for Ethics and the Professions <http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/> (2000-2001). She is an elected member of the board of the International Society for Ethics and Technology <http://inseit.net/> and author of many books and international publications on data protection, digital divide, library ethics, privacy medical/health law and intellectual property. * **Recommended readings and links*: - The proposal of the European Commission <http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/document/review2012/com_2012_11…> to reform of the EU's 1995 data protection rules - EU Data Protection Reform <http://www.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/edps/site/mySite/Reform_package> - Article 29 Data Protection Working Party <http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/documentation/opinio…> *Ufficio Stampa Centro NEXA su Internet & Società:* Giuseppe Futia NEXA Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica Tel. +39 011 090 7219

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Fwd: [ NNSquad ] Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

(in mobilità) Begin forwarded message: > From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren(a)vortex.com> > Date: 07 maggio 2012 21:02:34 CEST > To: nnsquad(a)nnsquad.org > Subject: [ NNSquad ] Jury rules Google violated copyright law, Google moves for mistrial > > > http://j.mp/KfNoNn (ars technica) > > "In what could be a major blow to Android, Google's mobile operating > system, a San Francisco jury issued a verdict today that the company > broke copyright laws when it used Java APIs to design the system. The > ruling is a partial victory for Oracle, which accused Google of > violating copyright law. But the jury couldn't reach agreement on a > second critical issue-whether Google had a valid "fair use" defense > when it used the APIs. Google has asked for a mistrial based on the > incomplete verdict, and that issue will be briefed later this week." > > - - - > > If this kind of insanity had been present decades ago, the entire > Internet, such as it might be, could be essentially owned by AT&T, and > all PCs manufactured perhaps only by IBM. And every commercial (at > least) program written would require payments to whomever managed to > claim ownership of a programming language first. This kind of > "intellectual property" madness is costing us billions and billions of > dollars, and increasingly holding back innovation as would-be > innovators fear someone coming after them demanding payments for > almost every line of code they write. > > --Lauren-- > Lauren Weinstein (lauren(a)vortex.com) http://www.vortex.com/lauren > Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org > Founder: > - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org > - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org > - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org > - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com > Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy > Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com > Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren / Twitter: http://vortex.com/t-lauren > Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com > _______________________________________________ > nnsquad mailing list > http://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad >

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moglen e la sua freedombox
by Simone Aliprandi May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

Riprendendo l'interessante intervista raccolta da Anna Masera e pubblicata la scorsa settimana, ho scritto un breve articolo sulla FreedomBox promossa da Moglen. L'avvocato hacker punta ancora il dito contro il cloud computing, i grandi social network e tutti quei servizi che, con l’esca seducente della gratuità e della comodità (e spesso anche quella più subdola del "ce l’hanno tutti; devo averlo anch’io!"), portano a rinunciare a buone fette della nostra privacy e del controllo sui nostri dati. Leggi l'intero articolo: http://www.apogeonline.com/webzine/2012/05/07/inscatolata-la-liberta Un caro saluto. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org

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Coursera
by vale.it.newsletters＠gmail.com May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

Mi sembra un'ottima iniziativa. V https://www.coursera.org/ > Education for Everyone. > > We offer courses from the top universities, for free. > Learn from world-class professors, watch high quality lectures, achieve mastery via interactive exercises, and collaborate with a global community of students. > > About Coursera > > We offer high quality courses from the top universities, for free to everyone. We currently host courses from Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, and University of Pennsylvania. We are changing the face of education globally, and we invite you to join us.

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Autoprogettazione 2.0 – una Call of Ideas per il design in Creative Commons
by Davide Gomba May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

Ciao a tutti. mi sembra doveroso condividere l'esito di questa meravigliosa esperienza con gli amici di NEXA, che leggo quotidianamente. http://www.fablabtorino.org/2012/05/autoprogettazione-2-0-una-call-of-ideas… Buona giornata Gomba

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Fwd: [isoc-advisory-council] ISOC Statement on CISPA
by Laura Abba May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

>Quote: The Internet Society (ISOC) is concerned about cybersecurity >legislation currently under consideration in the United States. The >proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was >passed last week by the House of Representatives and cybersecurity >legislation may go to the Senate floor this month. CISPA aims to >provide more effective channels of communication across different >federal agencies and private entities in relation to online threats. >While the Internet Society recognizes the need for national >security, it is concerned about the potentially broad scope of CISPA >and the consequent impact this legislation might have on users' >rights, especially in relation to online privacy. We are also >concerned that the draft bill might bypass existing legal and >private contractual obligations to protect Internet users' privacy, >and lacks judicial oversight. Furthermore, placing burdensome >security roles on intermediaries may, as an unintended consequence, >have a negative impact on innovation, service delivery, and, >ultimately, future investment and economic growth. Lastly, we are >also concerned that the United States, given its leadership role in >Internet technology, may give the wrong signal to other governments >and invite them to adopt measures or pass legislation that could >harm the open and free Internet. > >The Internet Society expresses its hope that the U.S. Senate will >address privacy considerations and protect citizens' rights and >civil liberties in any future cybersecurity legislation. Unquote. -- _______________________________________________ LAURA ABBA Technical Executive (Dirigente Tecnologo) CNR IIT Internet Governance Secretariat CNR Italian National Research Council IIT Institute for Informatics and Telematics Via G. Moruzzi, 1- 56126 Pisa, (ITALY) _______________________________________________ phone: +39 050 3152633 mobile: +39 348 7981001 fax: +39 050 3152593 e-mail: laura.abba(a)cnr.it webpage: http://www.iit.cnr.it/en/node/201 _______________________________________________

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Fwd: copyleft-italia call for thesis
by Norberto Patrignani May 7, 2012

May 7, 2012

Carissim*, dato che il tema copyleft e' uno dei piu' importanti dell'etica applicata, computer ethics, etc. vi segnalo che AICA assegna anche dei premi per tesi di laurea sulla computer ethics --- Il tema della Etica e Tecnologie dell'informazione e della Comunicazione (o Computer Ethics) e' sempre piu' di attualita' nella societa' dell'informazione e della conoscenza... http://www.aicanet.it/attivita/premi-di-laurea-aica-rotary-international-su… --- ciao Norberto -------- Messaggio originale -------- Oggetto: [nexa] copyleft-italia call for thesis Data: Fri, 4 May 2012 12:49:14 +0200 Mittente: Simone Aliprandi <simone.aliprandi(a)gmail.com> A: nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it, community <community(a)creativecommons.it>, cc-it <cc-it(a)lists.ibiblio.org> Il Progetto Copyleft-Italia.it vuole raccogliere tutte le tesi (di laurea, di master, di dottorato) relative al tema delle nuove frontiere del diritto d'autore. In questi anni di attività del progetto, sono stati molti gli studenti che ci hanno contattato chiedendo informazioni per la stesura della loro tesi, e siamo sicuri che ce ne sono tanti altri che hanno fatto un lavoro interessante. Sarebbe davvero un peccato che questo sforzo di ricerca, rielaborazione e scrittura resti chiuso in un cassetto e non venga condiviso. Vi invitiamo quindi a sottoporci i vostri elaborati, affinchè possiamo valutarli e pubblicarli in un'apposita sezione del nostro sito. Al sito http://www.copyleft-italia.it/call-thesis trovate tutti i dettagli dell'iniziativa. Un caro saluto a tutti. -- Simone Aliprandi - http://www.aliprandi.org _______________________________________________ nexa mailing list nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

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Viviane Reding on Data protection Law Reform Proposal - 3 May 2012
by eleonora.bassi＠unito.it May 5, 2012

May 5, 2012

--FYI-- Viviane Reding Vice-President of the European Commission, EU Justice Commissioner Strong and independent data protection authorities: the bedrock of the EU's data protection reform Spring Conference of European Data Protection Authorities Luxembourg 3 May 2012 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/316&type=…

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http://www.produzionidalbasso.com/
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 5, 2012

May 5, 2012

Conoscevate? http://www.produzionidalbasso.com/ juan carlos

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