Communication between individuals at great distances has progressed from postal mail to the telephone to email and finally video conferencing or telepresence. Telepresence has grown to encompass more technologies than simply video conferencing. Speaking with another person remotely has become so sophisticated that it does not feel like the other person is far away. Despite… Continue reading What Is Robotic Telepresence?
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The Implications Of ICANN’S Reveal Day
ICANN’s stands for Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It is a non-profit organisation setup by United States government in 1998 to organise and hold all the web addresses available online. All top level domain name disputes are handled by ICANN in correspondence from the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Recently, ICANN presented over… Continue reading The Implications Of ICANN’S Reveal Day
What Will Happen To Our Online Data In The Future?
The issue of data handling still never bothers us now. We are in the era wherein everything seems stable. But imagine one day, may be a hundred or so years from now. Will we still be able to access the data that we uploaded in social media sites, email accounts, or in any other online… Continue reading What Will Happen To Our Online Data In The Future?
Implications Of SOPA And PIPA
The issue of Internet copyright laws has been front-page news since the famous Napster lawsuits of the early 2000s. Since then, high-speed Internet connections have increased the ease with which copyrighted material can be traded online and sites that engage in file sharing have proliferated. This has made the situation even more complicated. Introducing SOPA… Continue reading Implications Of SOPA And PIPA