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• Why we need Legal-Technical solution
  This is basically a technical problem of how to make a system secure.
  
  Consider a banking system which allows you to login to their website and say, lets you view your balance. Till few (actually a lot) years back, you would go to a bank with your id, and ask for this info. On id verification, you would be given the information. Now the bank gives you a user name and a password and lets you view it yourself. In the process following things are done:
  1. Id verification using user name and password.
  2. Restricting access, as only authorised user can access his own details.
  3. Storing the data only in bank's own system, which can be accessed only by authorised users.
  4. Restricting type of users, only you and authorised bank employee can view the info
  5. Save on the costs of manually giving info
  
  If bank kept all this data on every users computer, it will not be secure. Also, if bank did not manage who all can be the users and types of users, still there will be loopholes in the system. If the bank gave this information in unsecured way(e.g. not encrypted), it will not be secure. Lastly, if the user downloads the date and stores on a public computer, it will not be secure.
  
  We need a similar system that manages the personal information of people. It can be a private company or government organisation which manages the data, stores only at in one computerised system (with proper backup) and provides it to "only" authorised parties, which are only the users themselves and the IRS. Nobody else should get this data.
  For transacting business - payments etc, it will work similar to Google checkout. In google checkout, you register your credit card account info with google. Then you just provide your google account details on various websites while buying or selling. The websites interact with google servers and actual personal data is never passed on to them.

  August 14, 2006

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• Both wrong :)
  Firefox just goes to google and gives you the first entry found...
  try mozilla -> it goes to www.mozilla.org
  try bbc -> goes to www.bbc.co.uk
  try new -> goes to www.cnn.com

  November 29, 2005

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• A good data security solution...
  A good data security solution...
  http://techtonic.blogspot.com/2005/03/security-breaches-not-anymore.html

  October 28, 2005

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• I want to patent English language
  Dear Patent Officer
  
  I would like to patent English language and all the other languages in the world. Evidently, I'm a human being and happen to have evolved from apes(unless you believe in Intelligent Design). So the development of various languages was done by my forefathers. I would like to get a patent for all the spoken, written communication in the world. Please do the needful.
  
  Thanks,
  Descendant of Inventor of Languages

  October 21, 2005

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• I want to patent English language
  Dear Patent Officer
  
  I would like to patent English language and all the other languages in the world. Evidently, I'm a human being and happen to have evolved from apes(unless you believe in Intelligent Design). So the development of various languages was done by my forefathers. I would like to get a patent for all the spoken, written communication in the world. Please do the needful.
  
  Thanks,
  Descendant of Inventor of Languages

  October 21, 2005

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• Outsourcing: Simple Economics - not end of world
  It's a heated topic for people on both sides of outsourcing debate. But this is just a transition phase. The outsourcing is happening because the American companies have to cut costs at the moment. But till when?
  Economics will take care of this. As the jobs go to India, the American salaries will go down due to demand and supply balance for available jobs. At the same time, Indian companies are already feeling upward pressure on salaries due to increased competition for available talent/skilled employees. This will go on till equilibrium is reached.
  At the same time, the cost of American living will go down due to reducing prices of goods - produced by more cost conscious companies. During this time, Indian standard of living will go up, due to increased income levels. Also, the demand from Indian consumers will drive up prices of everything in India. Indian economy will look up. This will affect Rupee-Dollar exchange rates. Rupee will appreciate against Dollar. This in turn will outsourcing from US to India less cost effective, step by step.
  Few years and outsourcing debate will be dead.

  October 17, 2005

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• Outsourcing: Simple Economics - not end of world
  It's a heated topic for people on both sides of outsourcing debate. But this is just a transition phase. The outsourcing is happening because the American companies have to cut costs at the moment. But till when?
  Economics will take care of this. As the jobs go to India, the American salaries will go down due to demand and supply balance for available jobs. At the same time, Indian companies are already feeling upward pressure on salaries due to increased competition for available talent/skilled employees. This will go on till equilibrium is reached.
  At the same time, the cost of American living will go down due to reducing prices of goods - produced by more cost conscious companies. During this time, Indian standard of living will go up, due to increased income levels. Also, the demand from Indian consumers will drive up prices of everything in India. Indian economy will look up. This will affect Rupee-Dollar exchange rates. Rupee will appreciate against Dollar. This in turn will outsourcing from US to India less cost effective, step by step.
  Few years and outsourcing debate will be dead.

  October 17, 2005

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• Bulls eye
  Yes, your article is spot on. Perhaps Verizon - FIOS has more future than video IPod...

  October 13, 2005

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• More FAQ: What's in it for Sun and Google
  Here is some more stuff for FAQ: What's in it for Sun and Google?
  
  http://news.com.com/5208-12-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=10162&messageID=73728&start=-178

  October 5, 2005

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• More FAQ: What's in it for Sun and Google
  Here is some more stuff for FAQ: What's in it for Sun and Google?
  
  http://news.com.com/5208-12-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=10162&messageID=73728&start=-178

  October 5, 2005

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