.TV: Bill Mushkin from Name.com CEO and Founder
Bill Mushkinis the CEO and Founder of Name.com
Internet Black Out Bill in Senate
Bill would give president emergency control of Internet news.cnet.com Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a US Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet. They’re not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained a copy of the 55-page draft of S.773 (excerpt), which still appears to permit the president to seize temporary control of private-sector networks during a so-called cybersecurity emergency. The new version would allow the president to “declare a cybersecurity emergency” relating to “non-governmental” computer networks and do what’s necessary to respond to the threat. Other sections of the proposal include a federal certification program for “cybersecurity professionals,” and a requirement that certain computer systems and networks in the private sector be managed by people who have been awarded that license. “I think the redraft, while improved, remains troubling due to its vagueness,” said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance, which counts representatives of Verizon, Verisign, Nortel, and Carnegie Mellon University on its board. “It is unclear what authority Sen. Rockefeller thinks is necessary over the private sector. Unless this is clarified, we cannot properly analyze, let alone support the bill …
Bill Wishon, Kontiki 2
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Britain’s “Project Kangaroo” to be Powered by Kontiki, others LOS ANGELES — Three of the biggest broadcasters in Britain, the BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 are in a joint venture to provide a platform to distribute video programming online. For now, it is called “Project Kangaroo.” Unlike Hulu in the United States, which is a streaming platform, Kangaroo will primarily be a download service. It is expected to launch this year. Kontiki, the Mountainview, California-based company will provide P2P distribution for Project Kangaroo. Bill Wishon of Kontiki told me that his company’s P2P service will be part of a solution that will likely employ more conventional CDN services. Just last week, Kontiki was spun off from parent VeriSign. Kontiki has had extensive deployment in the UK We assume that P2P is an important development to maintain an acceptable level of demand on the “pipes” in the UK For a round-up on what’s happening with online video in the UK these days, check out this piece in the Independent. I interviewed Bill last Monday afternoon at the Digital Hollywood conference. — Andy Plesser
Bill Wishon, Kontiki
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 www.beet.tv Kontiki Sails Away from VeriSign Kontiki, one of the first peer-to-peer distribution companies, has been sold by parent VeriSign as part of a broad and anticipated corporate divestiture. Yesterday in Hollywood I caught up with Bill Wishon who heads marketing for Kontiki. He spoke about the new investor and the opportunities ahead. He says that traditional content delivery networks (CDN’s) can only handle a fraction of where online video is going. He says that CDN’s can handle just one percent of the total Nielsen ratings for television. For more information about where newly private Kontiki is going, read this Q&A with Kontiki CEO Eric Armstrong done by NewTeeVee editor Liz Gannes. Kudos to Contentinople for breaking the story on Thursday. More news from Digital Hollywood tomorrow! Andy Plesser
Rod Beckstrom and Bill Clinton
Image taken on 2010-03-16 10:55:13 by icannphotos.
Bill C-61 and WIPO
Jim Prentice and other C-61 proponents talk about the WIPO treaty but read article 11 of WIPO and you will see that it is the opposite of what bill C-61 does with regard to digital locks. WIPO says locks have right within the copyright rights. C-61 allows rights outside of copyright and this hurts fair use and normally legal use. …Yep, there typos.
Stem Cell Research Policy Of President Bush / Adult Versus Embryonic / Video
President Bush Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy / Video. Creative Commons license: Public Domain.
Description: George Bush Discusses Stem Cell Research Policy Date: 7/19/2006 Length: 15.42 minutes Political Video Link: http://www.politicalvideo.org/node/1927Original Link: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/07/20060719-3.html
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon. Congress has just passed and sent to my desk two bills concerning the use of stem cells in biomedical research. These bills illustrate both the promise and perils we face in the age of biotechnology. In this new era, our challenge is to harness the power of science to ease human suffering without sanctioning the practices that violate the dignity of human life. (Applause.)
In 2001, I spoke to the American people and set forth a new policy on stem cell research that struck a balance between the needs of science and the demands of conscience. When I took office, there was no federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research. Under the policy I announced five years ago, my administration became the first to make federal funds available for this research, yet only on embryonic stem cell lines derived from embryos that had already been destroyed.
My administration has made available more than $90 million for research on these lines. This policy has allowed important research to go forward without using taxpayer funds to encourage the further deliberate destruction of human embryos.
One of the bills Congress has passed builds on the progress we have made over the last five years. So I signed it into law. (Applause.) Congress has also passed a second bill that attempts to overturn the balanced policy I set. This bill would support the taking of innocent human life in the hope of finding medical benefits for others. It crosses a moral boundary that our decent society needs to respect, so I vetoed it. (Applause.)
Like all Americans, I believe our nation must vigorously pursue the tremendous possibility that science offers to cure disease and improve the lives of millions. We have opportunities to discover cures and treatments that were unthinkable generations ago. Some scientists believe that one source of these cures might be embryonic stem cell research. Embryonic stem cells have the ability to grow into specialized adult tissues, and this may give them the potential to replace damaged or defective cells or body parts and treat a variety of diseases.
Yet we must also remember that embryonic stem cells come from human embryos that are destroyed for their cells. Each of these human embryos is a unique human life with inherent dignity and matchless value. We see that value in the children who are with us today. Each of these children began his or her life as a frozen embryo that was created for in vitro fertilization, but remained unused after the fertility treatments were complete. Each of these children was adopted while still an embryo, and has been blessed with the chance to grow up in a loving family.
These boys and girls are not spare parts. (Applause.) They remind us of what is lost when embryos are destroyed in the name of research. They remind us that we all begin our lives as a small collection of cells. And they remind us that in our zeal for new treatments and cures, America must never abandon our fundamental morals.
Some people argue that finding new cures for disease requires the destruction of human embryos like the ones that these families adopted. I disagree. I believe that with the right techniques and the right policies, we can achieve scientific progress while living up to our ethical responsibilities. That’s what I sought in 2001, when I set forth my administration’s policy allowing federal funding for research on embryonic stem cell lines where the life and death decision had already been made.
This balanced approach has worked. Under this policy, 21 human embryonic stem cell lines are currently in use in research that is eligible for federal funding. Each of these lines can be replicated many times. And as a result, the National Institutes of Health have helped make more than 700 shipments to researchers since 2001. There is no ban on embryonic stem cell research. To the contrary, even critics of my policy concede that these federally funded lines are being used in research every day by scientists around the world. My policy has allowed us to explore the potential of embryonic stem cells, and it has allowed America to continue to lead the world in this area.
Since I announced my policy in 2001, advances in scientific research have also shown the great potential of stem cells that are derived without harming human embryos. My administration has expanded the funding of research into stem cells that can be drawn from children, adults, and the blood in umbilical cords, with no harm to the donor. And these stem cells are already being used in medical treatments…..
Duration : 0:15:25
Tags: 2005, 810, ablation, Act, adopt, adoption, adult, ASC, ban, bill, biomedical, biotechnology, blastocyst, blood, Bush, cell, cells, congress, cord, Death, Democrats, destruction, embryo, embryonic, embryos, Enhancement, ESC, ethical, ethics, federal, federally, frozen, funded, H.R., HR, human, ICM, inner, law, legislation, liberals, life, mass, moral, morality, morals, nerve, nuclear, of, policy, political, politices, politics, regenerating, research, Science, scientific, SCNT, somactic, stem, stem-cell, therapeutic, transfer, umbilical, veto, vetoed Posted in
Finding and securing the perfect domain name
This video shows one technique to finding the perfect domain name for your internet project or business.
Note: I am not associated with the company mentioned in this video.
For background details on why I produced this video, see the article at my web site – http://www.bmyers.com
Duration : 0:2:41
Tags: auction, bill, camtasia, domain, great, myers, name, names, snap, snapnames Posted in
Microsoft Windows Startup Sounds
Note: I had the original Microsoft Windows Startup Sounds video, but it accidentally got deleted. This is a new HD Version I put together with Windows 7! Enjoy!
In this video, we travel back in time to listen to the old
Startup Sounds of the Microsoft Windows Operating Systems.
Windows 3.1
Windows 95
WIndows NT
Windows 98
Windows 2000
Windows ME
Windows XP
Windows 7
Enjoy!
Used with permission from Microsoft
Website: http://www.vincebognot.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/vincebognot/
Contact: vince@vincebognot.com
Save 25% Off Your New Domain Name With Hover:
http://www.hover.com/vince
Duration : 0:1:20
Tags: apple, bill, Bognot, computer, Gates, history, Jobs, Laptop, Leopard, mac, Macintosh, microsoft, Notebook, Snow, Steve, Vince, Windows Posted in
Finding and securing the perfect domain name
This video shows one technique to finding the perfect domain name for your internet project or business.
Note: I am not associated with the company mentioned in this video.
For background details on why I produced this video, see the article at my web site – http://www.bmyers.com
Duration : 0:2:41
Tags: auction, bill, camtasia, domain, great, myers, name, names, snap, snapnames Posted in