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Tech Futurist Sees Rosy Prospects for Net Security

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:13:42 GMT

What if legislation were passed that would assign ISPs liability for security-related damages caused by customers' machines? That's the scenario Esther Dyson described in a speech she gave Sunday at the World Congress of the Information Security Forum.
Source: E-Commerce Times

Esther '1st lady of internet' Dyson appointed NASA advisor

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:36:02 GMT

Famed techbiz journo and investor Esther Dyson has been named as chairperson of a new "Technology and Innovation Committee" formed to help advise the senior management of NASA.
Source: The Register

Avoiding the Cargo Cult And Getting The Trans-Atlantic Startup Model Right

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:30:25 GMT

This guest post was written by Roman Stanek, the founder and CEO of Good Data, a cloud-based business intelligence startup headquartered in San Francisco. Roman has been a tech entrepreneur for almost 20 years.
Source: TechCrunch

Roy Greenslade: Seeking out genuine facts in the digital world

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:14:39 GMT

Fact-checking is the single best training not just for journalism, but for life in general. That's the view of Esther Dyson, who, unsurprisingly, is a former fact checker.
Source: Greenslade

Certify.com Raises $1.9M In Angel Funding For Expense Management

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:48:25 GMT

Having just returned from a couple of short trips and now needing to work on expenses, we are open eared to the hassles of expenses.
Source: alarm:clock

Esther Dyson on data visualization

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:41:07 GMT

I witnessed some nastiness yesterday on one of my favorite blogs, Flowing Data. The blogger, Nathan Yao, who is pursuing his Phd in statistics and data visualization, charged a Boston consultant with ripping off his work.
Source: The Numerati

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Entrepreneur Esther Dyson of Switzerland visits a local museum at Baikonur, March 15, 2009. Dyson is part of the back-up crew for the Soyuz TMA-14 space mission scheduled for this year.

Photo from Reuters Pictures

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:29:29 GMT

Entrepreneur Esther Dyson (L), Russian cosmonauts Alexander Samokutayev (C) and Oleg Skripochka (R) stand around the camp fire in the Moscow region during their survival course that is part of their training, January 31, 2009.

Google Violates Motto Debate: Esther Dyson (5 of 13)

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:15:50 GMT