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GOP Chaos
13 July 2010I have written several times that I would like to pull out the “I Like Ike” pin my dad and I got at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago when I was about eight, and got to shake the President’s hand in the lobby; and wear it today. Eisenhower may have played a lot of golf, [...]
The Untold Story of Google in China
10 July 2010A great deal is being made of Google’s just-received renewal of its Chinese internet content license, which allows the company to continue to operate (until further notice) without censoring its searches, if I understand properly and am being given accurate information by Google, by offering a “choice” splash page at the Chinese Google homepage. Chinese [...]
How to Fix Microsoft
29 June 2010Under the KPLU title, “Is Microsoft in Trouble?” I thought some of our more astute readers might find an interview I did with Dave Meyer today of interest. I prefer to use the title: “How to Fix Microsoft,” since almost all of the piece, and all of the thinking beforehand, was focused on this question. [...]
Van Rompuy Proposes Single Bond, and is Rebuffed by Germany
25 May 2010Herman van Rompuy last week proposed a single European bond to finance ministers, according to FT Deutschland, but said the response had unenthusiastic, citing Christine Lagarde. The paper said Germany vehemently opposed such a bond on the grounds that it would increase domestic borrowing costs. Likewise, van Rompuy said Germany’s proposals for an orderly bankruptcy [...]
FiRe 2010 Apres Feu Party
17 May 2010Each year, on the night FiRe ends, FiRe staff and assorted remaining guests gather for our annual “Apres Feu” fete to celebrate a week full of groundbreaking thinkers and envelope-pushing conversations among the extended FiRe family. This year was no different. Wonderful people, stimulating conversation, delicious fare in a breathtaking location. Thanks to the Rodel [...]
Thanks for a Great FiRe 2010!
15 May 2010Thanks to everyone for another world changing Future in Review, from the entire team at FiRe 2010. Share this post:
CTO Challenge
15 May 2010CTO Design Challenge – “Scaling Alternative Energy: How Can It Be Done?”: With Ty Carlson, Architect, SiArch Group, Microsoft; Thomas Aidan Curran, CTO, Products & Innovation, Deutsche Telekom AG; Eric Openshaw, Vice Chairman and U.S. Technology Leader, Deloitte; Jerry M. Woodall, National Medal of Technology Laureate, and Berry M. and Patricia L. Epstein Distinguished Professor [...]
FiReStarter Winner!
14 May 2010FiRe attendees voted and the winner of our FiRe 2010 Audience award is FiReStarter company, NeuroRepair. Congratulations from the entire FiRE 2010 team! NeuroRepair Inc. NeuroRepair Inc., in cooperation with researchers at the University of California-Irvine School of Medicine, has developed what is likely the world’s most advanced technology for repair of neurological damage, an [...]
Discovering the Future: Nonlocal Quantum Communication
14 May 2010“Discovering the Future: Experiments in Nonlocal Quantum Communication and Retrocausality”: A conversation with John Cramer, Science Fiction Author and Professor Emeritus in Physics, University of Washington; hosted by David Brin, Author, Physicist, and Co-Host of TV’s “ArchiTechs” series The problem of nonlocality: Einstein didn’t like quantum mechanics; thought there was something wrong with it. If [...]
The Little Rovers That Could: Spirit and Discovery Traverse Mars
14 May 2010“Searching for Life on Mars”: Steve Squyres, Principal Investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, and Professor of Astronomy, Cornell University; hosted by Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), UCSD The space program has historically been indecisive in its efforts to determine whether or not there’s life on Mars. Most [...]