- -: The Future of Google Books - Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin
October 30, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/22/A_Conversation_with_Googles_Sergey_Brin Sergey Brin responds to criticism Google has received concerning its project to digitize and store millions of the world's books online. "I've been surprised at the level of controversy there," says Brin, but ma...
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- -: Would You Pay for Online News? - Ken Auletta
December 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/10/Googled_The_End_of_the_World_As_We_Know_It "Googled" author Ken Auletta delves into the problems online news sites like the Wall Street Journal would face if they blocked search engines from indexing articles. Comparing Internet companies to early bro...
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- -: How Google Uses Your Information - Peter Barron
February 9, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/31/Rethinking_Privacy_in_an_Age_of_Disclosure_and_Sharing Peter Barron of Google responds to the question: "Why does Google need to know so much about me?" Barron reassures the public that Google collects personal data not to "do anything sinister," but ...
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- -: Bing, Google and Wolfram Alpha on the Future of Search
March 1, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/25/Digital_Life_Design_2010_Search Drawing from location awareness and voice recognition technologies, representatives from Bing, Google and Wolfram Alpha weigh in on the future of Internet search. Bing's Blaise Aguera y Arcas promises a revised form of ...
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- -: In Search of ET: Should We Broadcast?
March 4, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/23/Jill_Tarter_The_Future_of_SETI_Research Should earthlings actively announce their presence to extraterrestrials? Director of the Center for SETI Research Jill Tarter says that while broadcasting is inevitable, we should wait until we are more technolo...
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- -: Does Warrantless Surveillance Violate the 4th Amendment?
March 11, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/04/Shane_Harris_The_Rise_of_Americas_Surveillance_State Reporter Shane Harris traces the controversy over the Bush administration's Terrorist Surveillance Program to a fundamental debate over language in the Fourth Amendment. Harris recalls a heated deba...
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- -: Cavity Searches Ruled Out, Says TSA Chief Pistole
November 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast TSA head John Pistole plays down the threat of body cavity bombs on airlines, arguing that the Agency's new full-body scanners would identify any anomaly outside the body associated with a hidden explosive device. "We're not goin...
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- -: TSA Chief Pistole on Women, Patdowns and Bra Bombs
November 22, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/series/monitor_breakfast Transportation Security Administration head John Pistole referenced two Russian passenger aircraft suicide attacks believed to have been the work of Chechen "Black Widows, " saying "that's the challenge we deal with" when asked t...
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- -: Domestic Spy Drones Raise Legal Concerns
January 13, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/02/P_W_Singer_Wired_For_War Author P.W. Singer discusses the increasingly common "leeching" of advanced and often invasive military technology into civilian life and domestic law enforcement. Do drones engaged on American soil violate our right to privac...
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- -: Did China 'Change' Google?
June 4, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/19/Steven_Levy_Inside_Google Author Stephen Levy discusses the internal struggle that ensued from Google's decision to provide censored search results in China. He explains that in order to justify their decision, they developed a "moral spreadsheet" to ...
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