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John Palfrey & Urs Gasser's "Born Digital" now available...

syoung — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:00:00 -0400

Digital Natives: organizing activism online

lkoss — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:30:00 -0400

This week, in conjunction with the third installment of the Digital Natives Forum Series, on Youth & Civic Engagement, the Reporters in the Field series takes a look at Obama Works, an independent grassroots organization that helps Barack Obama supporters in neighborhoods across the country to organize community service events.

United States v. Microsoft: 10 Years Later

syoung — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400

There is one week left to register for the United States v. Microsoft: 10 Years Later conference at Harvard Law School, hosted by the Berkman Center, taking place next Friday and Saturday, September 12-13. Registration is very limited, so reserve your spot now if you haven't already.

About the conference:

Cape Cod blogger sued for libel

syoung — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:59:00 -0400

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog:

The Future of the Internet on CNet

rtabasky — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:27:41 -0400

Digital Natives Forum Series

ashar — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:00:00 -0400

Wednesday, September 3, 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Main Conference Room, 23 Everett St, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138
RSVP Required (msimun@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 PM ET on 9/3.
Lunch will be served

Stephen Fry wishes GNU a Happy Birthday...

ashar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:37:15 -0400

The Climate of Innovation Around Information Technology in Sub-Saharan Africa

ashar — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:14 -0400

Tuesday, September 2, 12:30PM
Berkman Conference Room, 23 Everett St, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA
RSVP Required (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 PM ET on 9/2.

Cultivating FreeRice

syoung — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0400

The World Food Programme announced Saturday that Berkman Award Winner John Breen has expanded FreeRice to include more games; and he will be collaborating with the Berkman Center on further developing and supporting FreeRice.

Here is the press release from the World Food Programme:

Berkman Buzz: Week of August 25, 2008

lkoss — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:32:51 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, just sign up here. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

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New opportunities with Berkman Center friends

syoung — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:30:00 -0400

This week, two openings were posted by friends of the Berkman Center:

Fellow Tuna Chatterjee discusses MBTA v. Anderson on Lawyer2Lawyer

syoung — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0400

Digital Natives: a digital community of learners

lkoss — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:00 -0400

This week, with Born Digital landing on bookshelves, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series continues its look at collaborative studying in a "web 2.0" world. Digital Natives intern Kanupriya Tewari presents "Studying Online (Part II)," a deeper glimpse into academic networking site StudyBuddy, introduced to us last week in "David Kosslyn: Studying Online (Part I)."

Born Digital: How To Deal With Online Agression?

ashar — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:15:29 -0400

From Urs Gasser's blog:

First Few Reactions to Born Digital, via John Palfrey's blog

syoung — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:45:27 -0400

California Court Warns Copyright Bullies Not to Ignore Fair Use

ashar — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:44:42 -0400

From the Citizen Media Law Project blog:

Born Digital arrives on bookshelves

syoung — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:00:00 -0400

The Berkman Center is pleased to announce that Faculty Co-Director John Palfrey and Faculty Fellow Urs Gasser's Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives (Basic Books) is now available.*

Trolling for Trouble

rtabasky — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:29:35 -0400

From the Digital Natives blog...

This week, a guest post by Daniel LaMagna, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children summer intern.
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Berkman Buzz: Week of August 18, 2008

lkoss — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:51:36 -0400

BERKMAN BUZZ: A look at the past week's online Berkman conversations. If you'd like to receive this by email, just sign up here. The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University

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Badware panel at IT Security World

syoung — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:01:21 -0400