Ten Current Topics

The ten current topics/issues discussed in class today:
1. Cloning, and the ethics thereof
2. Security and all its variants
3. Resource allocation
4. The upcoming Windows Vista
5. A move to web-based applications
6. Payment based on registration/purchase versus payment based on advertising
7. Ad revenue possibilities in electronic media
8. Video, video, video
9. Censorship
10. Wireless everything (including RFID)

For Thursday, read the intro and Chapter 1 of the Gates book. Be ready to pick a chapter that you will present.