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 [The Laughing Bone] George Steiner: Ten (Possible) Reasons for the Sadness of Thought: So far as we know, the Don Juan motif was a "find," datable in time and place, with almost immediate and ubiquitous echo. But these inceptions are infrequent.

[Citycomfortsblog.typepad.com] City Comforts Blog: UbiComp 2003 -- Update: Our conference has a broader focus, including ubiquitous computing devices, infrastructures, applications and the impacts of ubiquitous computing technology on various dimensions of human experience (including privacy and security). As you note, some of the research explores playful uses of the technology, other research explores more serious issues such as healthcare (e.g., the workshop on Ubiquitous Computing for Pervasive Healthcare Applications and the paper session on Domestic Environments and Healthcare.

[Rfid-weblog.com] The RFID Weblog - "Implementation and Application of RFID technology ": Although ubiquitous computing may be a future thing, the website is all about how even today we can use computers and wireless technologies such as RFID to enhance the shopping experience -- "smart shopping." There is a neat English-language Flash slideshow demonstrating how some of these technologies will be used to make shopping more fun and information-enriched.

 [Pipeda.blogspot.com] The Canadian Privacy Law Blog: January 2005: The year 2004 was also notable for the new attention being paid to cross-border transfers of personal information, thanks to the investigation by the British Columbia Information and Privacy Commissioner into the effect of the USA PATRIOT Act on the privacy of British Columbians (PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law: Article: U.S. Patriot Act worries Privacy Commissioner), which begat a similar study by the Alberta Commissioner (PIPEDA and Canadian Privacy Law: Alberta Commissioner to conduct his own "PATRIOT ACT" outsourcing inquiry).

[Stefanospantagis.net] Sousveillance Blog: CFP: Bradley Rhodes and his perspective on ...: Or can our ubiquitous computing enviroment backfire, so as to take away from us freedom? I guess the theme that Solove is argueing is that privacy is a fail safe mechanism to make the wired world work: Bradley, and Mann, both having experienced life and society as "cyborgs" state that there is more to this problem than just making things private.

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