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Produced and hosted by Jon Gordon, a Minnesota Public Radio reporter based in Silicon Valley, this daily "journal of the Digital Age" airs during broadcasts of CBC's As It Happens and Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition.
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Neil Young felt helpless without Blu-ray
Music industry analyst Aram Sinnreich talks with Jon Gordon about Neil Young and Blu-ray. Neil Young announced this week he'll release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs.
(05/09/2008)
What does the Sprint-Clearwire deal mean for consumers?
CNET's Maggie Reardon talks with Jon Gordon about the new plans by Sprint, Clearwire and investors to build a WiMax network. (05/08/2008)
The hidden story behind government contract for battle bots
Noah Shachtman of Wired in conversation with Jon Gordon about his recent piece in Wired, "Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots?" (05/07/2008)
Goodwill seeks help to deal with e-waste
Goodwill Industries says Americans donate 23 million pounds of computers, printers, TVs, cell phones and other gadgets to Goodwill stores every year. Up to a third of the donated devices don't work, and that's giving the job-training charity a headache. (05/06/2008)
Readers review the news
NewsTrust is a nonprofit service attempting to help people find good journalism online by subjecting stories to the scrutiny of volunteer citizen reviewers. NewsTrust members rate stories from news sites and blogs based on journalistic principles like fairness, sourcing and context. (05/05/2008)
Computer science has an image problem
John White, CEO and executive director of the computing trade group, says fewer students are studying computer science in college , and too many tech jobs are going unfilled, because young people don't have an accurate picture of the computer scientist. (05/02/2008)
Ubuntu seeks the mainstream
RealAudio - MP3 - iTunes The commercial sponsor of Ubuntu has released a new version of the open source software package. Is it sufficiently user-friendly to attract mainstream users? Link: The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment... (05/01/2008)
Microsoft scolded for mistreating music customers
EFF attorney Corynne McSherry in conversation with Jon Gordon (04/30/2008)
Brain science and mental privacy
Bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe talks with Jon Gordon about the concent of "mental privacy" is it relates to advancing brain imaging technology. (04/29/2008)
NYC to deploy new tech to protect Lower Manhattan
Wired's Noah Shachtman talks with Future Tense host Jon Gordon about NYC's plan to deploy 3,000 networked security cameras. (04/28/2008)
Student film examines computerless existence
Carleton College student Caitlin Magnusson, who gave up computers for several weeks last year, talks to Future Tense host Jon Gordon. Magnusson is one of three computerless students profiled in the new student docmentary film "Disconnected." (04/24/2008)
Why free credit reports are not so free; Schwaggin' Wagon rolls into San Francisco
Beau Brendler of Consumer Reports Webwatch talks with Jon Gordon of Future Tense about the perils of "free credit reports"; Also, the Schwaggin' Wagon collects tech conference schwag for charity (04/23/2008)
Donation Dashboard matches donors, charities
RealAudio - MP3 - iTunes Researchers at the University of California Berkeley have created an experimental site that uses machine learning techniques to recommend a portfolio of charitable giving opportunities based on ratings users give to various nonprofit groups. The... (04/22/2008)
Chumby is cute, but is it useful?
A review of the Chumby. (04/21/2008)
Genius inventions worth waiting for
Daniel Wilson, who writes about robotics, talks with Future Tense host Jon Gordon about his ideas for genius contraptions not yet invented. (04/18/2008)
Music industry analyst Aram Sinnreich talks with Jon Gordon about Neil Young and Blu-ray. Neil Young announced this week he'll release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs.
What does the Sprint-Clearwire deal mean for consumers?
CNET's Maggie Reardon talks with Jon Gordon about the new plans by Sprint, Clearwire and investors to build a WiMax network.
The hidden story behind government contract for battle bots
Noah Shachtman of Wired in conversation with Jon Gordon about his recent piece in Wired, "Who Stole the Plans for iRobot's Battle Bots?"
Goodwill seeks help to deal with e-waste
Goodwill Industries says Americans donate 23 million pounds of computers, printers, TVs, cell phones and other gadgets to Goodwill stores every year. Up to a third of the donated devices don't work, and that's giving the job-training charity a headache.
Readers review the news
NewsTrust is a nonprofit service attempting to help people find good journalism online by subjecting stories to the scrutiny of volunteer citizen reviewers. NewsTrust members rate stories from news sites and blogs based on journalistic principles like fairness, sourcing and context.
Computer science has an image problem
John White, CEO and executive director of the computing trade group, says fewer students are studying computer science in college , and too many tech jobs are going unfilled, because young people don't have an accurate picture of the computer scientist.
Ubuntu seeks the mainstream
RealAudio - MP3 - iTunes The commercial sponsor of Ubuntu has released a new version of the open source software package. Is it sufficiently user-friendly to attract mainstream users? Link: The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment...
Microsoft scolded for mistreating music customers
EFF attorney Corynne McSherry in conversation with Jon Gordon
Brain science and mental privacy
Bioethicist Paul Root Wolpe talks with Jon Gordon about the concent of "mental privacy" is it relates to advancing brain imaging technology.
NYC to deploy new tech to protect Lower Manhattan
Wired's Noah Shachtman talks with Future Tense host Jon Gordon about NYC's plan to deploy 3,000 networked security cameras.
Student film examines computerless existence
Carleton College student Caitlin Magnusson, who gave up computers for several weeks last year, talks to Future Tense host Jon Gordon. Magnusson is one of three computerless students profiled in the new student docmentary film "Disconnected."
Why free credit reports are not so free; Schwaggin' Wagon rolls into San Francisco
Beau Brendler of Consumer Reports Webwatch talks with Jon Gordon of Future Tense about the perils of "free credit reports"; Also, the Schwaggin' Wagon collects tech conference schwag for charity
Donation Dashboard matches donors, charities
RealAudio - MP3 - iTunes Researchers at the University of California Berkeley have created an experimental site that uses machine learning techniques to recommend a portfolio of charitable giving opportunities based on ratings users give to various nonprofit groups. The...
Chumby is cute, but is it useful?
A review of the Chumby.
Genius inventions worth waiting for
Daniel Wilson, who writes about robotics, talks with Future Tense host Jon Gordon about his ideas for genius contraptions not yet invented.
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