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William Gibson discusses the pace of technological change
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Part 1: Do we share too much on the Internet?
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 11:25AM EST
Security expert Daniel Tobok, reporter Omar El Akkad and author Jeff Jarvis discuss the notion of what is private v. public in the digital age.
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03:20
Part 2: Can 500 million Facebook users be wrong?
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 11:22AM EST
Sites such as Facebook and Google have built their businesses on customers willing to exchange personal information for free services, argues expert Jeff Jarvis, and they know what they are getting into.
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03:31
Part 3: Should governments police the Internet?
Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 11:19AM EST
Criminal elements are flocking to the web searching for personal information they can use for ill-gotten gain, says Daniel Tobok. Jeff Jarvis counters that you can't let the bad actors spoil the inherent goodness of the medium.
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03:42
Part 4: Does privacy matter to teens online?
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 9:55PM EST
Winston Sih, 16, explains why it is important to think before you post personal information online.
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08:48
Part 5: Protecting kids online
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010 9:54PM EST
Blogger and journalist Amber MacArthur, student Winston Sih and Kidproof's Samantha Wilson look at ways parents can ensure their children stay safe on the internet
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William Gibson discusses the pace of technological change
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 10:13PM EST
'I’ve been telling people that emerging technology drives change and that the change is now exponential.'
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02:49
Doors Open Toronto brings public behind the scenes
Saturday, May. 26, 2012 8:09PM EDT
The Doors Open architecture tours kicked off on Saturday, allowing residents to explore the citys past through its unique buildings
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00:56
Tornadoes shake up Quebec
Saturday, May. 26, 2012 5:57PM EDT
Saint Benoit de Mirabel, Que., is the site where one of two tornadoes struck the province Friday, causing heavy property damage. Environment Canada meteorologist Rene Heroux says no people appear to have been injured
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01:11
Fires leave Timmins in 'no imminent danger'
Saturday, May. 26, 2012 4:43PM EDT
Cooler temperatures and a change in wind direction are aiding firefighting efforts in Northern Ontario. Timmins Mayor Tom Laughren says the city is in 'no imminent danger'
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01:04
Astronauts enter world's first private supply ship
Saturday, May. 26, 2012 2:11PM EDT
Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.
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00:54
Cruise ship vs. bridge. Which one wins?
Saturday, May. 26, 2012 6:53AM EDT
A brand new cruise ship comes off worst in a too-close encounter with a bridge in China.
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00:31
Florida brush fire closes interstate near Disney World
Saturday, May. 26, 2012 5:45AM EDT
A major highway in central Florida was closed for several hours as a bush fire raged nearby.
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02:12
NJ man charged with murder in death of Etan Patz
Friday, May. 25, 2012 11:03PM EDT
A man accused of luring 6-year-old Etan Patz into the basement of a convenience store with the promise of a soda in 1979 and strangling him was charged with second-degree murder on Friday, the 33rd anniversary of the boy's disappearance.
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02:12
No party for Facebook on IPO birthday
Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:48PM EDT
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02:13
A survivor's story from Norway
Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:48PM EDT
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01:46
Camp offers support, fun for kids of fallen soldiers
Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:44PM EDT
About 500 kids who have lost a family member in the wars have gathered for an annual camp outside Washington, to have fun and share experiences only they can understand.
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Passenger restrained on flight to Miami arrested
Friday, May. 25, 2012 10:27PM EDT
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02:10
Europe can overcome currency 'stumble'
Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:45PM EDT
The former EU Commissioner for Trade tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that Europe has achieved too much over the past 60 years to throw it away because of a currency crisis. The economic union can weather the storm though to do so will involve some pain.
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01:50
European integration has failed to deliver
Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:45PM EDT
The Harvard professor tells The Globe's Sonia Verma that economically, Europe has never been able to properly integrate vastly divergent nations into anything remotely uniform
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02:45
Abandoning the Euro would cause colossal pain
Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:23PM EDT
The British Lord and former EU commissioner for trade tells The Globe's Sonia Verma that the European union was flawed in implementation but not in principle
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02:23
He predicted the Euro crisis, but he'd rather fix it than gloat
Friday, May. 25, 2012 4:08PM EDT
The Harvard professor tells the Globe's Sonia Verma that the conditions that dragged the world into the Great Depression in 1931 are upon us again, and it is imperative for people on both sides to get the Eurozone crisis fixed.

