In 1972, after a month of deliberation, Congress launched the nation’s most ambitious experiment in universal health care: a change to the Social Security Act that granted comprehensive coverage under Medicare to virtually anyone diagnosed with kidney failure, regardless of age or income. It was a supremely hopeful moment. Although the technology to keep […]
Why the Old Media’s View of “New News” Is Old News
Note: This article originally appeared on the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. by Matthew L. Schafer On Wednesday, Len Downie, Weil Family Professor of Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and former executive editor of the Washington Post, spoke about what he and others have called the “new news” of the 21st century. […]
Man and Media: The Chronology
In order to understand how the present lifestyle of man came to be, we must move back to Ancient times. A chronological outlook will aid us in understanding the relativity and difference between the present man’s inventions today, mini DVs, and the ancient man’s inventions of myths and the basic tools. All of these are […]
Mumbai Attacks Show Terrorism in the Digital Age
According to investigators and police, the heavily armed terrorists who set out for Mumbai by sea last week navigated with Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment,. They carried BlackBerrys, CDs holding high-resolution satellite images like those used for Goolge Earth maps and multiple cellphones with switchable SIM cards that would be hard to track. As […]
Why Open Source is good for Academic Institutions?
Open Source with its promise of distributing source code and allowing anyone to modify it or derive other software from it, makes it an excellent choice for learning computer science, technology and engineering of software. Academic institutions are given the responsibility of building strong expertise in all aspects of software engineering, be it operating systems, […]
Security not to be compromised in new policy on terror
Pakistan on Thursday said it has been pursuing a comprehensive policy against terrorism which combines political, socioeconomic and military elements. Foreign Office Spokesman Muhammad Sadiq in his weekly briefing said, “The government believes that the military action alone will not be effective in permanently ending the menace of terrorism.” He said political engagement is an […]