USENIX Invited Talks Podcast

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The USENIX Invited Talks Podcast brings you industry leaders covering the latest in security, system administration, systems research, and more need-to-know technology topics. USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems Association, has been the premier forum for presenting groundbreaking technology information for over 30 years. Check out excerpts from the luminary-led invited talks programs of past USENIX Conferences.

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Second Life

Rob Lanphier and Mark Lentczner, Linden Lab Rob Lanphier, Linden Lab's Open Source Busybody, and Mark Lentczner, who directs a software engineering studio at Linden Lab, will talk about the release of the Second Life viewer source code: what that means, what it might mean, and what it doesn't mean. He'll provide a brief overview of the technology and history of Second Life, discuss the astronomical growth in use of Second Life, and explain what Linden Lab is doing to cope with the ever-increasin...

May 04, 2008•1 hr 27 min

Crossing the Digital Divide: The Latest Efforts from One Laptop per Child

Mary Lou Jepsen, One Laptop per Child This effort emerged as a way to capture the endless momentum of Moore's Law and create a laptop for those far on the other side of the digital divide—the poor children of the world and their families. In fact, the vast majority of the world lives without so many of the things we consider essential, not least of which is access to education and information. This year, we intend to launch with millions of laptops simultaneously in Rwanda, Pakistan, Brazil, Arg...

Mar 24, 2008•1 hr 32 min

Open Source Software and Its Role in Space Exploration

DJ Byrne, Software Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Open source developers and NASA have a lot in common. Both are dedicated to expanding the pool of information floating freely through society. Both are focused on the cutting edge, creating new tools and capabilities. Open source software explores our solar system and observes the universe. For example, software on and around Mars today was built with gcc out of a CVS repository stored in AFS, using Kerberos authentication. At NASA's Jet Pro...

Feb 21, 2008•1 hr 29 min

Hollywood's Secret War on Your NOC

Cory Doctorow, science fiction writer, co-editor of Boing Boing, and former Director of European Affairs for the EFF The entertainment industry has tried to ban every new technology from the record player to the VCR, but when it comes to the Internet and the general-purpose PC—the battleground of the war on copying—Hollywood has far grimmer plans. Under a variety of legislative, standards, policy, and treaty negotiations, the people who brought you Police Academy n–1 are working to prohibit open...

Nov 01, 2007•1 hr 12 min

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