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Cyberspace must not be an unpoliced area of society - it is much too important for that. In the battle between the spooks and the geeks, who will win? And who should win?
Can a scientific theory ever be confirmed? Must a scientific theory be falsifiable? Theories such as that of the multiverse and string theory will be considered.
Software is an essential part of many safety-critical systems. What are the standards and guidance that are used when regulators certify these systems for use. Are they based on sound computer science?
In the first three minutes after the beginning of the universe, all of the stuff that we and the Earth are made of were created and the universe attained its huge size, homogeneity and isotropy.
Information plays a huge role in the modern world, with vast amounts of data literally at our finger tips. The Internet is leading to an ever-increasing amount of data, leading to the ‘challenge of Big Data’.
It has been said that if you are not paying for a service, then you are the product, nor the customer. To what extent is this true for free software, social networking, and other free IT services and products?