Welcome to TNO Vol. 1 #5
Maybe we can become more democratic by learning how to use e-mail as part of running our organizations.
Topic: Communication
PCs in the Year 2000
“New forms of getting in touch with ourselves and sharing information will emerge.” PCs will enable video-phoning to replace telephoning and give us unprecedented access to all forms of information through powerful networks. The bottom line: “We’ll have more flexibility and power” to simply enjoy life.
Chapter 8: The Global Internet
Fully-interactive, on-demand multimedia applications will be available through the Internet. In addition to widespread shopping and banking services, the Internet is the medium of choice for business video conferences, medical applications, and remote operation of household devices.
Taking a Ride on the Information Superhighway
Despite all of the excitement associated with the InfoBahn, one potential “oil slick” is the government’s encryption technology … While it has not been well publicized, a large number of system intrusions already involve cryptography. The intruders use it to cover their tracks. The encryption genie is already out of the bottle; a policy geared towards trying to control it appears to be unenforceable.
From the Ether: Predicting the Internet’s Catastrophic Collapse and Ghost Sites Galore in 1996
Already most TCP/IP networks are not on the Internet but behind security fire walls, in Intranets. In early 1996, another series of major security breaches will drive the rest of the productive Internet to safety and out of reach.
Internet Panel Finds Reusable Passwords a Threat
Some 30,000 Internet Protocol networks – one half of all IP networks – could be attached to the Internet but are not, largely because their owners are worried about security. Technologies are emerging that will enable information on internal networks to be partitioned between what is to be made publicly available and what is to be held confidential.
MCI and IRE Announce Internet Security Service for Banking and Financial Applications; Mellon Bank Becomes First SafeNet Customer
We are taking the concept of the armored car, used to safely transfer large sums of cash between financial institutions, and moving it to the Information Superhighway.
Score One for AT&T
No streets need to be dug up, no wires pulled through ducts and ceilings … It is now plausible to expect that within this decade we will see a chip that can send full-motion color video down an ordinary analog telephone line. And the chip will sell at a price comparable to a few months’ subscription to cable TV.
New Media – What’s Real & What’s Not
Vid-phones will become commonplace in our work lives. They will become everyday in our family lives. We’ll party with them. We’ll avoid travelling by using them. We’ll redefine our relationships with them. We’ll wonder how we ever got along without them.
Communication and Information
The entire country should be connected by electronic mail, much as we are connected today by telephone. Businesses could exchange documents electronically, and information could be disseminated quickly.