Robert Scoble

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Robert Scoble - Rackspace's startup liaison officer helps small teams have a huge impact with cloud computing technology. - Startup Liaison Officer for Rackspace. Searching for world-changing technologies. - Rackspace - Half Moon Bay, California, USA - As Startup Liaison for Rackspace, the Open Cloud Computing Company, Scoble travels the world looking for what's happening on the bleeding edge of technology for Rackspace's startup program.

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The Battle for Power on the Internet

We're in the middle of an epic battle for power in cyberspace. On one side are the traditional, organized, institutional powers such as governments and large multinational corporations. On the other are the distributed and nimble: grassroots movements, dissident groups, hackers, and criminals. Initially, the Internet empowered the second side.

http://goo.gl/5HVYDf

Congressional oversight of the NSA is a joke. I should know, I'm in Congress

In the 1970s, Congressman Otis Pike of New York chaired a special congressional committee to investigate abuses by the American so-called "intelligence community" - the spies. After the investigation, Pike commented: It took this investigation to convince me that I had always been told lies, to make me realize that I was tired of being told lies.

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/25/nsa-no-congress-oversight