Development by Davis: “Larry Lessig: The corruption of the American political system” plus 4 more

Larry Lessig: The corruption of the American political system
AMD Strengthens Security Solutions through Technology Partnership with ARM
An architecture of participation
AMD Launches Next-Generation AMD FirePro™ Professional Graphics Card; Enables Brilliant Visuals and Value to Expanding Digital Signage
AMD, ARM, Imagination, MediaTek and Texas Instruments Unleash the Next Era of Computing Innovation

Larry Lessig: The corruption of the American political system

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 06:00 AM PDT

Two years ago, I interviewed law professor, author, and Creative Commons co-founder Larry Lessig to discuss his work on institutional corruption and what he describes as the "economy of influence" in American politics. This week he was back in Durham, NC to discuss his new book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress—and a Plan to Stop It.

Nearly 100 people crammed into the basement of the matchbox-sized Regulator bookshop to hear Lessig read from his latest work and take questions about how to change the way money influences elections. The basic problem, he said, can be summed up with four numbers:

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AMD Strengthens Security Solutions through Technology Partnership with ARM

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it will integrate a new security solution into its future products to meet the increasing need to provide consumers and businesses with secure access to their content and worry-free online transactions. Through a strategic technology partnership with

An architecture of participation

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT

What happens when half of the world's population lives in cities? When over three billion people are online? When there are more than 15 billion connected devices?

Old organizational models hit end-of-life. People behave differently. Organizations behave differently. What worked in the old world doesn't work in the new.

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AMD Launches Next-Generation AMD FirePro™ Professional Graphics Card; Enables Brilliant Visuals and Value to Expanding Digital Signage

Posted: 13 Jun 2012 12:00 AM PDT

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced immediate availability of the AMD FirePro™ W600 professional graphics card, the company's first professional graphics card to leverage AMD's

AMD, ARM, Imagination, MediaTek and Texas Instruments Unleash the Next Era of Computing Innovation

Posted: 12 Jun 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Today at the AMD Fusion Developer Summit (AFDS), global technology leaders came together to announce the formation of the Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Foundation. The HSA Foundation is a non-profit consortium established to define and pro...