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Vint Cerf, who is widely known as one of the "fathers" of the Internet, recently met with Informilo in Geneva at the Internet Society's new offices, to discuss the future of the Internet and Internet regulation. In the interview Cerf, who is Google's Chief Internet Evangelist, addresses the tension between privacy and the desire of governments to protect society.  Click "read more" to see the video.

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ICANN, the nonprofit that oversees Net addresses, approved the introduction in 2009 of an unlimited number of new suffixes, a move that is now being questioned by the U.S. government and some trademark holders. ICANN President Paul Twomey talked with Informilo at the World Economic Forum in Davos  about the proposed sweeping changes to the Internet's addressing system and ICANN's efforts to reassure governments and businesses. Click "read more" to see the story and the video.Read more

Internet doyenne Esther Dyson was awarded the Aenne Burda Creative Leadership award at the Digital, Live, Design or DLD conference in Munich on January 25.  Dyson,  who is currently training to be a cosmonaut, talked to Informilo about why this is a great time to start a business, her investments in Russia, personalized medicine and space technology.Read more