A spate of recent articles written on I+I director's latest book "Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age" dwell on the need to forget. In an interview with the director, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation highlights the 'perils of a perfect memory'. While spelling out possible outcomes from the immense growth of Google, the Bangkok Post recommends the book for the 'tech-mad teen'. Kelly Heyboer of the Newark based The Star-Ledger asks the director whether he has something more >>

Coverage on France's recent bid to introduce a new law that gives web surfers control over the online life of their personal data quotes I+I director, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger's latest book "Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age". The article is titled France wants to forget; Facebook doesn't and is featured in the Foreign Policy, a division of The Washington Post.

Ongoing investigations of the recent cyber attacks on Google makes for an opportune moment to bring up a Q&A session arranged by the international broadcasting service VOA News for their Talk2America segment with I+I director, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, fielding queries on issues concerning cyber security. A pdf copy of the conversation is attached to this post.

The Washington D.C based news source for university faculty and academics, The Chronicle for Higher Education, has carried a review on the recently released book, "Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age" by I+I director, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger. The reviewer, Siva Vaidhyanathan, associate professor of media studies and law at the University of Virginia, finds the book to be "one of a number of smart recent books that gently and eruditely warn us of the rising costs and risks of mindlessly diving into new digital environments—without, however, raising apocalyptic fears of the entire project."

Avid blogger on the London culture scene Natalie Bennett reviews the latest book by I+I director, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger "Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age" on BlogCritics.org. Read the review here.

The Malaysian Insider features an interview with I+I director, Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, on what correspondent Kimberley Spykerman of The Straits Times calls the Facebook paradox. The opinion piece, entitled Facebook Foibles, can be read here.

Dear Friends;

It is hard to believe we are already in 2010 – and high time for me to provide our first annual report. 2009 has been an extraordinarily successful year for the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre. We have grown by leaps and bounds.

A year ago we barely had one fellow. Today our roster of present and past doctoral and post-doctoral fellows include Tracy, Quihong, Kaitlyn, and Dima. In addition to their own research projects, they have joined important Centre projects on virtual worlds, search engines, domain names, and citation networks. Because of their creativity, dedication and energy we have an excellent set of papers in the pipeline that will employ cutting edge research to inform pressing policy questions of the global information economy. In less than a week, Zeenath will join us, and we continue to attract interest from very distinguished fellowship applicants around the world. more >>