Estonian Internet guru Linnar Viik explains his country's success and comments on 2007's cyber attack, when hackers tried to take down the most wired country in Europe.
Archive for April, 2009
Estonia’s Internet guru Linnar Viik shares cyber strategy
Watch the show from Tuesday, April 7: Obama's surprise trip to Iraq, Italy recovers from the massive earthquake, Estonia's digital revolution and Cuban baseball.
As global Internet use swells, piracy concerns also mount
Australia and India anticipate huge Web growth while Sweden battles with Internet piracy and sees impressive results.
U.S. officials meet resistance on visit to Pakistan
Arif Rafiq of World Politics Review discusses U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Mike Mullen's trip to Pakistan and what role Pakistan can play in stabilizing Afghanistan as the country deals with its own security issues.
Estonia becomes E-stonia with digital revolution
A digital revolution is turning the tiny European nation of Estonia into a nation of Internet innovators. Estonians have put their digital identities onto their national identification cards, and much more.
Brazilian scrap collectors scrounge for income
Brazil's economy -- Latin America's largest -- has seen slipping industrial production and will take a hit this year. A Worldfocus contributing blogger writes about the fate of Brazil's scrap collectors as prices for recyclable materials drop.
Splintered bats fly and feisty tongues flap on Cuban streets
In Cuba, baseball is a beloved year-round sport, played in stadiums and in streets. While it may look the same, it is a far cry from the money game it has become in the U.S.
High in the Bolivian Andes women dish out llama pizza
Worldfocus producer Bryan Myers is currently reporting from Bolivia and writes about one memorable dining experience high in the Bolivian Andes.
Watch the show from Monday, April 6: Earthquake in Italy, President Obama in Turkey, North Korea's rocket launch and Estonia in Afghanistan.
U.S. urges strong response to N. Korea rocket launch
The United States said on Monday that it will continue to press the United Nations Security Council for a strong response to this weekend's rocket launch by North Korea, a rocket that President Obama said could be used for long-range missiles. Leon Sigal of the Social Science Research Council discusses the implications of the launch.