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10:00U.S. Cyber Security

Tens of millions of personal computers may be infected by the �conflicker� virus. President Obama recently ordered a review all government cyber-security initiatives. The latest on threats to military, government, civilian and commercial computer networks.

Guests

Paul Kurtz, cyber security consultant, formerly served as senior director, Office of Cyberspace Security at the National Security Council

James Lewis, Director and Senior Fellow, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

Paula Bruening, Deputy Executive Director of The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP.

11:00Jack Horner: "How To Build A Dinosaur" (Dutton)

Advances in the science of evolutionary development could soon make it possible to create a living dinosaur. This creature would offer clues to the past, hope for future medical advances, and a host of ethical issues. Why extinct no longer has to mean forever.

Guests

Jack Horner, Regents Professor of Paleontology at Montana State University and curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies.

James Gorman, Deputy science editor of The New York Times and editor of its Science Times section. This is his seventh book.

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