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- Psystar sues Apple! Claims violation of Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act
- Reports are coming in that Mac-clone maker Psystar has filed a countersuit against Apple alleging restraint of trade, unfair competition and other violations of antitrust law. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Antitrust, Restraint, Apple Inc., Psystar, Reports, Apple Mac OS, Corporate Law, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Business Operations, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Attacking phishing at the source
- Attacking phishing at the sourceDomainKeys--it's a startNow if mandated changes were in effect 'with teeth' that enforced usage of PGP or GnuPG or S/MIME for signed encrypted email, that would take down the spam to 0%!RE: Attacking phishing at the sourceSince phishing has cost countless pains to so many people,...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, inactivism, Attacking phishing, restraint
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Wikileaks case emphasizes rule against prior restraint
- Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen has a Google Comment up on the whole Wikileaks fiasco. Now that Julius Baer has moved for dismissal, We are confident that judges in such future cases will have learned the lesson taught by the proceedings in federal...
- Tags: Bank, Restraint, Alan Levy, Financial Services, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-03-06
- The First Amendment and Wikileaks
- To clarify some things I misunderstood about this story this morning. Dynadot is Wikileaks' domain registrar, and it was Dynadots not Wikileaks who stipulated to blocking the domain. Which explains why there was a stipulation at all. And why Wikileaks was so outraged by the court's action. ...
- Tags: Restraint, First Amendment, Information, Dynadot, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Shorter hours in software
- Shorter hours in softwareNO WONDERM$ is missing their LongShot deadline . . . ;)Even a jackass needs a breakwhen plowing the fields. It is my expirience that when deadlines are not met it is not my workers fault it is mine. I own the business BTW. I...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Corp., restraint, Noone, software, job
- Discussion threads 2005-02-22
- Senate panel hears VoIP arguments
- Senate panel hears VoIP argumentsUnjustified taxesThe root problem is that state and federal governments have taxed services they weren't entitled to tax. And they have done so usually without receiving direct voter permission. Whenever you institute a tax it must be on something whose use will increase government cost. If...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, U.S. Senate, VoIP, restraint, tax, government cost
- Discussion threads 2004-02-25
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- America loses its moral technologist: Michael Crichton
- America loses its moral technologist: Michael CrichtonThank YouSeven years ago I was applying to colleges. A common essay prompt was "Write about a particular work of literature or author who has had an influence on your life and describe that influence."I wrote about Michael Crichton. I argued many...
- Tags: Michael Crichton
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Microsoft blacks out pirated desktops; Chinese bloggers fume
- Microsoft blacks out pirated desktops; Chinese bloggers fumeMS not helping itselfWith all of the bad press that Microsoft has received recently, one would think this would have been thought through a little more carefully. MS is putting millions into ad campaigns to try and change public perception about Microsoft and...
- Tags: Blogging, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Chinese blogger, Microsoft Corp., blogger, desktop, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Campus security: protecting our assets and asses
- Campus security: protecting our assets and assesCherry Picking StatsYour choice of words belies your intent. Stating that the US has a huge gun crime rate and then linking to a an out of date Gun crime report is deceptive at best.The gun crime rate in the link you provided comes...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Asset management, Cellular phones, gun crime rate, crime rate, Campus security, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Web 2.0: Unprecedented data liabilities for users and businesses
- Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a Technologist and Author of the Upcoming Book, Unseen Liability. He is a Graduate of Yale and West Point. He insures Web 2.0 business risks with The Hartford. His post is a follow-up to a recent talk he gave on Web business risk. ...
- Tags: Web, Advertisement, Privacy, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.
- Japan is Web "Future-Ready." U.S. lags far behind.Once again, the greed practiced by US...broadband providers gets in the way of real progress. The inherent greed factor of capitalism is strangling our Internet. To regain our world dominance in the Internet world requires the government to step in and nationalize the...
- Tags: INTERNET, Vertical industries, Network technology, Broadband Internet, Future-Ready, AT&T Corp., government, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-09-12
- Altec Lansing Orbit MP3 iM237
- It's the little iPod speaker that could. The Orbit iM207, Altec Lansing's inexpensive mobile iPod speaker, has a new design and new name: the Orbit MP3 iM237. The new model's got a handful of little upgrades that make it a bit better than its predecessor. This single speaker is about...
- Tags: speaker, Altec Lansing
- Product reviews 2008-09-11
- Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?
- Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?Bad guys don't need applauseJust money. So they'll modestly attempt to avoid receiving their due when they compromise systems. I wouldn't assume that not hearing about a success means the success has not occurred.Also, this statement is confusing:Now, we have the...
- Tags: SECURITY, flaw, exploit code, Bad Guys, exploit
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit?
- Somewhere in the news coverage of Psystar's countersuit against Apple today, I was reminded of the car analogy I use to help friends and family understand how to buy a computer. Under the hood of a car, everything is the same. There's an engine, transmission, battery and...
- Tags: Car, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag order
- MIT students ungagged: Judge vacates gag orderThere was no trespassAs stated above, this was a case where a public agency didn't want researchers to reveal their security holes for fear of being exposed to malicious hackers. The students themselves merely identified the holes, likely exploits and suitable repairs. They provided...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, SECURITY, Hacking, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
- Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?....It's pioneers like Colorado that will finally propel us into the 21st century. Great news! Love it when the old ways are trounced by new tech AND soundly at that!"[B]Despite a continuing boom, oil and gas companies here are on the...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Telecom & Utilities, Westinghouse, mW, tax, Xcel Energy Inc., renewable energy
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Decision on MIT students' gag order delayed until Tuesday
- The MIT students currently under a gag order not to speak about their research into security holes in the Boston's CharlieCard system will spend the weekend still gagged. A federal judge today declined to lift a temporary restraining order until it expires on Tuesday, News.com reports. ...
- Tags: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Student, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
- Defcon's over but MBTA wants gag order to remain
- With negotiations between the EFF-represented MIT students and the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority over a temporary restraining order at a standstill, the MBTA will go to court Thursday to ask for an extension of the temporary restraining order issued against the students this weekend. The current order expires Aug. 19....
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Defcon, MBTA, Free Trade, Finance, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-13
- MIT students fight for right to expose security gaps in Boston subway
- MIT students fight for right to expose security gaps in Boston subwayPrior restraintThe judge's order is clearly prior restraint on speech. I'd be shocked if it wasn't overturned on appeal. Unfortunately, the MTA will probably escape the financial spanking they deserve for violating the students' civil rights.Illusion is...
- Tags: Constitution, students skill, security, security gap, subway, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, illusion
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plans
- Microsoft contracts stymie IBM laptop Linux plansWhere had you read that?[i]When it comes to new hardware, most makers charge you for Windows even if you don’t get it. They do this to maintain their relationship with Microsoft[/i]Actually, I hear that these companies charge you for FreeDos, (though they claim it...
- Tags: Operating systems, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., OEM, Lenovo Group Ltd., Microsoft Windows, agreement, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
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