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Wireless users may be shut off if sharing copyrighted files

ACTA: The Bigger Picturehttp://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4510/125/Not likely to happenWhy? Because the internet companies are not going to shut off paying customers just because they are accused of sharing files 'illegally'.... they will either tell the companies to file a lawsuit against the people in question or give them some REAL evidence that...

Tags: Strategy, wireless, Acta, rights holder, shut-off, intellectual property

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Why are ACTA details being kept secret?

Why are ACTA details being kept secret?Good Richard. Turn up the volume on this one.ntI like how it is secret due to "national security" concernsRight.ACTA has been secret for far too long now. Corporate interests are basically writing law here, and the most important party, the public, has been...

Tags: Acta

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Acta Classic 1.0 (Mac)

Acta is an outline processor. It lets you organize just about anything -- reports, ideas, lists, projects, graphics -- in the form of an outline, where topics have subtopics.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sharp Corp., Acta, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components

Software downloads 1999-08-11

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Real appeals injunction against RealDVD; says judge erred

Worst part is...RealDVD put their own DRM on the movie therefore MPAA's argument is flawed and also RealDVD should fall under fair use... only the DMCA and the upcomming ACTA will make this illegal...RE: Real appeals injunction against RealDVD; says judge erredSam,If you don't archive your DVD collection simply because...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Consumer electronics, Digital media, RealDVD, DVD, digital-rights management, CD

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Opal 1.2.5 (Mac)

Opal is an outliner. It lets you organize just about anything -- ideas, reports, lists, notes, projects, graphics -- as an outline. It stands out for its uncluttered, fluid interface. But Opal includes features not found in other organizers: Shrink a topic to a single line Alphabetic and numeric...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sharp Corp., Outline, Opal, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-14

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...

Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Scientists envision inflatable alternative to tethered space elevator

An inflatable free standing tower could one day carry equipment and tourists 20 kilometers above Earth, and it could be completed much sooner than a cable-based space elevator, say researchers at York University in Toronto, Canada. They envision a giant tower assembled with a series of modules made up...

Tags: Elevator, Kilometer, Team Management, Cable, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-17

TAO 1.8d (Mac)

TAO is a powerful outliner/organizer where chunks of information can easily be managed and organized as items. TAO supports basic outliner facilities, such as creating, moving, sorting, grouping, combining and gathering items. Also the following useful facilities help you organize items: Capable of importing graphics and multiple fonts for...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Item, OPML, Tao, Takashi T. Hamada

Software downloads 2009-04-27

Obama continues Bush's secrecy policy on mysterious IP trade deal

OK, just what is so secret about a copyright-protection treaty? There is this proposal - the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. It's a secret and repugnant proposed treaty with some pretty extreme provisions. Only what we know about the provisions is limited to what has leaked out, because the actual terms...

Tags: Treaty, IP, Obama, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Network Technology, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Julius Genachowski & The FCC: A Failure to Communicate?

So Julius Genachowski is to be Barack Obama's choice to head the Federal Communications Commission. Genachowski and president-elect Obama were classmates at the Harvard Law School. And Obama was his boss back then, too, at the Harvard Law Review. GigaOm...

Tags: FCC, Barack Obama, Broadband, Ticketmaster Corp., Interactive Corp., Wireless, Federal Government, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Wireless And Mobility, Government, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-01-13

OMG: The derivatives bubble = $190K per person on planet

This single statistic has boggled my mind because it puts into perspective the enormous size of the derivatives bubble. DK Matai, chairman of the ACTA Open in his article The Invisible One Quadrillion Dollar Equation -- Asymmetric Leverage and Systemic Risk writes: According to various distinguished sources including the...

Tags: Derivatives, Object Management Group, Bubble, Financial Services, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-16

Groups fear secret IP treaty

Have you heard of ACTA? Chances are good you haven't. Not much is known about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, as Wired reports, since the IP-protection treaty is being negotiated in secret. All we know for certain is it's a treaty (.pdf) about beefing up intellectual...

Tags: Treaty, IP, Chances, Intellectual Property, Internet, Healthcare, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Proposed NAFTA-like agreement would turn border guards into copyright cops

This is so unbelievable, so repugnant to basic principles of privacy and prohibitions against illegal search and seizure that I can only let the news speak for itself. But to put it in context, here is Wikipedia's entry on Canada's version of the Fourth Amendment: ...

Tags: Security, Copyright Law, Canada, Agreement, NAFTA, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Diamonds are jet engines' best friends

You certainly know that birds are enemies of jet engine turbine blades. But these jet engines have another nasty foe: sand. Even if the turbine blades are protected with thin layers of thermal barrier coatings TBCs, they operate at very high temperatures. When a sand storm hits a blade, grains...

Tags: Turbine, Glass, Ohio State University, Aluminum, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Will the MacBook Air ruin the MacBook Pro?

New owners of the MacBook Air are putting the controversial ultralight Mac through its paces in actual, real-world workflows. And the results are upbeat. At the same time, the solid results from the ultralight spark questions about the redesign of the MacBook Pro â€" whenever Cupertino decides...

Tags: Apple MacBook, Machine, Apple MacBook Pro, MBP, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern

Blog posts 2008-02-21

Acta Importer for Spotlight 1.1 (Mac)

Acta Importer for Spotlight, you can search Acta outlines under Mac OS X. Install this into a Library/Spotlight folder to enable Spotlight searching of Acta outlines.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sharp Corp., Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-07-12

Acta Importer for Spotlight 1.1 (Mac)

Install this into a Library/Spotlight folder to enable Spotlight searching of Acta outlines.

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Sharp Corp., Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-04-10