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- Yang out: Justice scrutiny paved the way
- Yang out: Justice scrutiny paved the waylobby dollars or notGoogle has a stranglehold on something extremely vital to our economy and our lives in general which is likely to grow in importance in ways we hardly even comprehend at this stage. They certainly did not need to suck up in...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- Ashcroft resigns attorney general's post
- Ashcroft resigns attorney general's postHat's off to Mr. Ashcroft.Do I agree with his politics? No way, but then agreement isn't really required. Look, the guy is a hard ax, but isn't that what his job should require? I mean shouldn't the "top cop" be a hard core...
- Discussion threads 2004-11-09
- DOJ takes P2P legislation with 'grain of salt'
- DOJ takes P2P legislation with 'grain of salt'NA, NA, NA, NA, BOO, BOO!At least someone read the bill finally and realized what was actually being proposed. Orrin needs to just give it up and go home-NOW! No need to wait for the election.Hmmm, maybe it's time for some more cut...
- Discussion threads 2004-08-23
- Critics: Management, not IT money, is FBI problem
- Critics: Management, not IT money, is FBI problemDeficient funding in generalThey could afford to hire enough translators and had trouble paying the enough to keep them. So it took much longer to translate intercepted messages from suspected terrorists. That show's it wasn't just IT spending cuts. It was over all...
- Discussion threads 2004-04-14
- Ashcroft ready to clean up the Internet
- Ashcroft ready to clean up the InternetDisturbedEven as a staunch conservative, I am disturbed by this morality trend in the Republican party. I have always been a believer in the first amendment right of free speech and expression. I believe that other people have the right to view...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-08
- SCO to sue Linux user Tuesday
- SCO to sue Linux user TuesdayThese criminals....need to be bombed. They have gone waaaaaaay to far now..Here's an example of how stupid it is:Lets say you own and apartment building and rent out 4 units. One day I come along and tell the world I own the apartment building and...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-01
- California lawmaker introduces RFID bill
- California lawmaker introduces RFID billGood to seeEven if this bill does not make it through, at least this is finally being brought to mass public attention. This will at least push the issue more to the forefront where some other bill may finally pass.You want to bet...........................Ashcroft is taking a...
- Discussion threads 2004-02-24
- Ashcroft says surveillance powers should stand
- Ashcroft says surveillance powers should standthe Internet is in no danger of disappearing...I just wish Ashcroft, Bush, and the so-called Patriot Act would disappear.Abuse of Pat ActWhat many people find objectionable is using the pat act to protect the likes of the RIAA. It is this broad expansion of...
- Discussion threads 2004-01-30
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- Netbook market looks lost to Microsoft
- Netbook market looks lost to MicrosoftSmartphone functionality on NetbooksThe next generation of netbooks aka smartbooks are likely to include hardware typically found in smartphones (i.e. touchscreen, 3G, GPS, accelerometer, compass, etc.). This hardware will enable smartphone functionality like location-based services, cell phone calls, SMS, automatic screen rotation, etc.Desktop OSes don't...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- No Device Will Save The New York Times. Only The Times Can.
- No Device Will Save The New York Times. Only The Times Can.Fancy garbage is still garbage.[B]What really sets the Times apart is its ability to dig in deeply to events and issues that really matter ? and not necessarily in New York. International reporting, national reporting, business and politics.[/B]They stopped...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-05
- RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spots
- RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spotsBe careful...Be careful who has your ear, Mr. President.RE: RIAA, BSA lawyers fill top Justice spotsAnd to think of all the articles and columns I've seen by liberal tech writers over the last two months just giddy with anticipatory delight on all the wonderful...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
- British ISPs block Wikipedia over album cover
- We're accustomed to the Internet being censored in China and other repressive regimes. But it's a bit disconcerting when Great Firewall techniques come to the U.K. At issue is the Wikipedia page for the Scorpions' album Virgin Killer, which features the nude image of a young girl with a glass...
- Blog posts 2008-12-08
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright wars
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright warsThis article is right on track...Now if we can just get the lobbyists to leave Washington and get the Congress to repeal all the copyright acts passed since 1975.Never Going To HappenThe recent meltdown of Wall Street and the financial markets world wide pretty...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- No retail channel for laptop Linux
- No retail channel for laptop LinuxPlease do not forgetthat many of the reviews posted online at Wal-Mart their disatisfaction with the system.Yes these were in most cases "newbies" but the point:That unless the person is very sure of what they are buying, in the end if they dislike it, they...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Lessig: Bill to fix orphaned works is 'unfair and unwise'
- Larry Lessig championed the need to fix copyright law with regard to "orphan works" â€" those works that are covered by copyright but whose owners are unknown. He was a guiding force behind the Internet Archive's 2004 suit to get the courts to address the issue. (See Free the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Change-Congress, an open source strategy for political reform
- Lawrence Lessig, known for his leadership on IP reform and the illfated Eldred v. Ashcroft decision, launched his latest project, Change-Congress at the National Press Club on Thursday. Partnering with Joe Trippi formerly of the Dean and Edwards campaigns, Lessig's strategy will be a "bi-partisan, web-based effort to leverage and...
- Blog posts 2008-03-23
- Microsoft ruling: EU court statement
- Microsoft ruling: EU court statementLooks like the lid comes offThe Commission stayed the requirement that MS publicly disclose interop documentation until this ruling, on the grounds that once the data became public it would be impossible to put it back in the bottle.Well, the Court has upheld the common-sense decision...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Is Microsoft a monopoly?
- Is Microsoft a monopoly?TrueFor instance, %99.9999 percent of all schools, atleast, run on MicroSoft, thus affecting society. Moreover, it is used by most governments.My point is, officials recognize MS, and Windows alone, as thier OS.Wrong questionThe applicable question isn't "is Microsoft a monopoly?" The operative question is, "does Microsoft...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Hacking tools don't hack, hackers do
- Hacking tools don't hack, hackers doLaws as ToolsI seem to recall then US Attorney General John Ashcroft constantly use the word "tools" in his sales pitch for the USA Patriot Act. Presumably, he meant tools to be used to go after "bad guys" who couldn't be proven guilty by...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-14
- Microsoft: less vulnerabilities in Vista AND XP than Mac OX Tiger
- Microsoft: less vulnerabilities in Vista AND XP than Mac OX TigerIsn't thiscommon knowledge. ]:)Safer?!"Microsoft's chief operating officer Kevin Turner implicitly claimed yesterday that Vista and XP are safer than Apple's Mac OS Tiger."They did it to excess for many users the security warnings are a nightmare endless loops to accomplish...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-27
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