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- FCC sure we're headed to Hell, ass first
- FCC sure we're headed to Hell, ass firstAhem...Yet another piece of idiotic political journalism. Where's the tech news? If you wanna be a political blogger, go elsewhere!!And by the way, public decency *is* the job of the government to uphold.Monitoring content IS in the public interestIf you want...
- Tags: Federal government, Government, FCC, decency, ass
- Discussion threads 2008-02-22
- Cable taps into wiretap law
- Cable taps into wiretap lawoh man this is going to be very interestingone theres a war with piracy i believe the companies has the cash would be able to tap into user the same way the fbi or whatever could... that's reason i dont trust cell...
- Tags: Government, Federal government, SECURITY, cable, Osama bin Laden, broadcasting, decency, Howard Stern
- Discussion threads 2004-03-16
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- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?
- Did Sally Field break grandma's bone?They shouldn't be advertised.He's right - the interactions with the body are complicated, and which drugs you take should be discussed with your doctor, not decided by an ad you've seen on TV.You should never be influenced by an ad to take a certain drug,...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Lame hands-free law goes into effect in WA State on 1 July 2008
- Lame hands-free law goes into effect in WA State on 1 July 2008Stats prove itFrom http://www.jmu.edu/safetyplan/vehicle/generaldriver/safetybelt.shtml* Approximately 35,000 people die in motor vehicle crashes each year. About 50 percent (17,000) of these people could be saved if they wore their safety belts.* For every one percent increase in safety belt...
- Tags: Cellular phones, belt, seat belt, phone, CD
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auction
- FCC wants no-porn, free broadband wireless auctionHmmm....Is Porn illegal? If not is this not a governmental nose-snubbing at freedom of speech, making it highly illegal ?Do we really WANT this sort of action by our government?Do we want to become China?I dunno. I'm just askin'...The moral crusaders :)Ok,...
- Tags: Federal government, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Government, WIRELESS, broadband wireless auction, broadband wireless, FCC, broadband
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Judge nixes challenge to library filter suit
- Judge nixes challenge to library filter suitso why is restricting the use of my computer in a public setting violatingsomeone else's free speech right?we have always had this public nuisance mindset, especially around children.the propriety of it is still appropriate.no matter what the aclu thinks.if i want to use my...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, library filter
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Viacom is trying to break the Internet
- Viacom is trying to break the Internet1 billion?How did they come up with that?Is that a one time fine, after that Google can allow any content on UTube?Requiring google to put aside an annual fund to police Utube sounds more reasonable to me.The internet isn't fun anymoreThe internet has been...
- Tags: Viacom Inc., Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Section 230 to Twitter and others: Delete away
- Community and content management don't void a site's immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Participation in an unlawful act does. I was thus taken aback by the legal analysis included in Wired's/Betsy Schiffman's post about Ariel Waldman and Twitter...
- Tags: Alteration, Immunity, Twitter, Regulations, Government, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-05-24
- Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download it
- Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only download itI just clicked 'download'in Firefox, and both opened up within the browser.WinXP SP2, .Net installed, FF 3beta5However, I don't think .Net makes a difference, since I am in FireFox.RE: Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report looks interesting if you could only...
- Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft Security, XPS, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, anti-MS
- Discussion threads 2008-04-22
- Microsoft+pledges+%28yet+again%29+that+it+wants+to+be+interoperable
- Microsoft+pledges+%28yet+again%29+that+it+wants+to+be+interoperablefalse promisessort of like Google saying they respect data privacyMicrosoft is reaching out..thats always goodI think your post is overly critical and unbalanced.fool me once, shame on MS. Fool me way more...Why are people so stupid! If MS wants to be open, then BE open. Oh we...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- MySpace: Will its socialist-like approach to its social app developers succeed?
- MySpace kicked off its developer program Tuesday by providing API's and development tools to tens of thousands of developers, with some unique diistinctions, and restrictions, that it hopes will result in high quality apps. Developers were invited to its "Sandbox" event in San Francisco to learn more about the...
- Tags: Developer, Difference, MySpace, Tom Foremski
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Porn to spice up cell phones
- Porn to spice up cell phonesLast thing we need. :(Is there no boundary to protect decency? It's getting really sad....WOOT! Pron to go! Great for hotel rooms, empty subways and buses!Haha.. finally! Now if we can just losen the buttcheeks of those uptight cristians and...
- Tags: Cellular phones, cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-01-31
- Gizmodo prank trashes CES presentations
- Gizmodo prank trashes CES presentationsHas Larry figured it out yet?So far, he and the Goo Goo Gaa Gaa Gizmodo pre-school prankers are about the only ones who think it's funny.How's THIS for hypocrisy?Am I the only one who finds it hypocritical that the Goo Goo Ga Ga Gizmodo pre-school pranksters...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, TVs, Giz, Gizmodo, Consumer Electronics Show, prankster
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Will you be having sex with a robot in five years' time?
- Will you be having sex with a robot in five years' time?Very disturbing but legitimate topicI think we're far from "marriage" with robots since robots with true AI and not intelligence imitation are far from reality. All too often is a clever algorithm mislabeled as "AI". Having robots...
- Tags: Robots, robot, blow-up doll, doll
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
- Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speech
- Lawyer rating start-up and nascent online community Avvo scored a big win yesterday when it convinced a Washington district court to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed last June. Avvo aggregates available attorney information, assigns subjective and undisclosed value to various factors, and comes up with a 1-10...
- Tags: Third Party, First Amendment, Avvo, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Why Microsoft hates Google's Android
- Why Microsoft hates Google's AndroidWho hates Android? (Not me.)Indeed, JavaME already is highly fragmented, so what does Monson-Haefel want to protect? I really wonder what the purpose of his posting is. Strengthen Java? Strengthen Microsoft? Create FUD around Android? Why?As we have seen with Eclipse, competition and open source are...
- Tags: Programming languages, Java development tools, .NET, OPEN SOURCE, Application servers, Java, Microsoft hates Google Android, Microsoft HATES, Eclipse, Microsoft Corp., JRE, Microsoft .NET
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Europe and telecommunications regulations
- Europe and telecommunications regulationsComments.Already in Europe, there is deregulation, and a requirement on the old monopoly operators to "unbundle the local loop". This means, in essence, they are obliged to let competitor have access to the copper between the exchange and the customer (not for free, of course).This has generally...
- Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Broadband Internet, Network technology, telecommunications, British Telecommunications, copper, village, broadband, broadband network
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Facebook's Orwellian customer service
- Facebook's Orwellian customer serviceFacebook customer serviceI can really sympathize with this story. I had a similar experience with Facebook customer service. I posted a flyer for my business and received a curt reply back saying that I had broken the terms of use. I read the terms of use and...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Facebook, Orwellian customer service, Facebook customer service
- Discussion threads 2007-11-01
- A turn in the antispyware war?
- A turn in the antispyware war?WTF?A Common sense ruling in our US court system?!?! I tell ya, this country is going down hill fast.Next, we will be electing a president that has common sense ....;->WTF? Completely different.Standard journalistic practice is to sumarize the information needed to understand the article before...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, anti-spyware, spyware, advertisement, software
- Discussion threads 2007-10-03
- Web profile no defense to statutory rape
- Honest belief that a female is over 18 is generally a defense to a statutory rap charge, but apparently relying on someone's web profile is not enough. Ars Technica reports that a federal judge threw out a suit by a man who sued SexSearch.com, an X-rated personals service. "John...
- Tags: Web, Minor, Communications Decency Act, SexSearch.com, John Doe, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
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