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Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"

Big Telco wants to ream you with "deep packet inspection"You just don't get itWhat's good for AT&T is good for America. Internet traffic isn't the only potential gold mine, by the way: monitoring your telephone calls has vast potential for revolutionary new services.For instance, if you call an auto...

Tags: Government, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Eternal Vigilance, Big Telco, deep packet inspection, packet inspection, telecommunications company, MSE

Discussion threads 2007-12-06

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Big storage is watching you

Kudos to Larry Dignan for an informative post on the system that caught NY governor Eliot Spitzer canoodling with a prostitute. Modern information technology enables 24 hour surveillance of every citizen. Should we care? Of course not. Every citizen is a potential terrorist. You want to...

Tags: Database, President, Surveillance, Information Technology, Storage, Personal Responsibility, GPS, Government, Handhelds, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-03-12

Stallman's dream and GPLv3

Stallman's dream and GPLv3You begin with a false premis"If you don't share his views, and work in the propriety software industry, then this might be a very scary thing."I don't believe anyone is "scared" by Stallman, his views, or open source. No more than they scared by the whacko...

Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Wind River VxWorks, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

FSF political discoloration

FSF political discolorationIs the concentration on the code wise?If I have understood it correctly if someone took a piece of GPL'd code and then changed it and attempted to copyright it then they would be in breach of the GPL.If however they looked at the code (or observed the behaviour...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Free Software Foundation, software, mathematical expression

Discussion threads 2007-05-30

Privacy concerns dog Google-DoubleClick deal

Privacy concerns dog Google-DoubleClick dealNot so badThe merging of such information could be of benefit to us all.It will help companies like google make finding content and services that we want on the internet. Personally I don't think that it would harm us to have this information shared at all...

Tags: Government, DoubleClick Inc., Google Inc., privacy

Discussion threads 2007-04-18

EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium music

EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium musicbit rateI believe the bit rate being provided on the DRM-free musicis 256 kbps kilobits per second. This is higher than thetypical 192 kbps found on DVDs.My question is, which format is the best among those digitalformats being provided. mp3 is a...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, partnership, Apple iTunes, digital-rights management, EMI Group Plc., MP3, AAC, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-04-02

A devilish argument for open source

A devilish argument for open sourceLets turn this argument around.The US allows exports of proprietary software with backdoors in it so the NSA/CIA/FBI/Military can spy on foriegn nations. Since the app is closed source/proprietary the receiving nation would not be able to review the code for any holes that the...

Tags: open source, GPL, source code, software

Discussion threads 2005-03-18

Microsoft and your tinfoil hat

Hypochondriacs get sick. They even die. Just because you're paranoid does not mean they are not out to get you. (And if you are paranoid, or just extremely careful, here's a great version of Linux for you.)There's a reason that open source fans treat every piece of news from Microsoft...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2004-11-15

RFID tags--demonic tools?

RFID tags--demonic tools?It's "Revelation" (No "s").mark d.Can you say still born?Look, I understand all the supposed cost savings, I just don't buy it but that's another argument. The fact of the matter is I see NOTHING that provides a tangible benefit to me. (If you think lowered...

Tags: tool, RFID, RFID tag, government

Discussion threads 2004-09-07

House requests e-vote probe

House requests e-vote probeThank you, Diebold."I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President next year."- Wally O'Dell, CEO Diebold Pop Quiz:Name the country where people don't trust their election results. a)Cambodia b)China c)United States of America d)All of aboveD!It doesn't...

Tags: E-voting, Viruses and worms, e-vote, Wally O'Dell, Diebold Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-05-17

New bill extends computer security law

The bill would extend a law that requires government agencies to regularly test their technological security--an act that is set to expire in November. A new bill would extend a law that requires government agencies to regularly test their technological security. The Federal Information Security Management...

Tags: Computer Security, Agency, Computer, Advertising & Promotion, Security, Marketing, Margaret Kane

News items 2002-03-06

Microsoft.Net: a new monopoly?

The Burton Group analyst Gary Hein says Microsoft.Net can be summarized in one simple statement: Microsoft is building an Internet monopoly. COMMENTARY--Microsoft.Net can be summarized in one simple statement: Microsoft is building an Internet monopoly. Does the very nature of the Internet prevent one company...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Passport, Web Service, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft HailStorm, Achilles, Internet, Gary Hein, Technology News

News items 2001-08-29