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At FCC, change must be the mantra: At FCC, change must be the mantraUniversal service is a worthy goal? In the USA it is a birthrightThe mantra is that the air is a public commons. There is no privatization opportunity here. We can not have trans national big businesses mucking up the greatest public commons of all...; Tags: Federal government, Universal Service, FCC, mantra, spectrum; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
Surveillance society needs privacy safeguards: Surveillance society needs privacy safeguardsMessage has been deleted.How can people expect privacy on a public street?This whole hullabaloo must be coming from city dwellers. Country and small-town people don't expect to go out on the street and not be recognized.Anonymity, perhaps, is a better term for what they're trying to...; Tags: privacy safeguard, surveillance society, privacy; Discussion threads 2008-02-12
EFF wants to saddle you with metered Internet service: Updated 12/8/2007 - The EFF Electronic Frontier Foundation last week publicly joined Free Press and Public Knowledge in recommending a metered Internet service as the alternative to Comcast's BitTorrent throttling. The extremist "Net Neutrality" crowd that wants to regulate the Internet with bans on per-user charges/contracts for Enhanced QoS are...; Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., Problem, Internet Service Provider, DOCSIS, Internet Service, ACL, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Facebook's Orwellian customer service: It's well known that corporate culture and tone are set by top management. Many of my colleagues enjoy riffing on Oracle as being the embodiment of CEO Larry Ellison's variation of the Art of War. But I think even Larry would be appalled at the way Facebook behaves. ...; Tags: Facebook, Customer Service, Jon Swift, Scoble, Techmeme, E-mail, Public Relations, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Biotechnology, Online Communications, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2007-11-01
Open source parties like it's 1999: Like 1984, 1999 is a once unimaginable future which now evokes a specific nostalgia. For the former, blame George Orwell. For the latter, blame open source hero Prince Rogers Nelson. Remember that kerfluffle about Prince changing his name to this ridiculous symbol in 1993,...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., New York Times Co., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2007-10-19

China virtual police to patrol for online porn: China virtual police to patrol for online pornBoycot China!The USA and Europe should block internet access to China and every other country that doesn't support freedom of speech. Problem solved.George Orwell's "1984"If you've ever read the book "1984" by George Orwell, you'll know what i'm thinking. I am not defendign...; Tags: Amerika, insanity, online porn; Discussion threads 2007-08-29
DirectX 10 debate: DirectX 10 debateI suspect someone still using Windows 2000 ....... is not spending a lot on software upgrades and is of little concern to Microsoft to begin with.Let he who is without sin ....... cast the first stone! Your post was nothing more then a cheap shot over an...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Microsoft Windows, DirectX, DirectX 10, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2007-08-28
RIAA law strategy may be undercut: RIAA law strategy may be undercutHm..Seems to me that the presence of a file in a publicly accessible directory would indicate intent to distribute.The RIAA can't be wrong all of the time.Using their logic would mean that anyone who doesn't secure their computerUsing their logic would mean that anyone who...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, RIAA; Discussion threads 2007-08-22
Google already winner in Clinton presidential bid: Google already winner in Clinton presidential bidGo Ron Paul! Go Ron PAul!GO RON PAUL! GO RON PAUL! GOD BLESS RON PAUL! RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2008!Ron Paul in CNN debate on June 5, 2007!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwJKGfAWQUo"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannotsurvive treason from within. An...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Free trade, Google Inc., murderer, Ron, Ron Paul; Discussion threads 2007-06-29
Welcome to 1984, folks: Welcome to 1984, folks. Its been a bit delayed, but were getting there.Thats what British journalist John Naughton concludes in an excellent Observer piece about the creeping and creepy power that Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are amassing through the establishment of gigantic server farms all over world. Naughton...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-04-22
Do you think I'm sexy?: Can we blame Web 2.0 for even the way we look? Crystia Freeland, the sexy looking see photo US managing editor of the Financial Times, certainly tries. In the "The beauty contest", her A-Train column in this mornings FT, she tells us that the "magnifying impact of Web 2.0" makes...; Tags: Uncategorized; Blog posts 2007-03-03
Cisco sues Apple over use of iPhone trademark: Cisco sues Apple over use of iPhone trademarkIt'll be an interesting battleI seem to remember that years ago Bayer had the TM for "Aspirin". Unfortunately the public considered all aspirins produced by various companies to be aspirins and Bayer lost the TM. The public perception was the deciding factor.With the...; Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Cisco Systems Inc., Steve Jobs; Discussion threads 2007-01-10
Is privacy important?: It was a routine weekend ceremony. President Bush was signing a postal reform bill into law on December 20th; a bill which, among other things, reinforced protections of first-class mail from searches without a courts approval. However he added an addendum (technically a "signing statement"), one that was not discussed...; Tags: SECURITY, privacy, camera, warrant; Blog posts 2007-01-08
Top Ten Threats for 2007: Top Ten Threats for 2007RE:Top Ten Threats for 2007I would include...Privacy, Proxy caching, Ajax valnarabilities, Securing RSS feedsTop threat for 2K7... (dramatic pause...)[b]AT&T[/b]The recent FCC approval allowing AT&T to assimilate BellSouth brings the reality of Mutha Bell being handed control of the Internet one step closer, with the government being...; Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Smart phones, Advertising & Promotion, SECURITY, PC, malware, mobile, phone, smart phone; Discussion threads 2006-12-27
Detection bracelet may stop alcohol-related crime: Detection bracelet may stop alcohol-related crimeDetection Bracelet: More from George OrwellI think it would be wrong to make people wear a device such as this bracelet unless they were charged with an alcohol related crime. And even still, it is not against the law to imbibe as long as...; Tags: alcohol, offender; Discussion threads 2006-11-29
Nokia, Trimble ink navigation tech licensing deal: Nokia, Trimble ink navigation tech licensing dealM$ is foamingand is green with envy because they could not buy this technology before.Nokia meet George OrwellNokia picking Trimble may be brilliant. Trimble is known for the accuracy in smaller GPS units and if this accuracy can be incorporated in cell phones what...; Tags: Handhelds, Microsoft Corp., Trimble, GPS, Nokia Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-10-02
Data retention bill expected next week: Data retention bill expected next weekI have BIG problems with this witch-hunting and mandating worthless legislaDon't these people have better things to do than to be screwing around with mandating ISP on data retention -- IN THE NAME of child pornography? I am not supporting CP, I refuse to swallow...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Network technology, NETWORKING, child pornography, IP, e-Gold, Internet Service Provider, government, IP Spoofing; Discussion threads 2006-09-21
Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users: Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on usersThis is BSI'm supposed to believe that the government is doing this to protect children? That's a convenient excuse to take more of our privacy rights.The Evil Dr. Cocteau reborn...Someone wake up Sylvester!Welcome to the futurewhere innocent people will be persecuted while the "bad"...; Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Gonzales, Internet, U.S. Government, hero; Discussion threads 2006-09-20
Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at risk: Theft of laptop puts thousands of identities at riskTime to act....This isn't just a government problem. Individuals and companies alike need to realize that they are just as vulnerable. There is a huge difference between the number of data breaches that are made public and the number of data...; Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, data breach, private information, security measure, personal data, security; Discussion threads 2006-08-14
Federal proposal threaten student privacy: Federal proposal threaten student privacyhypocriticalThis is intersting - in one ZDNet article, we have the White House insisting on the protection of sensitive data, including security over who can access this data. This article basically says students will be denied protection of their sensitive information and their internet communications. ...; Tags: Blogging, student privacy; Discussion threads 2006-07-19