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Global Online Freedom Act, commercial open source, the end of passwords and more on this week's podcast

Global Online Freedom Act, commercial open source, the end of passwords and more on this week's podcastMP3 file cut shortFor some reason the MP3 file was cut short in mid-sentence at about 11 minutes, 31 seconds.File fixed.Thanks for getting it fixed.

Tags: Podcasts, Digital music, Global Online Freedom Act, podcast, password, open source

Discussion threads 2006-02-23

Global Online Freedom Act, commercial open source, the end of passwords and more on this week's podcast

In this latest episode of the Dan & David Show, we discuss the proposed legislation--the Global Online Freedom Act of 2006--controlling how U.S. Internet companies deal with foreign governments that practice censorship, such as China. It's great to have this public dialog, but legislative grand standing is a slippery slope...

Tags: Global Online Freedom Act, podcast

Blog posts 2006-02-17

Smith to introduce Global Online Freedom Act

The Times reports: The subcommittee's chairman, Representative Christopher H. Smith, plans to introduce legislation by week's end that would restrict an Internet company's ability to censor or filter basic political or religious terms — even if that puts the company at odds with local laws in the...

Tags: Global Online Freedom Act, Internet company

Blog posts 2006-02-15

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Global cyberwar: Installed in your PC at home, the office and government

Personal Accountabilityas long as people can think and act as though their conduct on the internet is shrouded in anonomity.Until each of us takes full responsibility for what we do and operates with the knowledge that our 'unique' verifiable identities can be obtained readily, the carnage will continue and broaden.A...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Vertical industries, government, computer, PC-At Home, Internet, car

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

ICANN declares independence, breaks ties with U.S. government

Let the in-fighting begin!How long before it is subverted for political/ideolical purposes like the U.N. has been subverted?(not to say the U.S. hasn't)A bit of naiveness involvedIt stands to reason that, when governments are involved, that there will be political and ideological squabbles on any decision.The EU as a "unified"...

Tags: Government, Corporate governance, INTERNET, Vertical industries, U.S. Government, ICANN

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

How to make Government 2.0 a reality

Today was the final day of the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.  This morning's mixed bag of keynotes included a fireside talk with the founders of Threadless.com and a great demo of chartbeat, a new real-time website monitoring tool. After the keynotes, I decided to let...

Tags: Web, Agency, Tool, Government, Web 2.0, Productivity, Advertising & Promotion, Vertical Industries, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Can the media harm the economy?

Can the media harm the economy?Consider this/KPKClearly, reporting in the media tends to amplify consumer and business psychology. Much of media, especially in my opinion cable news, has devolved into drama commentary rather than factual, impassioned reporting. Those who develop and deliver the "news" are chosen less for journalistic brilliance...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, media

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

Let’s talk about the economics of great journalism

Responding to various recent postings about journalism, including Ethan Zuckerman, Seth Godin, Dan Gillmor, Amy Gahran and Lisa Williams. I think the economics of journalism and ethics are deeply related and we tend to talk about them separately, emphasizing the dying channels for distribution at the expense of understanding the...

Tags: Journalism, Coverage, Reporter, News, ON24, Team Management, Benefits, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Human Resources, Marketing, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2009-01-19

Bill would penalize companies that aid net censorship

The Global Online Freedom Act, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), would penalize companies who facilitate other countries censoring the Internet. Call it the anti-Yahoo law. "American high-tech firms have produced the technology and know-how that has led to a modern-day information revolution," Smith said...

Tags: Olympic Games, Beijing, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Bungee Labs starts off Web 2.0 Expo with a bang -- web development as a service with a low-cost hosting model

Its time to add another IT category to the official IT lexicon: software development and deployment as a service SDDS. And this ones a keeper.Thats my conclusion after seeing a demonstration of Bungee Labs new Bungee Connect offering, which combines the virtues of online web application development with a near-real-time...

Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft, Internet, IDEs, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, content delivery network, Application Lifecycle Management, Amazon, Akamai

Blog posts 2007-04-16

Congress may make ISPs snoop on you

Congress may make ISPs snoop on youRE: Exactly!>>...Is it 2008 yet?...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, Wi-Fi, router, WPA, U.S. Congress, New World Order, government, wireless

Discussion threads 2006-05-16

Smith to introduce Global Online Freedom Act

Smith to introduce Global Online Freedom ActGoogle and eBayThis Online Freedom Act is certainly in response to Google and it's actions with filtering information within China. I wonder if this will also affect what items that eBay can offer for sale. I think that currently because of laws in...

Tags: Google Inc., eBay Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-02-20

Music sites caving to pressure from labels?

Music sites caving to pressure from labels?It's time...It's time for all decent, freedom-loving people to call on the DoJ to start an investigation of the RIAA for violation of RICO statutes.These thugs will destroy anything they perceive as a threat and there are currently too few consumer protections. No one...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), RIAA, illegaly, Music Site, piracy

Discussion threads 2005-09-22

Microsoft, Google duke it out for China

Microsoft, Google duke it out for ChinaCapitalistic greed versus ethicsIt will be interesting to see just how far Microsoft and Google and Yahoo will be prepared to go in assisting the Chinese government to suppress free speech and human rights, in order to make money. American MSN users subject to...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Communist, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Chinese Government, rep

Discussion threads 2005-07-21

Johansen pleads not guilty in DVD appeals case

Johansen pleads not guilty in DVD appeals caseReverse Engeeniering"The industry hopes to send a message to hackers that it will fight on any turf those who crack into their copy-protection systems in a global crackdown on piracy."The industry can fight in other countries, but in the USA reverse engeeniering IS...

Tags: Digital media, MPAA, DeCSS, DVD, Johansen

Discussion threads 2003-12-02