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- French law mandates open DRM
- France has a new digital copyright law, which both makes DRM the law of the land and requires a certain level of interoperability between DRM vendors, InfoWorld reports. The new law could affect Apple's FairPlay DRM, as well as Microsoft's. Although the bill will force DRM...
- Tags: digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2006-03-21
- Right tool, wrong fight
- Freedom of Anonymous Speech: Ross Mayfield writes of the Wikipedia debate.... Beyond this attempt to weaken anonymity on the Net, Wikipedia's open nature is also under attack. Adam Curry edited podcasting history in his favor. Big deal. It's a wiki, just edit it if you disagree and let the community's...
- Tags: Wikipedia
- Blog posts 2005-12-07
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- Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?
- Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?You are right.I see it updating a few times per month so there are more and more problems found. I will never tell anyone they are absolutely secure (ok, not networked, you are...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, NoScript, Cross-Site Request Forgery, CSRF
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
- Comcast traffic management issue before FCC
- Today is the deadline for the FCC call for comments on the Comcast traffic management case brought about by a formal complaint from the Free Press and Public Knowledge. As a former network engineer who designed networks and servers and as someone who has written extensively on these matters, I...
- Tags: FCC, Bandwidth, Packet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., P2P, Problem, Verizon Communications Inc., Broadband, DOCSIS, Network Management, BitTorrent Seeder, Networking, Cable, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-02-13
- Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking Twitter
- Net Neutrality outrage: reports of T-Mobile blocking TwitterGeorge Ou is completely wrong about "Net Neutrality".This is a GREAT example about why there is a need for regulation that outlaws the telcos from interfering with the content they are delivering. Unless they are stopped, they will do it more, and more,...
- Tags: T-Mobile, Net Neutrality, Twitter, Marianne Maestas, George Ou
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Doing 1:1 the right way?
- Doing 1:1 the right way?A very interesting idea, Chris, but ...... with a caveat! These portfolios end up on publicly-owned servers. As such, they are publicly accessible in most states under freedom of information statutes -- just as the e-mail I write on university servers can be made...
- Tags: storage, server
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- A rational debate on Comcast traffic management
- Updated 8:00 PM The discussion on Comcast actively resetting BitTorrent connections to manage its network for its cable broadband service has gotten hot in recent weeks and there hasn't been a whole lot of accurate reporting on the subject because of the complexity of the issue. The subject of...
- Tags: Cable Broadband, Cable Modem, BitTorrent, Network, Comcast Corp., User, Modem, Free Press, RTS, Cable, Network Technology, Modems, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Hardware, Components, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-11-06
- Fined $222,000 Jammie Thomas' MySpace friends send $957 and counting: and she says "WE'LL APPEAL!!"
- Fined $222,000 Jammie Thomas' MySpace friends send $957 and counting: and she says "WE'LL APPEAL!!"Are you aware of the concept of "burden of proof"I'm sure you are as you quite intellegent.The problem with this case is that the plantiffs didn't have to meet any burden of proof that she was...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, MySpace
- Discussion threads 2007-10-08
- Monster.com waited 5 days to disclose data theft
- Monster.com waited 5 days to disclose data theftSlackersYa right...! I’ve been getting the same email spams for months.I knew the emails were spam and monster was notified.So who is the blame...?Apparently they need to downsize their IT Staff and get some NEW BLOOD..!Out with the OLD and in with the...
- Tags: .NET, Application servers, Recruitment & Selection, Middleware, Scripting languages, Microsoft IIS Server, New Blood, Microsoft .NET, e-mail, CareerBuilder, Monster
- Discussion threads 2007-08-24
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Tags: Technology policy, News, Networking, Net Neutrality, Mobile/Wireless, Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Google Inc., Legislation, Tim Berners-Lee, QoS, Network, Prioritization, Customer, Net Neutrality, Service, Carrier, Ed Whitacre, Snowe-Dorgan, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- States adopt e-citations to improve officer safety, eliminate error
- E-citations arent some legal footnoting system; theyre traffic tickets processed digitally and theyre coming to a state near you. Stateline.org. reports that many states are adopting e-citations in an effort to streamline the ticketing process. Several Washington state police cars are equipped with technology to allow officers to scan...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-03
- After slamming Intel for using retired benchmarks, AMD does the same thing in China
- The industrys benchmarking soap opera official entered its kettle, pot, black phase today when a news report and photos of an AMD presentation in China showed AMD claiming performance supremacy over competing chips from Intel on the basis of test results using retired benchmarks. Two weeks ago, I wrote a...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Software patents and the dependency problem
- Ive long taken a dim view of software patents. I wrote this piece as far back as 2003, arguing that Europe should avoid copying the American approach to software patents, both because they are unnecessary to spur innovation and because it would be useful for Europe to demonstrate why. There...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- Blackberry causes pileup on freeway; WA ready to take action
- Coming on the heels of reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Washington states lawmakers have turned their focus away from a ban on using a cellphone while driving to the apparently more dangerous activity of making it illegal for drivers to text on the open road. Younger drivers ...
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, cell phone
- Blog posts 2007-01-29
- MySpace developing parental-notification software
- MySpace developing parental-notification softwareZephyr - Hahaha!This piece of software will be useless when it comes to stopping your teen from doing whatever they want on MySpace. The company needs to tighten up their security and not allow anyone under the age of 18 to have an account unless it is...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, MySpace, Zephyr, software
- Discussion threads 2007-01-17
- Intalio makes disingenuous claim that it has released code as open source
- I just received a press release from Intalio who is engaging in what Id consider to be more slight of hand when it comes to vendors claiming that theyve released code under an open source license when that isnt the case, at least according to the people who have written...
- Tags: Mozilla Public License, Legal, Software Infrastructure, Open Source, General
- Blog posts 2006-12-12
- Laptops, handhelds, and security
- The ink wasn't dry on Chris Dawson's posts (Laptops for teachers and How about handhelds for teachers?) when yet another news report was brought forth admitting to the theft of yet another government-owned laptop containing tens of thousands of names of potential victims of identity theft. Well just how...
- Tags: firewall, laptop computer
- Blog posts 2006-08-10
- Craig of Craigslists spars Net Neutrality with telecom lobbyist on NPR
- Craig of Craigslists spars Net Neutrality with telecom lobbyist on NPRWhat's Craig talking about?"Let's say you call Joe's Pizza and the first thing you here is a messaging saying you'll be connected in a minute or two, but if you want, you can be connected to Pizza Hut right away....
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, telecommunications, NPR, Craig, Pizza Hut, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-06-22
- Net neutrality extremism versus common sense economics
- [Updated 6/18/2006 2:00 AM] In my last blog, I stated that "Net neutrality and politics don't mix" and tried to move the debate beyond fear mongering but no one answered the call to answer some tough questions. Organizations like MoveOn.org and companies like Google have latched on to a...
- Tags: Net Neutrality, Craigslist, Authentium, Markey Amendment
- Blog posts 2006-06-08
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