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Politicos wary of changes to copyright law: Politicos wary of changes to copyright lawMore ZD "journalism"[i] But fair use gets no mention in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998[/i]17 USC 1201c:"c Other Rights, Etc., Not Affected.—(1) Nothing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use, under this title."The...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, fair use, presumption, innocence, copyright law; Discussion threads 2005-11-16

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Might we see a doctors' strike?: Despite America's lack of labor protections, its doctors' presumption that they are professionals, not workers, and a dispersed industry where no one has great market share, a slow motion strike may in fact be underway here. by Dana Blankenhorn; Tags: Strike, Doctor, Doctors, Family Doctor, E-health, Operational Accounting, Healthcare, Finance, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Delta Airlines pioneers biometric aiport security screening: Delta Airlines pioneers biometric aiport security screeningAll airports pleasePlease oh Please roll this out to all airports!!! Did I say please?Ah the efficiency of BIG BROTHER!Now if only essential government services supposedly designed to help people were so expedient.What was the reason for all this prove your innocence before...; Tags: Delta Air Lines Inc., security; Discussion threads 2008-06-17
Firefox 3 RELEASED: Thoughts?: Firefox 3 RELEASED: Thoughts?FireFox 3I think FireFox 3 totally ROCKS. The only problem I currently have is that many of my plugins that worked on v2 do not work on v3 and they are not yet available but thats OK. I will get by without them for a while.JThttp://www.FIreMe.To/udiToybox??I thought...; Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox; Discussion threads 2008-06-17
Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claims: Memo to Microsoft: Put up or shut up on patent claimsGlass houses...MS knows their code contains infringed upon IP. They aren't going to open a can of worms that would require them to open source their OS under one of the GPL's.Open source has nothing to worry about.Just close you're...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Network technology, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., patent claim, Put Up, IP; Discussion threads 2008-05-21

Yahoo! frees the Monkey, and announces prizes for a Developer Challenge: In conversation with Yahoo! Research's Peter Mika last week, I jokingly suggested that Yahoo! Search's open developer platform, SearchMonkey, might open its doors to developers this week. Well, they just did, and went a step further by announcing a month-long Developer Challenge and prizes of up to $10,000 for innovative...; Tags: Developer, Yahoo! Inc., Infobars, Search, Paul Miller; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another champion: Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championAdobe should show the non compete and sue M$!Stealing talent should not go unpunished!M$ must pay!RE: Microsoft's competitor to Adobe LightRoom gets another championWhile the basic facts are correctâ€“Mark is leaving Adobe for MSFT to do User Experience work, that's about the extent...; Tags: Document management, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., champion, imaging; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Why all the recent focus on "desktop virtualization": Why all the recent focus on "desktop virtualization"When they do something interesting...I'm actively following over 100 companies in the virtualization software space. I do my best to post something interesting on all of them from time to time. If you check, I've posted a number of articles on Endeavors Technologies.When...; Tags: Processors, computing, recent focu, X11, desktop, desktop virtualization, CPU, locality, local machine, network; Discussion threads 2008-04-11
Bruce is back, does OSI still want him?: Open Source Initiative co-founder Bruce Perens wants back on the board. Perens, who quit OSI in 1999 to concentrate on free software, has launched a petition drive to win his way back in. Perens says vendors are over-represented on the board, which is headed...; Tags: OSI, Bruce Perens, Bruce, Michael Tiemann, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-20
Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web search: Police Blotter: Murderer nabbed via tracking, Web searchSo what?So what if her "rights" were "violated"? If, in fact, the illegality of the actions of the police had not shown her to be guilty, then she is owed an apology and possibly some sort of monetary award. However, as...; Tags: SEARCH, Internet search, Web, killer, Police Blotter, investigator; Discussion threads 2008-03-18
The First Amendment and Wikileaks: The First Amendment and WikileaksNot Prior Restraint? Horse-feathers!It is clear that this is unconstitutional, and only a lawyer would hedge his bets by giving the bank and the court any benefit of doubt. This is the most egregious use of pernicious censorship that I have seen in ages:...; Tags: Wikileaks, First Amendment; Discussion threads 2008-02-21
The First Amendment and Wikileaks: To clarify some things I misunderstood about this story this morning. Dynadot is Wikileaks' domain registrar, and it was Dynadots not Wikileaks who stipulated to blocking the domain. Which explains why there was a stipulation at all. And why Wikileaks was so outraged by the court's action. ...; Tags: Restraint, First Amendment, Information, Dynadot, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-02-19
Even SSL Gmail can get sidejacked: When Robert Graham demonstrated how Web 2.0 wasn't safe at last year's Blackhat, it was thought that at least the SSL mode HTTPS of Google Gmail would be spared from sidejacking.Â That presumption now appears to be false according to this updated blog posting from Graham.Â Even with SSL enabled,...; Tags: Google Gmail, HTTP, SSL, Cookie, Sidejacking, E-mail Providers, Web 2.0, Ssl/Tls, Authentication/Encryption, Network Security, Security, Internet, Networking, George Ou; Blog posts 2008-01-31
Naked IT: Author Ed Yourdon on the IT / business divide (includes podcast): The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and enjoy the additional information included in this blog post. In this segment, we meet Ed Yourdon, an internationally-recognized author and...; Tags: Podcast, Information Technology, Ed, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-01-17
Will you be having sex with a robot in five years' time?: I will resist suggesting I am starting off the New Year with a bang when I reveal that a new and very important and/or disturbing depending on whether you have laced your cornflakes with a David Copperfield mushroom or two thesis has now been published as a book. ...; Tags: Robot, Mr., Technology, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Matyszczyk; Blog posts 2008-01-02
Puzzling why broadband users are more aware of DTV changes than other groups: As you can read in this grab from online marketing news and research site eMarketer's analysis of the demographics of households aware of the nation's transition to digital tv, broadband Internet customers seem to be more aware of what's going down than even digital cable subscribers...; Tags: Broadband, Digital Television, Cable, Internet, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Russell Shaw; Blog posts 2007-12-29
Gartner: Large businesses shouldn't skip Vista: Gartner: Large businesses shouldn't skip VistaWith friends like these...[b]But Gartner research vice president Michael Silver has warned that the next version of Windows, code-named "Windows 7," may also suffer from the delays that dogged Vista and be just as difficult to adopt.[/b]In other words, if you stay with an MS...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Gartner Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Large Business; Discussion threads 2007-12-07
Yes, you can use your calculators: Yes, you can use your calculatorsso true...In a couple of years I will begin to teach middle school math, so more than likely it'll be some sort of algebra. I think that it will definitely be crucial for these kids not to become too dependent on calculators. IDK...; Tags: calculator; Discussion threads 2007-11-27
JBoss, Apache founders engage in war of words on the web: JBoss, Apache founders engage in war of words on the webThe letter of Open Source...carries no obligations. But the spirit of Open Source does.As long as there are those who do nothing but take from open source and do nothing to give back, Open Source will suffer.Fleury is a...; Tags: Web, open source, Fleury, JBoss, Apache Software Foundation; Discussion threads 2007-11-26
Facebook e-mail: Someone did something but we're not telling you who it is or what they did: That headline is an exaggeration. But if you're a FaceBook user, you know exactly what I'm talking about. A couple of months ago not sure exactly when, I wrote about how the number of invitations I was receiving through LinkedIn far exceeded the number of invites I...; Tags: Facebook, LinkedIn, Jason, E-mail, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, David Berlind; Blog posts 2007-10-18