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Richard Koman is an attorney admitted to practice in California. As a technology writer since the mid-1980s, Richard Koman has documented the role of computing in the transformation of the graphic arts, the growth of the Web and the birth of the peer-to-peer phenomenon. He worked as a book and...- more about Richard Koman »
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- Merkel slams Google Books scanning
- Reuters reports that German Chancellor Andrea Merkel took the occasion of the Frankfurt Book Fair to criticize Google's book scanning operation and the the Google Books deal. The German government has a clear position: copyrights have to be protected in the Internet," Merkel said, adding there are "considerable dangers"...
- Tags: Google Inc., Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Google Voice shows need to update telecom laws
- Is a Google Voice a phone service or a web service? The fact is, it's a question that can't be answered under our current definitions. But one thing is clear: Google Voice is the camel's nose under the policy tent that should - and perhaps will - cause a full-blown...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Voice, AT&T Corp., Telecommunications, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-11
- Retraction: Yahoo and Iran
- how about retracting other articlesespecially those from Paul Murphy and Dana Blanakahorn, who constantly keep writing distorted blogs.RE: Retraction: Yahoo and IranWhat's this? Bloggers posting untruths for attention?I thought that's what a blogger does.
- Tags: Blogging, Retraction, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-10
- Yahoo vigorously denies charges that it turned over user names to Iran
- Resistance sources who have infiltrated Iranian regime say Yahoo agreed to provide government with identities of 200,000 users in exchange for lifting the block on Yahoo.com. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Government, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- 'Smoking gun' emails in Viacom-YouTube case
- Is this a smoking gun in the Viacom-YouTube suit? News.com's Greg Sandoval reports that evidence has surfaced that may undercut YouTube's argument that it has safe harbor protection under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act: Internal YouTube e-mails indicate that YouTube managers knew and discussed the existence of...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- EU approves new browser ballot for Windows 7
- New ballot satisfies EU that users will be offered a fair choice among competing browsers. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Ballot, Microsoft Windows, Web Browser, European Union, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows 7, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- NYC expands Gov 2.0 with Big Apps
- 170 data sets to be freed up as developers compete to deliver the most compelling apps to make that data useful to residents. by Richard Koman
- Tags: App, NYC, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- FTC endorsement rules were inevitable
- A brief history of journalistic ethics reveals why FTC action on endorsements was inevitable. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FTC, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- The U.S. is 28th worldwide in broadband speeds, more than four times slower than South Korea. Yet Republican House members are protesting the FCC's net neutrality rules, saying the regulations will slow investment. As if it could get any slower. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Investment, Republican, Broadband, Net Neutrality, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements
- Bloggers must reveal freebies, cash payments when promoting products. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FTC, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Apple sees red (delicious) over grocery logo
- Apple fears Australian grocery chain's new logo looks too much like an apple. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Logo, Apple Inc., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- Israeli firm claims patent on URL shortcuts
- When you type a company name into a URL field and it resolves to an actual domain name ... we've patented that says Israeli firm. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Richard Koman, Patent, Domain Names, Internet
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft
- Uniloc will appeal a federal judge's nullification of huge jury award in patent case against Microsoft. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- ICANN, US government splitting up - slowly
- Well, this is a somewhat amorphous development: The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. government is now "loosening control" over ICANN, the semi-private "director" of DNS addressing. The move is seen as a stamp of approval for the private-sector approach and will mollify European governments who have long been...
- Tags: ICANN, U.S. Government, Government, Internet, Vertical Industries, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft
- Jury verdict in product activation patent case was wrong, judge finds. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Verdict, Microsoft Corp., Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice
- Here's Google's response to AT&T's charges that Voice discriminates against users in certain, expensive locations. Google's argument: yes, the common carrier system is broken and should be fixed so that local carriers can't rip off common carriers for outrageous connection fees. >Under the common carrier laws, AT&T...
- Tags: Google Inc., Phone, Voice, AT&T Corp., Carrier, Google Voice, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- AT&T: Google Voice doesn't play fair
- So FCC chairman Julius Genachowski wants fairness, eh? We'll give you fairness, says AT&T. In a letter filed with the FCC, the company says, Did you notice, FCC, that Google is blocking phone calls from Google Voice users in rural areas? Why are they doing that? Access expense ...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Commission, Voice, AT&T Corp., Internet, Federal Government, Sales Force Management, Government, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-28
- Court likely to cut damages in MSFT patent infringement case
- Damages seem to hang on speculation as to how much users would have paid for fully licensed technology from i4i. by Richard Koman
- Tags: Richard Koman, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- FCC: Comcast contradicts itself in claim agency has no power over it
- The FCC files an appeal defending its right to sanction Comcast and objecting to the company's very argument that the FCC has no "ancillary powers" over it. by Richard Koman
- Tags: FCC, Agency, Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
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