MIT's Technology Review – Losing Control of Your TV. By Simson Garfinkel The latest anti-piracy move will prevent you from making high-quality copies of broadcast TV programs. And the new “broadcast flag” technology enables all manner of other restrictions. In the future, the Motion Picture Association of America will control your television set. Every TV… Continue reading Technology Review
Month: March 2004
Ray Ozzie nails the value of RSS
Ray Ozzie nails the value of RSS. In a recent whitepaper, Groove founder Ray Ozzie writes: The use of XML-based, technology-independent standards such as RSS is a key enabler for channels, as it permits a great deal of flexibility and personalization. Ozzie goes on to provide a key insight on how the same information can… Continue reading Ray Ozzie nails the value of RSS
Justices Strengthen Right to Confront Witnesses
Justices Strengthen Right to Confront Witnesses. The Supreme Court today broadened and refined a defendant's right to confront witnesses against him. By David Stout. [New York Times: NYT HomePage]
X1 is best, says Weinberger
X1 is best, says Weinberger. David Weinberger: “X1 is the best desktop search engine I've found for Windows.” (David's one of the four guys who wrote the ClueTrain Manifesto). My boss's boss agrees, by the way. X1 and Lookout are making their way around Microsoft very quickly. Someone has to do a shootout between X1… Continue reading X1 is best, says Weinberger
Xtras.net founder is now blogging
Xtras.net founder is now blogging. Another guy I knew from my Fawcette days started blogging today: Mike Schinkel. You might know Mike from the Xtras component, .NET, and software store he runs. Cool, Mike, I'd love to hear your thoughts on what .NET components are best and what it's like running a store that caters… Continue reading Xtras.net founder is now blogging
Discussing it with…
Discussing it with…. Discussing it with the people … I will continue to speak about the effects of 9/11 on our country and my presidency … How this administration handled that day as well as the war on terror is worthy of discussion and I look forward to discussing that with the American people. George… Continue reading Discussing it with…
Just to keep…
Just to keep…. Just to keep the record straight … “I am confident that this economic recovery will now be sustained and will produce loads of new jobs. Everything we know about economics indicates that the sort of economic growth expected for next year, 3.8 to 4 per cent, will translate into two million new… Continue reading Just to keep…
Lest we miss…
Lest we miss…. Lest we miss any opportunity to give the White House a hard time over Friday's disappointing employment report, let's not overlook this important detail. None of those 21,000 new jobs came from the private sector. They were all the result of increased government sector hiring. [Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall]
Experts Question Microsoft's Caller ID Plans
PC World: Experts Question Microsoft's Caller ID Plans. Just a week after Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled a plan for securing e-mail communications, leading e-mail authorities, legal experts, and at least one Internet service provider are expressing concerns about the e-mail sender authentication plan, known as Caller ID. [Tomalak's Realm]
Tom Peters
A quote from Tom Peters website that bears thinking about. Increasingly, this is the world in which we find ourselves and the world our children must adapt. Now is a great time to rethink the curriculum. “The new organization of society implied by the triumph of individual autonomy and the true equalization of opportunity based upon merit will… Continue reading Tom Peters