Law… New Deadline for Google Books 7 Oct 2009 Just a quickie: United States District Judge Denny Chin has set a new deadline for getting the Google Books settlement done. The new date is November 9, 2009. (Source)
Law… New Life for Old Books, but a Question Arises… 7 Oct 2009 As the parties in the Google Books case get back to the drafting table (this time with very special guest, the United States Department of Justice), one of the stated…
Gizmos… “Politically Charged” App Apparently Approved 5 Oct 2009 Ooooh, look at that consonance! Anyway, it looks like iSinglePayer has been approved after all, sayeth Engadget.
Law… Official FTC Rules Regarding Blogging Compensation 5 Oct 2009 A couple of months ago, I noted that the FTC was considering revising its rules regarding who must disclose compensation, and the rules are official now, taking effect December 1. …
Law… Hack in the Box Conference 5 Oct 2009 Today marks the beginning of HITBSecConf2009--the Hack in the Box Security Conference--being held in Malaysia. The topics sound threatening ("Clobbering the Cloud," "Attacking Interoperability," "Bugs and Kisses: Spying on BlackBerry…
Society… October is a Busy Month 2 Oct 2009 Not only is it Breast Cancer Awareness Month (which has prompted the Bengals Chad Ochocinco/Johnson to break out some impressive pink shoes), it's also Domestic Violence Awareness Month (see the…
Entertainment… Zombies! 2 Oct 2009 It's only appropriate with "Zombieland" opening today to see that the University of Florida is (cheekily) taking steps to protect its campus from the undead. According to the AP, "The…
Gizmos… “Politically Charged” iPhone App Denied? 29 Sep 2009 It appears, according to the App's developer, that the App known as "iSinglePayer" has been denied by Apple for being "politically charged. (Lambdajive via Daring Fireball via Engadget) I'm not…
Cars… Renewable Energy Roundup 29 Sep 2009 As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the Renewable Energy Roundup in Fredericksburg, Texas over the weekend. While I'm keenly interested in renewable energy and in the Roundup's focus on…
Law… LRADs in Pittsburgh 29 Sep 2009 Looking at Gizmodo yesterday, I saw that the LRAD (Long Range Acoustical Device) was deployed on the protesters of the G-20 summit. Most of the news reports say that it's…
