Gizmos… FCC, Exclusivity, and Broadband 22 Jun 2009 The acting chairman of the FCC, Michael J. Copps, recently addressed a crowd at Pike & Fischer's Broadband Policy Summit V, and what he discussed is pretty interesting. For one…
Gizmos… Open Source Malaise 1 Jun 2009 InfoWorld's Bill Snyder has a very interesting article about open source "leeching," and the apparent beginnings of some grumbling in the bleeding-edge world. I say it's interesting because of what…
Law… Indefinite Detentions 20 May 2009 I am wary of brushing with broad strokes, and I suppose President Obama is deserving of a wee but of lee-way, but I'm getting sick of feeling the cynical "meet…
Law… Changing Antitrust Landscape 11 May 2009 The United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division has signaled a change in how the federal government will be looking at anticompetitive behavior. According to a press release issued today,…
Cars… Fiat’s Eyes May Be Too Big For Its Britches? 8 May 2009 (Yes, I know I'm muddling up idioms...) First, Chrysler. Then Opel? And Vauxhall? And Saab? If things shake out the way its been reported in the press the past couple…
Law… Norman Hsu Pleads Guilty 7 May 2009 Remember Norman Hsu? His name was everywhere during the early portions of the Democratic primary season, primarily because he helped Hillary Clinton get beaucoup bucks. (Obama, Biden, and Bill Richardson…
Society… Hold the Fries, Please 7 May 2009 Time has an article about how McDonald's is doing relatively gangbuster business with its McCafé line of coffee drinks. Now, I've never tried one, but I have heard one person…
Law… Changing Cocaine Base Penalties? 29 Apr 2009 At the risk of incurring the AP's wrath by even discussing this story, it seems that the Obama administration is asking Congress to do what the United States Sentencing Commission…
Entertainment… Real-World Bandwidth Usage 19 Apr 2009 So, as I've mentioned before, I'm looking at what sort of bandwidth is actually used when you take advantage of the many media offerings made available on the internet. For…
Law… No CIA Prosecutions 17 Apr 2009 At first blush, the Obama administration's decision not to prosecute CIA officers for torturing (no, I'm not even going to use scare quotes) individuals facially makes sense. After all, as…
