Law… Apple Not A Monopoly (For Now) 18 Nov 2008 Hmmm... Well, I can't say I'm that surprised, but U.S. District Judge William Alsup has rejected Psystar's claim that Apple is a monopolist. (Psystar markets the OpenMac, which runs OSX…
Law… LCD Price-Fixing Followup 13 Nov 2008 I had been somewhat curious about the LCD price-fixing pleas announced yesterday, because, unlike the DRAM price-fixing convictions, no executives were named. In the DRAM prosecutions, executives from Samsung, Hynix,…
Law… Price-Fixing Pleas 12 Nov 2008 Antitrust lawyers working for the government seem to be on something of a little roll lately. In addition to recently causing the proposed venture between Google and Yahoo to get…
Law… Theft of Trade Secrets and Wire Fraud 7 Nov 2008 Patents always seem to get the bulk of attention when it comes to intellectual property law, which is pretty interesting to me, considering the protections available to copyrights and trademarks…
Law… Probably a Smart Move 5 Nov 2008 Google's walking away from Yahoo "to avoid a legal battle with federal antitrust regulators who had notified the companies that they were planning to file a lawsuit to block the…
Software… That Was Quick 2 Nov 2008 Well, after saying earlier in the week that only a select few Mac users would be able to stream movies via Netflix, it looks like all of 'em (that have…
Society… More Adventures in Linux 2 Nov 2008 After playing with 64-bit Fedora 9, I began to feel a little like the pop idols on Iron Chef, with the horrible dubbing: "Um, tee-hee, I don't think I'm hardcore…
Society… Is it 100% Perfect? 30 Oct 2008 No. But, after spending all day trying to get Fedora installed on my laptop, I'm happy to report that it's 95% awesome. And it's hella faster than running off a…
Software… Using Linux This Evening… 29 Oct 2008 Those who already use Linux are probably rolling their eyes this evening, but I think what I have done this evening is really quite impressive. I downloaded a Live distro…
Law… Table of Authorities and OpenOffice–How-To 29 Oct 2008 This morning I was griping about operating systems, and I mentioned that I would like to use Linux, but OpenOffice seemed a limiting factor in that decision, because of the…
