Software… Pardus 2008.2 Part 2 25 Jun 2009 As I discussed in my last post, just getting to the point where I had actually booted into a working Linux environment seemed a rather difficult task. But, nontheless, there…
Software… Pardus 2008.2 Part 1 25 Jun 2009 I've been playing with a great Linux distro I hadn't heard of until this past weekend. It's called Pardus, and it's really very nice. Before I get into discussing why…
Society… The Freeconomy Malaise 24 Jun 2009 At the beginning of this month, I mentioned some of the open-source leeching going on, along with mentioning Wired's article, "Free." Well, "Free" is back in the news again, and…
Law… FTC, Bloggers, and Compensation 22 Jun 2009 Change must be coming soon, or else the AP wouldn't have felt compelled to write up a story about proposed "FTC Plans to Montior Blogs for Claims, Payments." (I say…
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…
Software… Windows 7 in Five Months 3 Jun 2009 Ars Technica tells me that Windows 7 will be going on sale on October 22, 2009. There's no news of pricing yet, though. My thinking is that it will be…
Law… Hiring Practices and Antitrust Concerns 3 Jun 2009 It may not be as sexy as hearing that corporations have colluded with eachother to keep prices high (say in the TFT or DRAM markets), but I see in the…
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…
Software… Bing! 1 Jun 2009 I'm not entirely sure I like the name of Microsoft's new search engine, Bing. Actually, I'm pretty sure I don't. But, whatever, it's new and shiny, and everyone's playing with…
Law… Brady Material 29 May 2009 One of the touchstones of the criminal defense practice is receiving so-called "Brady" material from the prosecutor. The term comes from the case Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963),…
