Software… Battle Royale–Part the Second 17 Apr 2009 When trying to discern the differences between the many computing system choices out there, it becomes clear very quickly that this is no easy task. For one thing, there are…
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…
Gizmos… Battle Royale, Part the First 11 Apr 2009 I just wrapped up a response to the USPTO on a trademark registration I’m working on, and to celebrate, I thought I’d do a little thought experiment. I’ve noticed how…
Entertainment… Time Warner’s Bandwidth Caps 11 Apr 2009 PC Magazine has a write-up about TWC's proposed bandwidth caps, which I briefly mentioned here. According to PC Mag, TWC will offer a super-rock-bottom class of services with 768kbps down/128kbps…
Law… Fun with the AP 9 Apr 2009 Following up on yesterday's post about the AP and its "mad as hell" posturing, we are beginning to see some of the lunacy involved with its new approach. TechCrunch, which…
Law… Misappropriation and the AP 8 Apr 2009 In my last post, about Blockbuster, I cheekily suggested that I shouldn't link to the story, because it was on MSNBC, but was an AP story. I said that because…
Entertainment… Blockbuster Over? 7 Apr 2009 So sayeth MSNBC. Well, actually, so sayeth AP, so maybe I shouldn't link this story... (more on that in my next post). (Link. Via Gizmodo, via via via...) In any…
Law… Ted Stevens’ Case to be Dismissed? 7 Apr 2009 According to the NY Times (and others) there is a hearing scheduled today on the government's motion to have the charges against Ted Stevens thrown out. When Eric Holder announced…
Law… LCD Price-Fixing 1 Apr 2009 When the Antritrust Division announced that Hitachi, LG, and Chunghwa, as companies, had been charged with price-fixing in the TFT market, I noted that executives were probably soon to follow. …
Law… IEEPA, Ireland, and Iran 24 Mar 2009 The United States Department of Justice has announced that an Irish firm has been charged in a 25-count indictment for providing "sensitive technology" to Iran. (Link.) The charges are broken…
