Barenaked Ladies on the Bulte Fundraising Issue

January 19, 2006

Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies has posted on the Sarmite Bulte fundraising controversy.

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Open WiFi Access: The Making of a Movement

January 19, 2006

Glenn Fleishmann of the NYT has a piece today that explores the growth of the municipal wifi movement. He focuses particularly on its evolution into a potent resource for U.S. municipal and state politicians seeking to develop the muniwifi networks that are now springing up and notes its origins in concerns for the protection of […]

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Apple v. Dell

January 18, 2006

Something I’ve been wondering since the Apple-Intel announcement: this pits Apple against Dell more than ever before. To what extent will Dell’s outsourcing of its operating system to Microsoft make a difference in how effectively Apple and Dell compete against each other?

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Will We See Spitzer in the Neutrality Wars?

January 18, 2006

As the temperature continues to rise on network neutrality, the language of choice is becoming more suggestive that industry observers may suspect collusion among carriers – the latest hint comes from Networking Pipeline. All of this is easy to understand of course, given that broadband is generally controlled by duopolies – in the U.S. and […]

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Google Says No to Carrier Fees

January 18, 2006

According to Networking Pipeline Google will not pay the fees that BellSouth has recently stated it would negotiate from application providers.

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U.K. Consumer Group Calls for Anti-DRM Law

January 18, 2006

This is yet another sign of a growing backlash.

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Meetings are Harmful

January 18, 2006

This according to new research. Following on posts about the illusion that multitasking is productive, this is more reason to believe that focus is what matters.

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How to Do What You Love

January 18, 2006

The latest post from Paul Graham is a standout.

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Electronic Health Records in Ontario

January 17, 2006

IT Business.ca has a case study of a Toronto physician using electronic health records in his practice.

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Ontario Tort for Invasion of Privacy?

January 17, 2006

David Fraser notes a recent Ontario case that leaves the door open to lawsuits for invasion of privacy.

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A Coming Thaw in the Digital Copying Chill?

January 17, 2006

Jack Kapica summarizes small steps in France and South Korea towards liberalizing laws concerning copying of digital media for personal use (see also here and here). These developments come on the heels of similar news from Australia.

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Feeddemon 2.0 Beta

January 17, 2006

The buzz is already building about Nick Bradbury’s latest release, and it’s all true. It is superb. Update (2005-01-21): Tim Marman takes a different view, and I’m now having some of the same problems. Sync is increasingly important, for so many tasks. My search for a reader with bulletproof sync resumes.

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