GPL v3 Announced

January 17, 2006

And already there is abundant commentary on the web. (Notes from Eben Moglen’s presentation here).

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The Problem of Complexity

January 17, 2006

Tyler covers the problem of complexity in consumer electronics in the Toronto Star this week in a piece titled “Relief From Gadget Overload“. Gist: Nearly $5 billion. That’s how much more North American consumers would spend on electronic gadgets and digital home entertainment products and services each year if they weren’t so clueless on how […]

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More on RIM and the USPTO

January 17, 2006

The WSJ covers the RIM – NTP lawsuit in a profile of the USPTO today.

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New WiFi Sharing Technologies

January 16, 2006

The NYT has a piece today on two new technologies that allow the sharing of wifi – the concept is to increase the bandwidth available to any one user at one time, and to allow for the more efficient allocation of bandwidth.

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New Windows Wireless Flaw

January 15, 2006

Brian Krebs at WaPo posts on a new flaw. It’s easily avoided – see the article for details.

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Layton Intensifies Attack on Martin

January 15, 2006

Why?

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New Liberal Attack Ad

January 15, 2006

The new Liberal attack ad stoops to new lows. Via Andrew Coyne.

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The Power of Passion

January 15, 2006

From Presentation Zen, the power of passion. And of Earth, Wind and Fire.

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CRTC Commercial Radio Review

January 15, 2006

Michael Geist reports on the CRTC announcement of its commercial radio review. Submissions are due March 15th.

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Here is What I Believe

January 15, 2006

Via Kinsella, observations by Peter C. Newman on the democratizing power of blogging, a recurring theme of this blog lately (see here and here, for example): The problem is that most of the great issues troubling this miracle of a country of ours have been exhausted, not through the catharsis of solutions, but through the […]

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Canadian Democracy in the Age of Blogging: Anatomy of a Campaign Controversy

January 14, 2006

Note: Since its original publication this post has been updated with additional information provided by readers. As the issue of Liberal MP Sarmite Bulte’s campaign fundraiser gained attention recently, it rapidly became obvious that blogging and related technologies can have a significant effect on democracy in Canada. We’ve seen this in the U.S many times, […]

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The NYT on Net Neutrality

January 14, 2006

Randall Stross covers neutrality today in the NYT in a piece titled “Hey, Baby Bells: Information Still Wants to Be Free”. Stross makes the interesting observation that it is the laggardly pace of broadband development in the U.S. that opens up opportunities for the access providers to premium charge for high-bandwidth content. (It’s a great […]

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