10 Tips from a VC

February 27, 2005

Via Dane Carlson, a Globe article on 10 tips for entrepreneurs from an experienced VC.  The 10 (with lots more detail in the article): If you can’t write it down, or don’t know how, don’t start. Can you take it? Day after day? If you want a partner, find someone who is good at what […]

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Copyright Infringement as Product Liability

February 27, 2005

Susan Crawford has a very clever piece, titled "You Could Put Someone’s Eye Out With That Thing", on how the content side in the US copyright wars is spinning infringement as a product liability issue.

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How to Blog

February 27, 2005

On Bacon’s MediaSource, a great post aimed at PR pros (but useful for everyone) on how to write compelling blog posts.

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A New Generation of VCs?

February 26, 2005

Via Infectious Greed (and note the interesting first comment), the WSJ reports (paid sub. required) on a new generation of VCs that is starting to emerge: Rather than investing in a range of business ideas, many of these so-called emerging funds are highly focused, concentrating on particular regions or industry sectors. So while Kleiner Perkins […]

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Momentum Building Against Database Aggregation of Personal Data?

February 26, 2005

There has been an increasing number of media stories lately on this topic, and the tone has decidedly changed, I think (disclosures of the week – PayMaxx and Bank of America – read David Fraser’s post on this one – unbelievable).  My sense is that the avalanche of identity thefts and data disclosures we’ve seen […]

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Companies Seek to Hold Software Makers Liable For Flaws

February 25, 2005

Via Jeff Nolan, a WSJ article (paid sub. required) on companies starting to pressure software developers to accept greater liability for flaws in software.  Unfortunately, the article almost scrupulously avoids any discussion of why liability is limited in the first place, though it goes to great lengths to explain why customers feel it ought to […]

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Hither Canadian Celphone Number Portability, Redux

February 25, 2005

The Globe has a long piece this a.m. on the Government’s surprise budget announcement (don’t you love minority governments?) that it’s going to require celphone number portability.  Quotes: The regulator hadn’t intended to address the controversial issue until later this year. Now, depending on how the government proceeds, it could bring change in the next […]

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Is the Era of the Large Outsourcing Deal Over?

February 25, 2005

The WSJ (paid subscription required) is reporting that because of customer demands, IBM is shifting to outsourcing agreements that are shorter in term and smaller in scope. I’ve been waiting to hear this for a long time now – it has for a while seemed the natural consequence of the high % of high profile […]

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Governments Earn Failing Grades For Computer Security

February 24, 2005

There is news (news? this is news?) that several branches of the US government have earned low grades for computer security: Who you are going to call when it comes to computer security? Not the federal government, according to grades given to the largest agencies and departments under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). […]

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Hither Canadian Celphone Number Portability

February 24, 2005

I’m shocked, shocked to discover that there is celphone # portability going on here … or will be soon, apparently.  So close on the heels of this lament, Tyler Hamilton notes that a promise of portability was mentioned in the budget: The Government also intends to ask the CRTC to move expeditiously to implement wireless […]

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Rogers’ Wi-Fi Plans

February 24, 2005

Rogers’ recently announced plans to partner with Second Cup to install wireless access points in their locations and charge $9 per hour for access have not met with much enthusiasm among the usual commentators – Mark Evans here and Tyler Hamilton here.  I certainly agree that free=good, but I’m not sure how anyone makes any […]

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Printer Cartridge Lawsuits – One Down, One to Go?

February 23, 2005

Hot on the heels of news that the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeal has denied Lexmark’s request that it reconsider lifting an injunction under the DMCA on a manufacturer of generic ink cartridges, news that a new lawsuit has been filed alleging that HP printers are secretly programmed to expire stale-dated cartidges. I can’t […]

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