Targeted Cab-top Advertising

February 2, 2005

The cab-top (OK, I just made that up – it’s those advertising wedges that sit atop cabs) market is about to become considerably more dynamic, through a combination of wirelessly updateable panels on the displays, and GPS technology to aid in the targeting of advertising to the cab’s location.  Money quote from a PC World […]

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Steal This Show

February 2, 2005

The NYT has a story on file-sharing broadcast video, and the FCC’s broadcast flag rule – it’s a good overview of video downloading, the technology and the regulatory / industry responses to it.  Money quote from the industry: "We have to try as an industry to get ahead of this and give the audience an […]

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Canadian Government Computer Snafu Produces Mis-Leading Economic Indicators

February 1, 2005

The Globe and Mail reports on the Canadian Border Services Agency’s decision to move its monthly system upgrade from the 25th of the month.  Turns out this took systems offline on the busiest day of the month for importer and exporter filing of key monthly paperwork, and when problems arose during system restart … well, […]

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The Long Tail and the Death of 80/20

February 1, 2005

Kevin Laws of Ventureblog has a post on a fascinating article by Chris Anderson that appeared in Wired in October.  I’ve posted before on the efficiency of the ‘net as tool for squeezing margins ‘til they shriek in pain.  But the upside for vendors is that the ‘net can allow you to more efficiently go […]

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The Real Hours Behind Billable Hours

February 1, 2005

Via Minor Wisdom, an analysis from Yale Law School, titled “The Truth about the Billable Hour”, on the real hours behind billable hours.

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Canadian Government to Revise Approach to Contracts Because of US Patriot Act

February 1, 2005

The Canadian Government is going to rethink its approach to contractual data protections to account for the US Government’s approach to data access under the US Patriot Act.  Money quotes: The federal Treasury Board leads a working group that is now busy finalizing special clauses to be used in future business proposal requests and contracts. […]

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Giving Strategic Legal Advice

February 1, 2005

Russ Krajec has a post today on the importance of helping the client understand the strategic business context of your advice – he points to some examples in the patent field where counsel have failed to provide anything other than a very narrow-view perspective on patent issues.  A very useful reminder of the importance of […]

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Immigration Restrictions Limiting Supply of Programmers

February 1, 2005

The Register reports that the restrictions on US immigration enacted since 911 have limited immigration of software developers to the point where Microsoft is actively lobbying for the problem to be addressed.  Money quotes from Bill Gates’ comments at Davos: Speaking at the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, Gates described the fall in […]

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How Blogging Can Get You Fired

January 31, 2005

Michael Fitzgibbon has an excellent post this morning tracing the recent history of this issue and laying out some suggestions for employers.

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A DMCA for Canada?

January 31, 2005

Michael Geist has an great Law Bytes column this week tracing the history of DRM and the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provisions, and looking at legislative momentum in Canada towards the same end.

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Declan McCullagh on the Death of Carnivore

January 31, 2005

Declan McCullagh has a backgrounder story on the short, controversial life of Carnivore, the FBI’s e-surveillance platform.

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OSFI to Review CIBC Faxing Incident

January 31, 2005

OSFI, the Canadian federal financial regulatory agency, is investigating the recent incident involving confidential client information being faxed by CIBC branches to a junkyard in West Virginia. (No, I really did just say that.  For more information, see “debacle”.) David Akin, who’s recently closed his assignment as a Contributing Writer to the Globe and Mail’s […]

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