This hit my email a few minutes ago, and as a proud geek myself, I just had to share. The Geek Manifesto We are geeks, and we are proud to be. We […]
Nota Bene #96: Saturn's Hexagon and the Bulava Spiral
“Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.”
Don't let the future be compressed–fight for a free Internet
By Martin Bosworth Last week AT&T exec Jim Cicconi did his part to spread FUD by claiming that the Internet will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010, bolstering this doomsday […]
Comcast blocks public from FCC hearing
By Martin Bosworth If you haven’t already heard about it, Comcast doesn’t just block subscribers from using BitTorrent, it also blocks the public from even complaining about it in public: Comcast’s spokespersons […]
Go home, King Ralph, and take your army of whiners with you
By Martin Bosworth So by now you’ve probably heard that Ralph Nader is once again making a third run for the presidency. It pains me to have to say it, but Nader […]
Internet freedom means net neutrality, not "pay-as-you-go" broadband
By Martin Bosworth Last week the news broke (via a leaked memo found by Broadband Reports) that Time Warner Cable was instituting a “tiered pricing” structure for broadband, where heavy bandwith users […]
The death of DRM is the rebirth of the music industry
By Martin Bosworth I just wanted to follow up on Brian’s awesome post detailing Sony BMG’s plans to sell DRM-free music through Amazon as part of a Super Bowl promotion by making […]
Telecoms embrace the future of open wireless networks–or do they?
By Martin Bosworth USA Today got the scoop that AT&T is now publicizing the ability of customers to use any phone or any software they want on the AT&T network: Starting immediately, […]
Google and Verizon (yes, THAT Verizon) both take steps towards completely open information world
By Martin Bosworth It’s a very strange day in the technology world when Google can make a potentially big product announcement, yet ends up upstaged by an even more shocking development from […]
Investment as usual: Microsoft, Facebook and the strategy of business
When Windows Vista was released earlier this year it was greeted by yawns and much boredom. Dell and other hardware retailers declared that users were demanding that they keep their existing operating […]
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