SFLC steals a page from the Business Software Alliance – good thing there is no patent on strike lawsuits!
Those of us who thought maybe Free Software was all about love and peace and breaking with the "tyranny" of copyright and other intellectual property might have been surprised by [...]
There is a new type of DDOS attack! Great! (No, I’m not serious.)
The Register reveals that “[a] new type of denial-of-service attack, called permanent denial-of-service (PDOS), damages a system so badly that it requires replacement or reinstallation of hardware. A researcher has [...]
UC Berkeley finds consumers assume their personal information is protected when it’s not
SFGate.com reveals that “[m]any Californians don't understand how businesses are using and selling their personal information, according to a report released today by the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy [...]
Encouraging Foreign Investment By Limiting Political Influences
By Nora von Ingersleben and Braden Cox The United States currently faces the worst financial crunch and crisis since the Great Depression. Thanks to the sub-prime mortgage disaster, banks have [...]
ACT Responds to MS Support of ODF in Office 2007
ACT Statement on Microsoft Decision to Support ODF and PDF in Upcoming Versions of Microsoft Office Today, Microsoft announced that it will natively support the Open Document Format (ODF) and [...]
Steve Jurvetson and the search for disruption
CNetNews.com has a great interview on “the constant search for disruption” with Steve Jurvetson, managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson in Menlo Park, California. AP reports that [...]