Informit.com has an interesting article by IP lawyer Eric Goldman on the best and worst U.S. internet laws. eWeek.com reports that “Google, which generates billions of dollars from online advertising, is racing to bring consumer services like search to the phone. Its rivals in this field include Yahoo Inc., which [...]
Over the past week, Tim Lee, the always fun Enigma_Foundry, and I have been having a really interesting discussion on the GPL, Free Software and Open Source. While the discussion had its ups and downs, I think it veered into a really interesting topic as we started discussing the concept [...]
According to The New York Times, “Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have all trained their sights on cellphones, which they see as the next great battleground in the Internet search wars. They have thrown tens of millions of dollars and armies of programmers at the problem, seeking to develop tools that [...]
CIO Insight has an interesting article today on IT’s top 81 R&D spenders. Internetnews.com reports that Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate introduced identical patent reform bills today. According to CNetNews.com, “[s]ocial-networking site MySpace is venturing into the increasingly crowded news aggregation business.” […] A test version of [...]
This latest blog from Dana Blankenhorn is the silliest thing I have read in a long time. He claims that "Open Source Needs Lobbyists" to defeat the evil proprietary firms in state capitols and Washington. He doesn’t seem to realize that they already exist…lots of them. I haven’t made any [...]