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Bye-bye .xxx
According to the BBC, “[p]lans to create an internet domain specifically for pornographic websites have been rejected.” The BBC’s website states that “[t]he proposal [...]
40 percent of companies have been hit with malware
According to eWeek.com, “[a] new report by Webroot Software has found that more than 40 percent of companies surveyed had been hit with malware [...]
GPL 3.0: v. (for Vendetta)
With the release of the most recent discussion draft today, one thing is immediately clear: this third version of the General Public License can [...]
GPLv3 Draft 3: Building Walls Between Open Source and Proprietary Software
Washington, DC – The third discussion draft of the General Public License version 3 (GPLv3) released by the Free Software Foundation today is designed [...]
Is U.S. science and technology leadership being slowly eroded?
Reuters reports that, according to the World Economic Forum, “[t]he United States is falling behind European countries and Singapore in exploiting information technology.” This [...]
Team Silicon Valley vs Akademgorodok
According to the Mercury News, Team Silicon Valley, a new project organized by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, is bringing together executives and legislators [...]
You Tube not protected by DMCA ‘safe harbor’ provisions
In a piece in the Washington Post, Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas steps into the discussion about the DMCA triggered by Viacom’s lawsuit against [...]
FLOSSers: Faster, Richer…and Better Looking?
In section 7.3, the EC FLOSS Report tells us that firms working on FLOSS are not only faster, they’re also richer. Geez, faster and [...]
