November 8, 2007
Controversial Russian Business Network has suddenly dropped offline
The Register reports that the “Russian Business Network (RBN) - the [c]ontroversial hosting firm fingered by many as a nexus of malware exploits and cybercrime more generally [...]
Yahoo apologizes for giving dissident’s records to Chinese officials
According to the International Herald Tribune, Jerry Yang, the chief executive of Yahoo, apologized to the mother of an imprisoned Chinese dissident during testimony Tuesday at a [...]
Red Hat clarifies that its Patent Promise extends only to suppliers.
Last week, I posted that it was unfair for Red Hat to complain that Microsoft does not give free patent licenses to competitors, when it doesn't either. [...]
Nanotechnology to replace disk drives within the next decade?
Slashdot writes that “[a]n Arizona State University researcher named Michael Kozicki claims that nanotechnology will replace disk drives in ten years. The article mentions three approaches: Nanowires [...]
October 31, 2007
Open Document Formats: We hate to say “We told you so…”
But, we TOLD you so. Ever since the debate over open document format policies began in Massachusetts, ACT has advocated goals-based policies rather than proscriptive policies mandating [...]
Unsavory Domain Tasting – ICANN Starts to Take Action
Domain name tasting was on today's ICANN agenda at the meeting in LA. The GNSO Council, which represents commercial and noncommercial interests, considered this unsavory issue and [...]