Who’s Going Mobile (on the Internet)?
We all know those "hyper-users" that are constantly connected with their cell phones, smartphones, or other mobile device. Often, they're the person next to you on the metro or standing in line. Often, they're young. And according to a new Pew report, most of these young hyper-users are young Latinos and blacks. NPR had a great segment this morning about the Pew Hispanic Center study. It discussed the "digital divide" and the lack of computers in homes of minority populations. [...]
Washington Post’s Rob Pegoraro Overreaching in Attack on Creators
Although Rob Pegoraro's Sunday article, "Copyright overreach goes on world tour," was about a coordinated effort among several countries to establish common copyright rules, the unmistakable position conveyed was that creators and copyright owners should not have any right to protect the investments into their products. His disdain for copyright owners is remarkable. Most critics of the DMCA and the copyright community at least acknowledge that creators play a valuable role in providing the entertainment content that sells new technologies. But Pegoraro's [...]
Where IP and Guilty Pleasure TV Collide
Over the weekend I watched the latest installment of “Project Runway” that my DVR had so thoughtfully recorded and about halfway through the episode we got to the part where something goes terribly wrong for one of the designers. (Just like other “reality” shows, every episode of ProjRun follows a similar plot arc and seems to have pre-determined characters.) This week it was for designated mean girl Irina who was designing her clothes for the finale with a New York [...]
The Week in Antitrust – November 9th Edition
Intel - Last week’s news was dominated by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s decision to file an antitrust lawsuit against Intel. As one reporter noted, the lawsuit reads like a script from the Sopranos, alleging that Intel used "bribery and coercion to maintain a stranglehold on the market" as part of a "worldwide, systematic campaign of illegal conduct." The complaint is filled with similarly hyperbolic allegations of "robbery," "payoffs," and "cover ups" that make it a fun read by [...]
ACT Statement on New York Attorney General’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel
Statement of Association for Competitive Technology President Jonathan Zuck on New York Attorney General’s Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel "The software development community is concerned that this lawsuit will be counterproductive and may jeopardize the unparalleled innovation and value the chip industry has produced over the past 20 years. While the attorney general makes some bold accusations about Intel's behavior, experts are already questioning whether there is any real evidence to support the complaint." "The fact that the chip industry has [...]
“Cloud-security” — Protecting Web Servers
If cloud computing is vulnerable (as I previously blogged) then there may be a product to the rescue. Last week TrendMicro introduced an update to its Deep Security product that offers protection for the entire server--the OS, network and applications layers. Larry Magid at CNET News interviewed TrendMicro's CEO Eva Chen in this article: She acknowledged that servers are typically protected by a firewall, an intrusion detection system (IDS), and an intrusion prevention system (IPS). "But now people are doing [...]