Apple
Over at Salon.com, Cory Doctorow, who has written some of the best articles and papers on DRM, has written a piece in response to the Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music open letter. Generally, I agree with Cory’s stance on the impacts of DRM on consumers. In fact, I
Media Technology
Excellent Wired article on how to explain DRM to the layman. Some very interesting examples on the real impact of DRM on consumer. Be sure to check the comments.
Media Technology
Recently, I joined the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Some might equate the EFF the ACLU of the digital world. So, those of you that know my political leanings might ask, why? Let me try to explain. Regular readers of this blog know that I work in the telecommunications industry. Specifically,
Innovation
InfoWorld article which discusses technologies which straddle the divide between harebrained and brilliant as they promise to shake the pillars of tomorrow’s enterprise. I love number 8, Project Blackbox from Sun Microsystems. Imagine the possibilities of a portable datacenter. You can read more about Project Blackbox on Jonathan’s
Apple
Fred Amoroso, CEO and President of Macrovision, responded to Steve Jobs’ open letter on Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology. Amoroso published his comments on his company’s Web site, as an open letter. In it, Amoroso suggests, that Macrovision take over stewardship of Apple’s own DRM technology. Amoroso’s
Apple
From this rant by Bill, it would appear those cute little Mac advertisements are starting to get under Bill’s skin. “I don’t think the over 90 percent of the [population] who use Windows PCs think of themselves as dullards, or the kind of klutzes that somebody is trying
Apple
From The Register — According to Steve Gordon, attorney and former Director of Business Affairs, TV and Video at Sony Music for ten years, the DRM walls are crumbling. Earlier this week, Steve Jobs called on the major record labels to allow online music sales unfettered by digital rights management restrictions.
DRM
According to an article by Ken Fisher over at Ars Technica, “A new study in the Journal of Political Economy by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf has found that illegal music downloads have had no noticeable effects on the sale of music, contrary to the claims of the recording industry.
Business Excellence
Matt Coddington of NetBusiness Blog has compiled a top 10 list of worst Internet marketing videos ever. While he claims “top ten” status for his selections, the optimist in me believes things can get even worse–I mean better, no I did mean worse. Or do I mean worser? Anyway,
Business Excellence
Business Intelligence Lowdown has ranked the top 10 databases in the world. They are: 10. Library of Congress 9. Central Intelligence Agency 8. Amazon 7. YouTube 6. ChoicePoint 5. Sprint 4. Google 3. AT&T 2. National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center 1. World Data Centre for Climate The
Business Excellence
One of the most complete write ups of Google’s Co-Founder that I’ve ever read. “How the Moscow-Born entrepreneur co-founded and changed the way the world searches” read more | digg story
Misc
Video of what appears to be Boeing test flights of the 777 and 747 in heavy crosswind situations. The video appears to be used to promote pilot training with Aeroclube in Brazil. The titling is in Portuguese, but rougly translates to: Not every day we find calm winds What should
