Hollywood unites against Google/Verizon net neutrality proposal Big content wants even more loopholes in Google, Verizon proposal Democrats pan Google/Verizon net neutrality framework US representatives urge net neutrality Google, Verizon warned not to “cable-ize” the internet ACTA talks resume Lunch with ACTA negotiators Feds won’t file charges in school laptop-spy case Could Google’s cache invalidate [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 22, 2010
Researchers re-program voting machine to play Pacman PS3 hacked bis USB dongle The sound of sorting algorithms Rob at Boing Boing shares some videos that show what sorting algorithms would sound like. Go directly to andrut’s videos on YouTube and read the associated info for details on how he generated the sounds as well as [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 19, 2010
In the same vein as the artificial life story I discussed on yesterday’s podcast, The Economist has an article discussing the application of swarming algorithms developed by observing ants. It is actually a pretty good primer on a field that has been around for almost two decades, focusing specifically on Dr. Marco Dorigo who was [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 16, 2010
FCC chief may demand neutrality conditions in Comcast, NBC merger USCG dumps two of its lawsuits but only to refile against individuals Why USCG abandoned its first two law suits Achieving net neutrality by removing incentives The case against net neutrality AT&T keen on Google-Verizon net neutrality proposal Google-Verizon should prompt FCC to demand net [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 15, 2010
This is news cast 222, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, letting everyone know Dragon*Con is coming up. I’ll be taking a little more time this year off from the show to prepare for my travel there. There will be no news cast on either September 29th or the 5th. There [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 15, 2010
This is news cast 221, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, my thanks to Mike for his donation for which he has earned a merit badge. A final reminder there will not be a feature cast this coming week, I’ll be out in San Francisco for most of the week. Also, [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 8, 2010
Appeal of iiNet case begins Day 2 of iiNet appeal Day 3 of iiNet appeal Day 4 of iiNet appeal Does net neutrality violate the 5th Amendment? Key lawmaker urges approval of Comcast-NBCU merger without net neutrality conditions Telcos close to negotiating a neutrality deal to their liking Software will be unpatentable in NZ HT [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 8, 2010
This is news cast 220, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, an apology for missing the last two shows, though I had good reason. I will be in San Francisco from August 9th to the 11th for Cassandra Summit and a training day. If anyone is interested in a meet up [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 1, 2010
Australia censors most of web censorship plan Facebook may finally be allowing full deletion of user accounts Peter Sunde banned from operating The Pirate Bay Patent office ends Microsoft’s attempt to overturn i4i patent 2nd suit launched over student laptop webcam spying A peek inside the secret network neutrality meetings UK privacy watchdog clears Google [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– August 1, 2010
FCC’s third way plan isn’t bringing the two sides of net neutrality any closer together Next round starting against initially named defendants in USCG’s massive demand campaign US caves on anti-circumvention demands for ACTA Winamp gains WebM and VP-8 support Understanding geographic indications the EU desires be protected under ACTA China says Google agreed to [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– July 25, 2010
This is news cast 219, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, an admission of a mistake around correctly observing the licenses of some works I used after I stopped using the non-commercial clause in the license for the podcast. The net effect should be none to you, the listener, but it [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– July 18, 2010
FCC dodges pointed questions about broadband plan SCO evidence of Linux copying finally provided, not very compelling Ruling that reduced Tenenbaum damages compares p2p to unlicensed public performance More detailed analysis of constitutional questions in reduction of Tenenbaum damages Annotating the C-32, radical extremists speech Minister behind C-32 backs down from invitation to debate the [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– July 18, 2010
Sorry that this is it for today, I am rushing off a bit early to catch a public talk at Google’s DC office. Open source hardware draft definition 0.3 released If you think about the split between binary and source form for software, the application of an open license to hardware isn’t as unusual as [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– July 14, 2010
EU rushing to ACTA agreed Report on meeting with ACTA negotiators in Lucerne EU action alert on ACTA USTR statement on ACTA makes no mention of releasing latest draft ACTA will reach final draft in six months UK rejects ACTA call to criminalize illicit file sharing VP8 codec coming to FFmpeg Flash to continue to [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– July 4, 2010
Ofcom sees no evidence of need for net neutrality regulation Matthew Lasar at Ars has the news of this conclusion by the UK’s telecom regulatory body. It is a bit surprising given the fervor over the issue here in the States. The only issues I can recall arising with the usual big ISPs are the [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– June 25, 2010
Google’s legal wrangling could legalize packet sniffing open WiFi David Kravets at Wired advances this interesting theory. It is very early days to say how likely any new case law based on Google’s inadvertent WiFi data capture will play out for other scenarios. It seems wise, though, to bear in mind the broader context and [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– June 23, 2010
In an ideal world, the FCC’s recent notice of inquiry on its “third way” compromise for implementing some enforcement mechanism for network neutrality would push all of the stake holders–big, small, public and private–all into the same space and keep the discussions in the open. Sadly, that appears to be too much to hope, despite [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– June 22, 2010
Law firm steps in to defend folks from USCG IEEE still flogging DRM scheme it thinks consumers will accept State department has incorporated internet censorship into its policy priorities Senators urge FCC to fast track white space devices Interest in Facebook’s privacy policy has flatlined HT gpsilberman on Twitter Proposed amendments to fix C-32 Industry [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– June 20, 2010
Adoption of Linux ZFS port hampered by license issues There has been a lot of interest in ZFS, including rumors of Apple offering it as a choice for OS X. The feature list is impressive, including a staggering 128-bit address space, snapshotting to provide native support for rolling back the state of the disk, and [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– June 9, 2010
H.264 and VP-8 compared, with still frame examples WebM data points, mostly positive More criticism of Genachowski’s “Third Way” for net neutrality Rep. Doyle backs Title II reclassification Three strikes starting in Ireland this week Peter Watts discusses his arrest at the US border US Copyright Group now threatening protective ISPs with inducement US Copyright [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– May 31, 2010
No time for digging into any of these more deeply, I need to be on my way soon to CopyNight DC. OpenBook creator offers advice on simpler Facebook privacy controls Ryan Single at Wired has a screen shot of what Will Moffat, creator of the hacktivist tool OpenBook, is proposing. I still think this is [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– May 25, 2010
This story at TorrentFreak by Ernesto is the first one I’ve seen in a while following a trend in which I was, and still am, very much interested. uTP, or micro transfer protocol, is an attempt by Bit Torrent, Inc. to make their swarming data transfer applications better citizens on the network. It is of [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– May 24, 2010
ISPs not happy at all with FCC’s third way New bill sets high bar for FCC to regulate towards net neutrality New net neutrality bill demands neutral approach FCC chair defends broadband strategy Google offers lip service to privacy commissioners Google lawyer criticizes ACTA as cultural imperialism Details on FCC’s plans for universally available broadband [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– May 16, 2010
This is news cast 213, an episode of The Command Line Podcast. In the intro, thanks to new monthly donor, Jamie. Also, I was interviewed for Uber Leet Hacker Force Radio, part of Hacker Public Radio. My part starts around minute twenty-three. Lastly, I will be interviewing Cory Doctorow about his latest YA novel, “For [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– May 9, 2010
Lauren Weinstein thoughtfully converted the chairman’s announcement this morning from a Word document to a PDF file. At less than a dozen pages, this is a sketch, really, of the compromise strategy hinted at yesterday. The first two-thirds of the document actually cover the FCC’s goals in lightly regulating broadband providers and the problems inherent [...]
By Thomas Gideon
– May 6, 2010
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