Regulations Archives:
Seriously, guys. How many times have I trumpeted this horn? If the MPAA wants to substantially slow digital piracy, they should make content available online for a small monthly fee, and people will pay for it. That’s precisely what some of our friends across the pond are doing, and the MPAA says they are a [...]
Picture this… You need to get from point A to point B, and you are walking. So, you pull out your smart phone, and ask Google maps to give you directions. The directions given include a 1/2 mile walk down State Route <insert number here>. Would any reasonable person choose to walk down the center [...]
I love it when this happens. Let’s think back over the last several years, and collectively recall when Apple would accuse Microsoft of using its power and market share unfairly. “Antitrust!” they shouted. Now, Apple is being accused of unfair practices, of using its power and market share unfairly. They are (gasp!) trying to convince [...]
There really is a sick, sweet justice here as far as I’m concerned. Apple is about to be probed for antitrust activities, assuming the FTC and the Department of Justice can decide who gets to do the probe. What is the investigation? Apple is being accused of not playing fair in requiring developers to use [...]
When given the option of which browser to use, EU consumers are choosing Opera! Doubling their download rate is huge, and I, for one, am pretty happy for them. What I don’t understand, though, is why Microsoft is anti-competitve, but Apple isn’t.
The backstory: you may or may not recall anti-trust lawsuits against Microsoft. To make [...]
It took them forever to write it up, and now 400 pages later, the FCC gives us this?
Let’s look at my favorite goal, quoting from the document:
GoaL No. 1: at least 100 million u.s. homes should have affordable access to actual download speeds of at least 100 megabits per second and actual upload speeds of [...]
As the much anticipated National Broadband Plan is close to the big reveal, the FCC may be setting aside part of the spectrum for free (or low-cost) wireless broadband access. A decent story about it can also be found here.
The Gigaom article voices some legit concerns, and I absolutely agree. If the government supplies the [...]
Reporting from the “Are you serious? You can’t be serious! Wait, you’re serious?” department, Scott Charney – Microsoft Vice President for Trustworthy Computing, has proposed a general usage Internet tax to help fight malware.
I would like to repeat that. Microsoft, a company with a brand valued at $76 Billion and reporting $6.7 Billion in profits, [...]
With the FCC poised to finalize their net neutrality guidelines, I’m sure IT administrators everywhere are giving a collective head-shaking and muttering something about “reasonable network management.” Certainly, as a consumer, I love the idea of a more open Internet, of fewer restrictions on my connection. That said, I don’t think the FCC has any [...]
