by ghans | Feb 16, 2011 | Commentary |
This American Life, the popular public radio show hosted by Ira Glass, devoted its entire hour this past weekend to the cracking the Coca-Cola formula, perhaps the most famous trade secret in the world. Long rumored to contain cocaine, Ira Glass and company have...
by ghans | Feb 15, 2011 | Commentary |
The New York Times has an article on Vint Cerf, who played a major role in the beginnings of what we now know as the Internet and currently serves as Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, and IPv6. For those who don’t know, all web URLs...
by ghans | Feb 8, 2011 | Commentary |
The Washtenaw Voice reports that a popular weekly music event at the Jolly Pumpkin, the popular Ann Arbor restaurant, has been shut down to copyright issues. Performers were informed by Jolly Pumpkin management that the event violated rights held by ASCAP, the...
by ghans | Feb 2, 2011 | Commentary |
Wired and the Wall Street Journal have reported that Google has accused Bing, Microsoft’s Internet search engine, of copying Google’s search results. Google reports that Microsoft initially denied this claim; later, Wired revealed that Microsoft was...
by Jennifer Wertheimer | Feb 2, 2011 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
Now that a month has passed since the Federal Communications Commission issued their long-awaited order on net neutrality, the lawsuits have begun. Two companies, Verizon Communications and MetroPCS, have already filed suit in federal court, arguing that the FCC...
by kavouras | Feb 2, 2011 | Commentary |
During last week’s State of the Union address, President Obama (predictably) spent a great deal of time outlining a strategy for modernizing the U.S. economy and enhancing American competitiveness in an increasingly global market. In his speech, the President...
