by jillmcf | Feb 8, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
Microsoft’s long awaited cloud computing platform, Azure, opened for business this week. Now available in 21 countries, the platform comes with a flexible and transparent payment schedule. This might not sound as nifty as the iPad, but startups with small budgets...
by benmorse | Feb 8, 2010 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Old Blog Posts |
I posted a few weeks ago about the Supreme Court’s decision to temporarily stay YouTube streaming in the Proposition 8 trial. As expected, the Supreme Court later extended its temporary stay into a permanent block of the proposed stream. The Northern District...
by sternmj | Jan 25, 2010 | Legal/Tech News, Technology |
From a technical/efficiency standpoint, it’s hard to imagine solar energy not becoming a significant contributor to our national grid. Unlike conventional energy sources, photovoltaic cells contain no moving parts, produce minimal waste heat, and have no...
by Tracy A. Steindel | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
It is a fair guess that just about anyone uses the Internet regularly has run some kind of search on themselves, a future employer, their co-workers, etc. Reviewing a Facebook profile or Googling a name are two common techniques. Capitalizing on this sleuthing,...
by Grace L. Wang | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
The Supreme Court granted certiorari to City of Ontario v. Quon on December 14, 2009 (No. 08-1332). Quon was a SWAT member who had sent and received text messages on his work-issued pager. While the city’s written policy was that employees should have no...
by jillmcf | Dec 31, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
Cloud computing, though its definition can be expressed in a more detailed manner, is basically the next generation of IT systems organization, where data and applications are centrally accessible through individual portals such as laptops or desktops. Many popular...