by salari | Oct 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
In December 2010, the FCC announced its new ‘net neutrality’ rules, in efforts to promote “freedom and openness” of the Internet and to prevent service providers from limiting which Internet sites and services their customers can access and...
by anickow | Sep 10, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Ever since the iPad’s release in April 2010, Apple’s competitors have been scrambling to release a credible competitor. When announcing the iPad 2, Apple’s then CEO Steve Jobs bragged that the original iPad achieved above 90% market share, and he was...
by fqin | Aug 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
The America Invents Act of 2011 was approved by the House Judiciary Committee on April 14th, 2011 by a vote of 32-3, after being passed by the Senate in March. This act proposes some of the most significant changes for patent since at least 50 years. One of the most...
by anickow | Apr 13, 2011 | Cases, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Norman Leboon was sentenced Thursday to 24 more months of jail, plus three years’ supervised release. His crime? Threatening Congressman Eric Cantor. What makes the case slightly relevant for this blog is the nature of the threat—a Youtube video. Unfortunately his...
by ghans | Jan 18, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Tina Fey and the writers on NBC’s hit comedy 30 Rock have gotten a lot of comedic mileage out of the proposed NBC-Comcast (or NBC-Kabletown, in the show’s version) merger, but there hasn’t been a lot of laughter today as the Federal Communications...
by ghans | Jan 12, 2011 | Legal/Tech News, Technology |
The New York Times has a front page story today on the decline of mySpace, the once-popular social networking site that has now been outpaced by Facebook. As with other social networking sites, mySpace has struggled to maintain its popularity; a high-profile merger...
