Monthly Archives: March 2010

Bringing US privacy law into the cloud computing era

Bringing US privacy law into the cloud computing era. Be sure to check out the video… love how the running bill gets winded and can’t keep up with technology. I’m not sure it’s the best image of our legal system, though.

March 31, 2010 – 12:51 pm | By john | Posted in Mass Communication Law, Technology, Worth a Look | Comments (0)

3 Strikes and we’ll download more

Record industry: ignore that French piracy study!. A recent study of 2,000 residents of a French town found that more admitted to downloading copyrighted music and video than before the 3 strikes law. I’ve been writing lately (for my diss) about how laws are most often communicated by non-official sources, like the recording industry.  This …

March 31, 2010 – 12:47 pm | By john | Posted in Copyright, Mass Communication Law | Comments (0)

Internet OS

The State of the Internet Operating System – O’Reilly Radar. I like the way that O’Reilly ties together all of the things that make the Internet of today so different from the Internet of 5 years ago (positioning, voice recognition, etc).  I think he’s put his finger on the reason why I knew I had …

March 31, 2010 – 7:29 am | By john | Posted in Technology | Comments (0)

Investing in Innovation

Op-Ed Columnist – A Word From the Wise – NYTimes.com This opinion piece by Thomas Friedman is a few days old, but it hits right on a topic that I’ve thought about quite a bit lately. He quotes the Chief Executive of Intel. Otellini noted that a 2009 study done by the Information Technology and …

March 7, 2010 – 11:33 am | By john | Posted in Education, Good Reads | Comments (0)