Sunday, November 3, 2002

London's Privacy Falling Down. In an effort to relieve London bus riders worried about crime, officials have placed ominous-looking, Big Brother-like posters throughout the system. And privacy advocates aren't thrilled. By Julia Scheeres. [Wired News] Interesting that the media is getting stories from weblog reports. comment () trackback ()  10:20:12 PM     MS Rivals Vow More Battles. Microsoft's rivals say they will seek tighter limits on the software company after a federal judge approves most of its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department. [Wired News] Rather than attempting to compete with Microsoft, other software companies intend to use the government as a club to bludgeon Microsoft with. This demostrates that the antitrust case has worked perfectly, from the government's point of view. comment () trackback ()  7:59:57 PM     Uncap Your Modem, Get Visit From the FBI [Slashdot] Gee, I'm glad the FBI is working so diligently to prevent fast cable modem access. I'd hate to think they were wasting their time trying to keep terrorists out of the country or something. comment () trackback ()  3:50:05 PM     A Well Regulated Militia. A Well Regulated Militia is "the only interactive online resource center on the web that is of, for, and by the Unorganized Militia." Suggested gear, militia contacts, links, and discussion forums. [End the War on Freedom] comment () trackback ()  3:38:28 PM     Scott Rosenberg: "Restoring competition in the browser -- or even the "middleware" -- market is a pointless exercise today. The unknown innovation, potential productivity and profits that a more freely competitive marketplace in this area might have provided are gone now, irretrievable. The technology industry has moved on to other realms." I strongly disagree. We could open up lots of doors in the two-way-web if Microsoft were taken out of it's monopoly position in browsers. They are protecting Office from the Web. If the Web weren't paying that strategy tax there would be lots of opportunities for growth. [Scripting News] In fact, there is no Microsoft monopoly in browsers. If there were, I wouldn't be using iCab to write this. I do think it's pretty ridiculous for someone who uses Windows and Internet Explorer to keep whining about the "Microsoft monopoly," though. If you don't like Microsoft having such a large market share, stop contributing to it! comment () trackback ()  2:03:19 PM

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