Transparent Aluminium [Slashdot]

Anyone who thinks technology will stop advancing because of the economic slowdown, should sit down and think what can be done with Transparent Aluminium.

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Another company that is raising interesting questions is Avantgo. I've gotten a few emails with pointers to a new policy of charging information providers to flow content through Avantgo's content management system. To be honest, since I'm not a palmtop user, I'm not sure what Avantgo's system does. We publish a version of Scripting News that's suitable for reading on palmtops. It's not economically feasible for us to pay to have it distributed, so if we are presented with a bill we'll probably decline. But that may be up to our readers. Is there economic value in the content we create? Avantgo seems to be betting that there is.  [Scripting News]

Avantgo is too slow (as a company) and never had a business plan worth its salt. I don't think you can charge for information that you can get for free elsewhere. I used Avantgo, but had to stop when Palm Desktop for Mac OS X came out (Avantgo hasn't produce the conduit necessary for the connection to work), surprisingly, I haven't miss it at all. I hope I can get some internet connection in my VisorPhone so I can get some e-mail and use an internet browser (Blade sounds good) in emergencies.

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Justices to Review Copyright Extension. The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether the 1998 law that extended the duration of existing copyrights by 20 years was constitutional. [The New York Times: Technology]

Congress stole those materials from the commons, where they belong. Why don't we call them pirates?
If the Supreme Court does the right thing a repel the law, they will become the heroes of a new internet.

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