Saturday, December 14, 2002

Financial Times: A threat to innovation on the web. Lawrence Lessig. But increasingly, the providers of internet connectivity are pushing a different principle. US broadband companies are trying to ensure that they have the power to decide which applications and content can run. [Tomalak's Realm] 1:44:34 PM

Life on the edge. The geek-driven world of new "decentralized" technologies like Wi-Fi, blogging and Web services is more about cutting out the middleman than finding a business model. [Salon.com] 10:18:07 AM

Google 2002 year-end zeitgeist. Just like last year, Google has compiled a massive collection of statistics about web-searches in 2002. Topic range from the traditional top 20 gaining and declining queries (Hello Spiderman, goodbye Nostradamus), to the slightly bizarre Las Ketchup phenomenon. Also find out who the top woman and top man was, as well the most popular searches in the UK, France, Germany, and Japan. [kuro5hin.org] 10:11:55 AM