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New technology always disrupts. This has always been true, whether it was the invention of the wheel, the automobile, or modern electronics. With each new disruption, interactive business and social commerce is disturbed. Established business and social models are suddenly rendered partially or fully dysfunctional. For every new disruptive technology that comes along, an old business model is broken and
Lord Lester has introduced a Defamation Bill to the UK Parliament in order to clarify aspects of the the law regarding libel and slander. One of its intents appears to be to clear up the current gray area for ISPs and forum owners with regard to defamatory postings and their responsibilities. (This has been brought as a private member's bill,
Today the court handed down a big win for YouTube and a lot of other companies that have potentially infringing media on their websites. In two words the court agreed that YouTube has protection by "Safe Harbor" provisions as part of the DMCA. When you think about the thousands of videos being uploaded to not only YouTube, but the varies
Since I cut the cable (well, actually the satellite) recently, I have prided myself on finding things to watch (legally) online. This has lead to something of a quest for bookmarks to add to my Media Center PC. I also thought that showing what I have found might be of interest to others thinking of doing the same thing. Although,
Today is the 98th anniversary of the birth Alan Turing, one of most brilliant minds of the 20th Century. Born on was born on 23rd June 1912 in London, England, he is known as one of the fathers of modern computing, though his ideas for programmable computers were ahead of their time. He is widely know for the test which
The beauty of Google Android is that it operates on a wide variety of devices that appeal to differing market segments, yet those devices can utilize the Android Market Place and run general apps written for Android. This is similar to what happened with Windows on personal computers. It’s an analogy worthy of exploration, however there are a few noteworthy
If you have been using Windows Media Center for a while then you may remember Big Screen EPG for Vista MC. If you aren't familiar with this program, let me first point out that EPG stands Electronic Program Guide. In a nutshell, this is the guide data that your DVR (in this case your PC) uses for shows, channels, times,
It is very important that you listen to my podcast on July 2nd as within that show will be instructions on how to win a Lenovo Think Centre A63 Computer System with dual screens. As you know I have been talking about this system in my show for a while now, and it is going to make a great computer
I have heard some grumbling recently from some of my friends about their iPhones and iPads. And I cannot say I'm surprised by this. I have held off on buying any of these devices, because they just don't offer what I need, and their price doesn't justify their (un)usefulness. One of my friends bought an iPad. She did not have
Cover a huge amount of ground tonight, there are some real gems in amongst the regular content as well that I talk about that are not in the show notes so listen in to not miss anything. It is great to be back in Hawaii with nothing on my travel agenda. I had a great time with the meet-up in
This is my initial review of the iPhone iOS 4.0 update. I updated my 3GS phone, I will not get the IPhone 4 until the middle of July Right now I am writing while listening to Pandora. The multitasking works well. If you have multiple applications open, you switch between them by double tapping the home button. It works really
All of the recent buzz around Google TV has overshadowed a major Microsoft announcement regarding Windows 7 Embedded. And that's a shame for several reasons. First, Google TV, while useful, is little more than a glorified search. Yes, it's useful to be able to search for a show, not only through TV channels and on-demand, but also throughout the web.
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