What I’ve been surfing for 3rd March 2007
These are my links for 3rd March 2007:
- SSRN-The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design by Kal Raustiala, Chris Sprigman - Cites my unpublished tattoo copyright paper
- EU to study energy use by datacenters | InfoWorld | News | 2007-02-23 | By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service - Code of conduct = voluntary
- Study: Consumers not willing to pay $500 for iPhone | InfoWorld | News | 2007-02-23 | By Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service - “Among the 26 percent of respondents who said they’re likely to buy an iPhone, only 1 percent said they’d pay $500 for it.” - My thought - No wonder, it is the same price as a new mac mini!
- European PS3 will play fewer old games
- BitTorrent to open online store for digital media | InfoWorld | News | 2007-02-26 | By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service - BitTorrent rolled out a paid music and movie download service on Monday, leveraging its fast distribution system infamous for the massive piracy it facilitated when it debuted in 2001.
- Privacy laws could hurt the little guy | InfoWorld | News | 2007-02-26 | By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service - Interview with one of the inventor of public key crypto.
- Patent reform tops list of tech concerns | InfoWorld | News | 2007-02-27 | By Robert Mullins, IDG News Service; - “Patents are not a driver of innovation, they are an impediment to innovation,” said Mark Lemley, … “Everyone has an example of silly patents, such as the cat exerciser laser pen,” Lemley said, but the problems with the patent law are more serious than that.
- A cure for e-mail attention disorder? | CNET News.com - ‘Cast this spell on me’ is the same thing as ‘Read my e-mail.’”
- Integrated voice coming to ‘Second Life’ | CNET News.com - Integrated chat in Second Life
- Skype asks FCC to force open mobile networks | InfoWorld | News | 2007-02-26 | By Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service - Skype on your mobile.
- Take-Two to settle ‘Grand Theft Auto’ suit? | CNET News.com - Over sexually-explicit images in its games.
- YouTube to offer BBC news and entertainment videos | InfoWorld | News | 2007-03-02 | By John Blau, IDG News Service - The Beeb to offer content on ad-supported channels to non-UK public.
- Researchers peel The Onion Router | InfoWorld | News | 2007-03-02 | By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service - EFF’s Tor gets hacked.
