Political crasher?
I recently saw the movie Wedding Crashers starring Christopher Walken as the political father of the bride. Now, someone just sent me a link to his supposed run for president in ’08. A joke? Who knows.
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I recently saw the movie Wedding Crashers starring Christopher Walken as the political father of the bride. Now, someone just sent me a link to his supposed run for president in ’08. A joke? Who knows.
If you’re wondering why, it’s because I changed my mind on TIA and this NY Sun piece by Josh Gerstein quotes me and others on the need to re-examine government data-mining programs.
Here’s my weekly column on the recent FCC DSL decision.
With all the hoopla over drug importation from Canada, this might be a big surprise. The LA Times also did a story on it, but note that this link will expire soon.
Texas Instruments recently announced the availability of its single-chip technology for cell phone makers in emerging markets, allowing for the availability of cheaper handsets. Here’s an interesting bit from a News.com story: India is among the fastest-growing cell phone markets
I’ll be participating in a discussion about San Francisco and the digital divide tonight at 7:30 pm. The first part of the show is a panel discussion, but during the second half we will be taking questions from callers. If
Imagine if you were forced to share your property with your business competitors — you probably wouldn’t be thrilled and likely wouldn’t do much to upgrade that property. Unfortunately that’s been the state of things in the telecom sector, but
A few years ago I was staunchly against TIA. Now that I’ve had more time to think about it (as well as watch the technology advance — think social networking sites etc.), I have a different perspective on information gathering
Econ professor Marius Schwartz just wrote a short, yet incredibly useful analysis of competition in the Internet backbone space. You can find the AEI-Brookings publication here, but if you want the summary version it’s this: there is tons of competition
This is a fascinating radio interview with inventor Ray Kurzweil. I’m currently reviewing his upcoming book and so far it’s a great read. When I write my column, I’ll post it here.
Not really. Antitrust rulings usually replace market imperfections with government failure, creating a worse situation. This book argues for the abolition of antitrust and this column by David Henderson is a nice summary.
Science writer Ron Bailey has written a new book on why biotech advances are positive for humanity. Here’s a review from Ken Silber at TechCentralStation.com.
If you haven’t heard about it yet, this may shock you… There’s an exhibition in San Francisco displaying real dead human bodies, preserved through a process called plastination. It’s billed as an educational show, but it seems more like a
I’m a bit of a foodie, so the location of the garlic capital actually matters to me. Here’s the scoop from the SF Chronicle, which was covering the annual garlic fest this weekend: “In reality, Gilroy hasn’t even been the
Well, we’re getting closer to creating a ‘real’ Data. Check out this Japanese robot.
In a bold move to modernize America’s outdated communications laws, this week Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) introduced the Broadband Investment and Consumer Choice Act. It’s about time Congress embraced this issue, particularly since technology has vastly changed the way communications
I was interviewed by Tech Closeup on a bunch of tech issues recently. The producers of the TV show were nice enough to grant me permission to post it for those of you who don’t watch traditional TV anymore. Here’s
What can I say? This is a long time coming… Here’s the story. Thanks to KH for bringing this important fact to my attention.
What’s that — Hawaiian noises? Bangin’ on the bongos like a chimpanzee… Fortunately, we’ve moved past the 80’s and on to bigger and better things like IPTV. But while the tech has accelerated, policymakers are holding back progress. Read all
The subway and bus bombings in London on July 7th added new fuel to the continued debate over security and liberty in a high-tech world. But it remains an open question whether the two must be opposites. “They that can