September 2009
35 posts
Tech Thoughts Daily Net News – September 27, 2009 →
AT&T calls Google a hypocrite on Net neutrality- AT&T is accusing Google of being a hypocrite when it comes to Net neutrality because it blocks certain phone calls on its Google Voice service.Ants…
Notes for 9/27/2009 →
Here are my weekly notes: Sharon and I went to see the new Southgate expansion today, finally. It’s pretty nice, and reminded us of Calgary. The new LRT station is looking good also. The topic for…
Meet The iPhone Terminator: The World’s Best... →
With apologies to Arnold’s infamous line, all we can say to iPhone enthusiasts of the world is that once you try this Android phone, you won’t ever go back. Google has done for the mobile phone what…
“Net Neutrality” Will End Net Freedom →
Rev. Ted Pike National Prayer Network Monday, Sept 28th, 2009 In a bold new move to establish federal censorship of the internet, Pres. Obama has directed FCC chairman Julius Genachowski to seek…
another day, another bad WaPo op-ed →
It’s hardly worth noting, but this is a lousy editorial. A couple of points, one of which I buried in the last post about net neutrality: Comcast’s reversal of its decision to fiddle with Bittorrent…
Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of... →
Public Rejecting Obamacare, Will Reject Democrats - strata-sphere.com 09/28/2009 No one can argue that the liberal left is limited in imagination. The ideas and myths they conjure up border on the…
CB4, Not Going Anywhere →
by Stephen Brotherston… Maybe this is just a rant, but! For over a year now, media reports have had Chris Bosh leaving Toronto to sign with New York, Miami, Dallas, and nearly every NBA city except…
Pirate Party Canada-TorrentFreak →
[ CJ Hinke of FACT comments : As a Canadian, I’ve already signed up as one of the 250 founding members.] Pirate Party Canada Set For Federal Approval Ernesto TorrentFreak: September 23, 2009…
GOP senators declare war on Net neutrality →
Daniel Tencer Raw Story Wednesday, Sept 23rd, 2009 Six Republican senators have introduced an amendment that would block the Federal Communications Commission from implementing its recently announced…
Get Your Personal Supercomputer, Asking Whether... →
Patent troll defamation case settled I was unaware of this case until Mike Masnick mentioned it on Techdirt earlier in the week. He asks the key question now that the case has been settled, whether…
Harvard Forum: ICT4D and, and, and →
Canada’s International Development Research Center and Harvard’s Berkman Center are convening a conversation today and tomorrow at Harvard on the future of information and communication technology…
Harvard Forum: ICT4D and, and, and… →
Canada’s International Development Research Center and Harvard’s Berkman Center are convening a conversation today and tomorrow at Harvard on the future of information and communication technology…
U.S. moves to adopt 6 net neutrality rules →
While this appears to be reason for open net advocates to rejoice. they should pause to reflect on the fact that this also represents an increased federalization of the net. The original intent…
More Google Fear, Net Neutrality, and how to be an... →
Don’t know if its IMA and a bunch of different conference occurring right now, energy from recent internet marketing related news, or the planets aligning in perfect symmetry with the alien pyramids…
Obama: We Need To Bailout Newspapers To Stop New... →
Since when does the mainstream media put stories in their full context? Misleading by omission of key background facts is one of their favourite techniques. Flashback: Tech giants respond to Media…
FCC Formally Backs Net Neutrality →
“The Internet’s creators didn’t want the network architecture — or any single entity — to pick winners and losers.” Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, September 21, 2009 In an address to the Brookings…
Judge eases restrictions on Harkat →
With the sort of obstruction CSIS has been blatantly engaged in, the case should be thrown out. Flashback: Canadian Courts don’t buy word of government | CSIS forced to ‘reveal’ info on secret source…
Netflix Sees Apple Partnership, iPhone Streaming... →
Netflix, which mails DVDs and Blu-Ray discs to subscribers and streams movies and TV shows directly to Xbox 360 and other set-top box owners, commented on the likelihood of their working with Apple,…
One Half Done, One to Go: Net Neutrality Doesn’t... →
Phillip “I Can See the Problem” Dampier Yesterday’s proposal by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gets Net Neutrality halfway there. That already puts us ahead of Canadian broadband, which is a…
CRTC Embarrassed By FCC Net Neutrality Actions? →
Professor Geist The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, the Canadian equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, may be forced to consider American…
GOP senators (Ironic Johnny included) declare war... →
A p lan to ke ep Internet free of interference from ISPs draws opposition from GOP, service providers Six Republican senators have introduced an amendment that would block the Federal Communications…
One Half Done, One to Go: Net Neutrality Doesn’t... →
Phillip “I Can See the Problem” Dampier Yesterday’s proposal by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski gets Net Neutrality halfway there. That already puts us ahead of Canadian broadband, which is a…
CRTC Embarrassed By FCC Net Neutrality Actions? →
Professor Geist The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission, the Canadian equivalent of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, may be forced to consider American…
C.U. Plans for Carbon Neutrality →
| Sourced From Cornellsun.com |Since President David Skorton signed the Presidents’ Climate Commitment in the fall of 2007 at the behest of the student group KyotoNOW!, the University has been…
U.S. to introduce net neutrality rules: report →
The top U.S. telecommunications regulator is set to introduce net neutrality rules that will prohibit internet providers from selectively blocking or slowing web traffic, according to a report….
Tracking the Copyright Consultation Discussion... →
Throughout the copyright consultation, I’ve been assisted by University of Ottawa student Frances Munn, who has been tracking the discussion in the online forum (earlier updates here , here , and…
ZeroPaid Interviews the Pirate Party of Canada →
If you asked a file-sharer in, say, 2005, if there would be a political party with a focus on, among other things, copyright and internet rights issues, you were more than likely to just get an odd…
Newsbusters’ Net Neutrality Nonsense – Paranoid... →
I usually don’t spend a whole lot of time debunking the more crazy conspiracy theories about Net Neutrality because I presume most online users are smart enough not to be suckered into sideshow…
Newsbusters’ Net Neutrality Nonsense – Paranoid... →
I usually don’t spend a whole lot of time debunking the more crazy conspiracy theories about Net Neutrality because I presume most online users are smart enough not to be suckered into sideshow…
Copyright roundtables: who said what … →
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Officially, law professor Michael Geist (right) is the Canada research chair in internet and e-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa. Unofficially, he’s done…
ipoque, DPI, and network neutrality →
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Deep Packet Inspection ( DPI ) manufacturer, ipoque, has produced a white paper titled Deep Packet Inspection: Technology, Applications & Network Neutrality , says…
Posts about Mobile Internet as of September 5,... →
Toshiba Journe Touch multimedia device - tjantunen.com 09/05/2009 One look at the Toshiba Journe Touch and chances are you would lust after it, even though you know that you don’t really have any use…
Craig Aaron: Want to Change the Media? Be a... →
Last week, I was invited to speak at the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture conference in Boston. This organization of media and arts leaders represents hundreds of thousands of community…
Assuming Facts Not in Evidence: Consumption... →
Another day, another angle on Internet Overcharging, this time from the team of Dr. Kevin A. Hassett & Dr. Robert J. Shapiro. These two economists at the Georgetown Center for Business and Public…
Today’s Science Policy News for August, 31st 2009 →
A look at today’s science and health policy news: Stronger Prospects for the President on a Health Care Bill NY Times — When the president and Democratic leaders resume work next week, they face big…
