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The first female director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Dr. Regina Dugan, is stepping down and leaving behind her three years of hard work ... Read More »
Hacktivism: a term coined about 14 years ago that now has more meaning than ever in the history of our world. Hacking of Indonesian government websites, the Mexican... Read More »
An ongoing battle, which went public in 2010, arrived in Santa Clara, California on February 17th. A technological company in... Read More »
Late last year, Verizon Wireless stated that it would spend $3.6 billion purchasing spectrum licenses from Comcast Corp., Time Warner Cable Inc., Bright House... Read More »
The Federal Trade Commission has been asked to start an investigation on Apple and Google to get to the truth about their privacy settings when it comes to third... Read More »
Apple had opened a lawsuit against Android in 2010 for alleged patent infringement. Now, both Google and Motorola must provide Apple with detailed information on the... Read More »
Five major hackers from two continents were arrested on Tuesday with the help of a formerly arrested hacker, Hector Xavier Monsegur. Monsegur, known as... Read More »
Engulfed in the bidding frenzy of its upcoming $5 billion IPO, the last thing Facebook needed to hear was what Yahoo had to say to them this past Monday: if... Read More »
Online retail sales in the US approximated to $20 billion at the turn of the century, and have now substantially increased. That should be enough to signify how... Read More »
‘Team iPhone’ versus ‘Team Blackberry’ fights are getting more and more dated now that ‘Team Android’ has found its rightful place ... Read More »
University of Massachusetts Amherst chemical engineer researchers have discovered a new molecule, dubbed the ‘mini-cellulose’ molecule, that allows... Read More »
At the 19th Annual Network & Distributed System Security Symposium in San Diego, California, a research paper called “Location Leaks on the GSM Air... Read More »
After months of talk, Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility may very well be approved by the US Department of Justice next week. The finalizing of the $12.5 ... Read More »
YouTube, Wikipedia, WordPress, twitpic: do you use at least one of these websites on a daily basis? A few clicks and you’re watching a music video, finding... Read More »
Matt Brown went to the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art last weekend. He just added Nicholas Felton as a friend because they work together at Facebook. Apparently... Read More »
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Nareen MelkonianThank you, Alvin. I myself am not a fan of frictionless sharing as well.
Feb 3, 2012
Alvin SchaefferAlthough I am not necessarily a fan of frictionless sharing, I recognize that it is not only the way of the future (and is, more or less, a voluntary action -- blanket permission or not) but also that the rules should be applied equally across the board. Well argued and presented.
Feb 3, 2012
Alliance for American Manufacturing raises concern about 1.6 million US auto industry jobs being at risk due to China’s illegal trade practices. World Trade... Read More »
Today, IBM announced their acquisition of Worklight, an Israeli based provider of mobile software for smartphones and tablets. This move will allow IBM to offer its... Read More »
Microchip expert and assistant professor at Tehran’s Sharif University of Technology, Seyed Mojtaba Atarodi, was recently imprisoned by US law enforcement... Read More »