EFF: Endangered Gizmos!: “FCC Chairman Michael Powell calls TiVo ‘God’s machine,’ and its devotees have been known to declare, ‘You can take my TiVo when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers!’ But suppose none of us had ever been given the opportunity to use or own a TiVo — or, for that matter, [...]
PalmAddicts:
Avery Coonley School may be nearly 100 years old, but when it
comes to endowing its teachers and students with handheld technology for
the classroom, this private, independent school in Downers Grove, Ill., is
one of the most forward-looking schools in the state.
After the rousing success of a fourth-grade pilot program last year, each
student and teacher in grades [...]
“Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”
How’s that for irony?
Head over to Brighthand and read the lead article. A very thought provoking perspective on what Palm needs to do to “get right” again.
Personally, I think HP and Dell are wiping PalmOne’s clock, and if Tapwave would make the right moves in marketing, they could be a major player (but I doubt they will) in [...]
Lessig’s blog
As is old news (but everything on the Lessig Blog is old news),
the Copyright Office has asked for comments on whether a solution is needed
to deal with “orphan works” — works still under copyright but whose owner
cannot be identified.
This, as PublicKnowledge notes, fantastic news. For many years, many have
been trying to refocus this debate [...]