More than a decade later the automated smart home is still another 10 years away.
Ahead Of Its Time Redux
Category Archives: Tech Policy
Again Ahead Of Its Time
Cloud computing is another technology for which the adoption rate may be a decade longer than folks think.
Technology At the Supreme Court
Today was a very big day for technology at the U.S. Supreme Court, with two hugely significant cases being argued.
Business Methods Run Wild
It was bad enough with Amazon’s “one-click” patent, but now we’ve got insurance patents, order-processing patents and other patents for what are not inventions, but just ideas. Of course ideas are creative and deserve protection, but they should not be patentable.
Cisco’s Eavesdropping Apparatus
Cisco will start to embed “lawful interception” capability into its router products. This is just another sign that the days of anonymity on the Internet are numbered.
Internet Security Index
So cybersecurity risks are increasing. Wow, what a surprise!
Browser Wars Redux
Apple Computer this morning released an updated beta version of its Safari Web browser as part of a reported effort to “distance its software environment from Microsoft’s.” It is unclear what the commercial benefits are (if any) that accrue to Apple from developing a new browser.
I’m In the News Again
I’ve been working on the Microsoft antitrust case since 1998, and now … finally … the whole thing may be coming to a resolution.