Facebook was possibly wrong (although correct from a customer relationship standpoint) to argue that it needed a license from one user to display his/her content on the “Wall” of another user, even when the first person had affirmatively decided to share that UGC by posting it within Facebook.
Evil as he clearly is, Bernie Madoff’s crimes do not justify an international tribunal reserved historically for “crimes against humanity.”
Thank goodness for jury nullification, because under no rational legal system can hosting a Web video be considered a personal crime by corporate officer.
So exactly why are we paying for the “DTV transition” anyway? Did we pay for folks in the 1960s to switch from B&W to color televisions? No way.
Bernie Ebbers’ sleaze never ends. I for one hope he rots in prison.
After an historic election, the Luddites are saying that Barack Obama will be forced to stop using email and turn in his BlackBerry.
The official trade rag of the legal industry — a notorious technology backwater for decades — is publicizing the wonders of the Internet social networking phenomenon Twitter.
Alright, so more than 80% of Silicon Valley’s 150 largest publicly traded companies have employees holding underwater options. It’s happened before, and that did not deter innovation or investment.
The reaction in Silicon Valley to folks saying they’re from Washington, DC and are “here to help” may just be slightly more favorable going-forward.
The question is not whether the Valley will sit on the sidelines but rather how, when and on what issue(s) it will engage Washington.