August 2008

How Much Broadband Do You Use?; Comcast Caps at 250GB
Aug 28, 2008 | Ars Technica reports that Comcast has confirmed its plans to place bandwidth caps on all of its residential high-speed broadband Read More

Inventor Files More Patent Suits Involving Visual Voicemail
Aug 26, 2008 | Klausner Technologies has once again set its sights on a long list of companies that it claims are violating its Read More

Fair Use and DMCA Takedowns: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Universal
Aug 21, 2008 | A U.S. District Court judge has denied Universal Music Group's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Stephanie Lenz, the Read More

How Will Presidential Appointments Affect Tech?
Aug 21, 2008 | If you follow us on Twitter, you might have seen this link to an interview with Mozilla Foundation chairman Mitch Read More

News From Who's Who
Aug 21, 2008 | From time to time, we like to highlight some of the press releases and announcements you can find in the Who's Who section Read More

Solar Projects Hinge on Investment Tax Credit
Aug 18, 2008 | Northern California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) announced two historic solar power agreements last week that, combined, would Read More

MIT Students at Center of Free Speech Case (Updated)
Aug 15, 2008 | A U.S. District Court judge in Boston decided yesterday not to lift a temporary restraining order imposed against three Massachusetts Read More

Court Bolsters Enforcement of Open Source Licenses
Aug 14, 2008 | Supporters of free/open source licenses like the GNU General Public License and Creative Commons are celebrating yesterday's decision by the Read More

Where Are You?
Aug 13, 2008 | I admit that I've become addicted to the status updates in Twitter and Facebook. Even when I'm not revealing what Read More

CA Considers New Cyberbullying Law
Aug 12, 2008 | California's Senate voted yesterday in favor of a bill that would allow schools to suspend or expel students who engage Read More

NPR's Take on Tech Policy
Aug 6, 2008 | I was driving through Southern California on a business trip last Friday, listening to National Public Radio (NPR), when I heard that the Federal Read More

Court Lifts Ban on Cablevision DVR Service
Aug 5, 2008 | Cablevision won a legal victory yesterday that enables the company to move ahead with its plans for a remote storage Read More