A Proprietary Web? Blame the W3C
A recent post of mine about Firefox and my general view of corporations and organizations caused a bit of a stir. It even caught the attention of Asa Read More…
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In Response to Wikipedia Bashing: Just Remember The Good
The problem with the Internet is that any whacko with a connection gets to throw out his/her opinion, however wrong it may be. The Internet’s savingRead More…
Rhapsody’s New DRM-Free MP3 Store with Full Song Previews
Today’s big announcement comes from Rhapsody, the online music service previously known for its subscription-based streaming music for a monthly feeRead More…
Sony: Big News & A Recap of Blunders Just in The Past Year
Sony has spent the last three years restructuring the company and today releases its big plans for growth. Apparently, the next big thing is electroniRead More…
Firefox 3: Impressions, Issues, and Verdict
It’s been nearly a week since I installed Firefox 3. And though the end result is largely positive, the process wasn’t free of complications. As IRead More…
Firefox, Search Engines, and the Truth About Corporations
A few days ago TechMeme picked up a story at Search Engine Land about how Firefox doesn’t make you choose a search engine. Firefox 3 was recently reRead More…
Netflix Eliminating Profiles: Tells Us We Don’t Own Our Data
Last night Netflix sent out an email (full text below) explaining that it will be getting rid of profiles. For those unfamiliar, the profile feature aRead More…
Reddit Goes Open Source: What Does That Really Mean?
My new favorite crowd voting / social bookmarking site Reddit made the announcement today that it’s “open source.” This means the code for the sRead More…
The Next Revolution: Why The New iPhone Matters
A revolution is easy to spot when looking backward, but they are much harder to see when they first happen. Microsoft, Apple, eBay, Amazon…all revolRead More…
The Death of Search Engines?
There’s an interesting article over at ZDNet UK. The idea is that people don’t need to go to a search engine to find what they need. If they want Read More…