Monthly Archives: September 2003

So, if the Appeals Court ruling delaying the California recall holds up, it’ll likely ensure the installation of more modern voting machines throughout California. So far, so good. But if the result is the use of touch-screen machines that have … Continue reading →

AP: New terror laws used vs. common criminals. In the two years since law enforcement agencies gained fresh powers to help them track down and punish terrorists, police and prosecutors have increasingly turned the force of the new laws not … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the team at CNet, which just celebrated its seventh birthday. Keep up the good work, folks. Comments

I’ll be in airplanes and airports for the next 30 hours or so, on the way home from South Africa. Updates are unlikely before late Saturday. Comments

Just realized I forgot to mention last Sunday’s Mercury News column. It was about the new Toyota Prius (note: annoying Flash download) hybrid sedan and why I’ve been thinking it’ll be a smash hit. Read it here. Several readers observed … Continue reading →

I just did a guest-writing stint for the Release 1.0 newsletter, on weblogs and RSS. Here’s the abstract of the piece. Comments

AP: Judge allows Sept. 11 suits against airlines. Opening the door to scores of Sept. 11 lawsuits against the aviation industry, a judge concluded Tuesday that the hijacking and crashing of a jetliner was a “foreseeable risk.” U.S. District Judge … Continue reading →

We just arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, on the way to next week’s Highway Africa conference, where I’m chairing one panel and speaking on two others. Natch, one of those is about weblogs. The picture above is of the … Continue reading →

Larry Lessig: Kluger Krugman. So defraud Californians of $9 billion, pay $1 million. But develop a new technology to make it easier for people to get access to music that they have presumptively purchased: pay more than $54 million. Comments … Continue reading →

Reuters: SEC questions Grasso’s pay package. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson, in a terse letter addressed on Tuesday to NYSE board member H. Carl McCall, said the approval of Grasso’s $140 million pay package “raises serious questions regarding … Continue reading →