Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

On Wednesday I mentioned my visit to the London studios of Network of the World, the next step in a plan by Pacific Century Cyberworks to offer a high-speed, satellite-fed Internet access, plus television broadcasts, to tens of millions of … Continue reading →

On Wednesday I mentioned my visit to the London studios of Network of the World, the next step in a plan by Pacific Century Cyberworks to offer a high-speed, satellite-fed Internet access, plus television broadcasts, to tens of millions of … Continue reading →

New York Times: China turns to Linux to keep Microsoft at bay. But the Chinese government, itself a master at monopoly, is taking its case against Microsoft not to the courtroom, but to the marketplace, albeit with a bit of … Continue reading →

I’m not much of a gambler in the Las Vegas or lottery sense. I loathe state-sponsored gambling, which is little more than a sleazy tax on the people who can least afford it. But I would never suggest a ban … Continue reading →

Mercury News: U.S. Firms Silent over Chinese Net Arrest. A check with more than a dozen American Internet-related businesses here failed to find a single one willing to comment publicly on the Chinese government’s efforts to restrict the free flow … Continue reading →

I’m not much of a gambler in the Las Vegas or lottery sense. I loathe state-sponsored gambling, which is little more than a sleazy tax on the people who can least afford it. But I would never suggest a ban … Continue reading →

The infamous “Echelon” spying network operated by the U.S. and some of our allies has drawn increasing queries from Europe, and now the European Parliament also wants some answers (The Register). In the United Kingdom, meanwhile, business leaders and civil … Continue reading →

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Last fall, Pacific Century Cyberworks and its tycoon founder, Richard Li, announced an audacious project, to offer a new kind of media via high-speed, satellite-fed Internet access to tens of millions of Asian households. Now his company has launched an … Continue reading →

In last Sunday’s column about the Rosetta Disk, a remarkable effort to preserve some of our history and culture, I didn’t mention the manufacturer of the media. I should have. The maker of the disk is Norsam Technologies, which developed … Continue reading →