Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

The apologists for the H-1B visa program, which brings tens of thousands of high-tech workers into the U.S. each year, won’t be able to ignore this scathing investigative report in the Baltimore Sun. Is MCI-Sprint Merger Anti-Competitive? Of course it … Continue reading →

Last week in Silicon Valley, Microsoft launched Windows 2000 and Symbian, the mobile-phone companies’ operating system partnership, held a developers conference. These events were about platforms — the foundations from which technology empires are built. Actually, I don’t much like … Continue reading →

FBI Director Louis Freeh, who wants to restrict your right to use strong encryption that law enforcement can’t break, now thinks it’s a fine idea to apply federal racketeering laws (Register story) to hacking. Before you applaud, consider what this … Continue reading →

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America Online takes strong issue with my Tuesday column, in which I called the company hypocritical for changing its tune on open access in the cable-data market. I’d cited two highly reputable publications — reports in the Washington Post and … Continue reading →

The Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. “American Beauty” is looking deservedly strong. I suggested an Oscar for hypocrisy in my column today, and gave three examples in the tech industry. Leading the list, of course, was America Online’s … Continue reading →

It’s years late, and few consumers will want or need it. But Windows 2000 is a reasonably significant milestone (Mercury News story) for Microsoft and the computer industry. First, Windows 2000 is a worthwhile upgrade for people who are running … Continue reading →

That’s the message these days as startups crow about which venture capitalist they’ve taken money from. It’s New Marketing in the New Economy, I guess. I explain more in my Sunday column. That column is part of the San Jose … Continue reading →

When Tony Blair ran for prime minister, he pretended to be coming from the left in many areas, including human rights. As soon as he got into power he and his ministers started proposing ever-more Draconian laws to curb the … Continue reading →

Good news: Connectix has won a significant victory against Sony in a case involving Connectix’ reverse engineering of the PlayStation, allowing Macintosh users to run PlayStation games on Macs. Connectix press release Mind-Bogglingly Stupid PR Tricks I just got a … Continue reading →