Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Thursday, Nov. 11 — It’s no secret that Silicon Valley’s center of business gravity has shifted toward the networked world. Venture capital is flowing toward Internet and networking companies, not older-line businesses based on personal computers — and not solely … Continue reading →

Wednesday, Nov. 10 — The financial-services legislation that will soon become law is a disaster in the making. Among other bad impacts, it creates huge new risks in the technology-driven financial system. It will let commercial banks, insurance companies, investment … Continue reading →

Expect a raft of new antitrust cases — including some that are utterly without merit, as public-relations people are trained to say — against Microsoft now that a federal judge has declared the company to be a monopoly. That judicial … Continue reading →

A federal judge’s verbal thrashing of Microsoft in the epic antitrust trial isn’t just big news in the United States. Pictured here are the front pages of three papers I picked up in Hong Kong and Taipei the day after … Continue reading →

Saturday, Nov. 6 — Something important happened yesterday. A federal judge, appointed by the president most opposed to the enforcement of antitrust laws in recent times, said what is obvious to anyone with an ounce of common sense: Microsoft has … Continue reading →

Thursday, Nov. 4 — The Internet is beginning to bloom in a big way here, but everything is relative. Hong Kong reminds me of New York and San Francisco three or four years ago, when it was obvious the Net … Continue reading →

Wednesday, Nov. 3 — A third of the way around the world from home, I’m at least as well connected in Hong Kong — and maybe better — than at home. The Hong Kong University guest residence where I’m staying … Continue reading →

Some remarkable people have been putting one of China’s most essential collections of knowledge into digital form. They’ve been faithful to the vision of the original project, in many ways. See for yourself in my regular Tuesday column. Look Who’s … Continue reading →

Tuesday, Nov. 2 — That’s the only word that even begins to fit the news that RealNetworks software has been surreptitiously gathering information about users’ activities and sending it back to the company. Half-hearted apologies, software patches and other measures … Continue reading →

Sunday, Oct. 31 — Something interesting has happened to client-server computing: It isn’t dead or dying, contrary to the predictions of some and the fervent wishes of others. It’s changing, though, and in some fascinating ways. At least I think … Continue reading →