Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

BugTraq: NoHTML v1.2.0.0. NoHTML.dll is an Outlook Add-in designed to convert HTML-based emails into harmless messages. It works slightly differently for Outlook 2000 than it does for Outlook 2002. Does not work with Outlook 98, or any version of Outlook … Continue reading →

Mercury News: AT&T clients lose Net access. Exite@Home’s decision to pull the plug on AT&T came after a San Francisco bankruptcy court judge ruled Friday that the Redwood City company, which filed for Chapter 11 in late September, could terminate … Continue reading →

Back home from Hong Kong after a turbulent 14-hour flight and almost no sleep. Postings here resume tomorrow… Comments

Reuters: Microsoft CEO Talks of ‘Broader Concept’ for Xbox. “We know we have to succeed but there is a broader concept there that we will pursue at some point,” Ballmer said. “You can say, is it the end of the … Continue reading →

The Register: KaZaA ordered to cease infringing copyright. Music sharing system KaZaA has been given two weeks by a Dutch court to cease infringing recording artists’ copyrights. Of course, it wasn’t KaZaA that was infringing. It was the users of … Continue reading →

Taiwan-based Via Technologies is in the fight of its life. The opponent is Intel, the biggest chipmaker on the planet. More in my Sunday column. Comments

Want to tell the U.S. Justice Department what you think of its giveaway “settlement” with Microsoft in the antitrust case? Here’s request for comments announcement in the Federal Register. If you’ve already read the terms of this sellout, e-mail your … Continue reading →

AP: Court upholds ban on DVD-cracking code. But Hollywood studios, looking to protect their coveted content, disagreed. A lower court found the harm to Hollywood outweighed the free speech protections and the appeals court agreed. AP: Lawsuit by professor who … Continue reading →

Above is an evening street scene in Taipei’s retail technology center, which turns out to be a short walk from my hotel. There are dozens of stores selling a variety of electronics gear. Taiwan is in economic difficulty, maybe serious … Continue reading →

In Beijing last week I used the cards pictured here for Internet access. They’re pre-paid cards for dial-up connections. I paid cash. In other words, my Internet connection was anonymous. So much for the pervasive image of China as a … Continue reading →