Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has reacted to a firestorm of criticism about proposed changes that would allow technology companies to highjack Net standards into patented products. This response shows that the W3C at least understands why people are … Continue reading →

Well, I downloaded the Star Office 6.0 beta and attempted to install it on a Windows 2000 machine. It failed to install properly, and I can’t even uninstall it properly because the setup file crashes when I run it. Guess … Continue reading →

Salon is getting flak because it’s charging people to read news articles. I sent my money a while back to help support a worthy journalistic enterprise, and I urge you to do the same if you want Salon to survive. … Continue reading →

I’ve installed Mac OS X (10.1) on my iBook. Wow. Apple has come through as promised. The speed improvements are nothing short of stunning, which they needed to be given the glacial performance that Apple had delivered with version 10.0, … Continue reading →

Flying way under the radar, the World Wide Web Consortium is getting ready to turn its valuable open standards process into a tool of corporate giants, via a “Patent Policy Framework” that is a sickening betrayal of the W3C’s mandate. … Continue reading →

AP: Judge tells Microsoft, government to settle antitrust case quickly. “There’s no reason this case can’t be settled,” U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly said Friday. Yes, there is. Nothing — absolutely nothing — in Microsoft’s corporate DNA or its actions … Continue reading →

I’ve been proud of the old and new media in recent days. Traditional journalism has, in most ways, been at its finest. But so have the new-media people who are still just beginning to explore the conversation that takes place … Continue reading →

Mercury News: Median home price down 4.2% in Santa Clara County. The effects of the Sept. 11 events probably won’t show up in home sales statistics until October or November. By then, it will be clearer whether buyers now are … Continue reading →

I haven’t much felt like listening to music lately. This morning I put on a CD of Vladimir Horowitz playing Mozart’s Piano Sonata in B flat major. I’m glad I did. I haven’t felt much like laughing, either. But I’m … Continue reading →