Author Archives: Dan Gillmor

Craig Burton asks if I used the Be OS or bought a copy. Yes to both (bought a copy at Fry’s a couple of years ago), though I haven’t used it in a while even though I loved its good … Continue reading →

Silicon Valley is in an economic funk. People are getting as depressed as they were manic during the inflation of the Internet bubble. Both responses are wrong. Lately I’ve been talking with folks about what they’re doing now. And I … Continue reading →

Robert Scoble is back, and he’s been missed. Comments

Two days, no blog. That’s not a record, but it’s unusual. I’m preparing for a long trip that’ll take me to Australia and Africa, and the weekend was mostly about getting somewhat prepared. A blog is a hungry beast, but … Continue reading →

WSJ: Industry Standard to shut down. “They don’t drink the Kool-Aid over there,” one banker said, meaning that reporters and editors hadn’t bought into the excesses of the dot-com mania. Two milestones in a day. Be and now the Standard. … Continue reading →

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Mercury News: Appeals court refuses to delay case against Microsoft. “Microsoft is getting closer to its day of reckoning in the District Court,” said Jeffrey Blattner, a former senior antitrust official at the Justice Department who worked on the case … Continue reading →

Security Focus: Video crypto standard cracked? Noted cryptographer Niels Ferguson says he’s broken Intel’s vaunted HDCP Digital Video Encryption System, but fear of U.S. law is keeping him silent on the details. Now the pernicous Digital Millennium Copyright Act has … Continue reading →

Microsoft loathes Linux. IBM loves it. Microsoft is terrified of the GNU General Public License. IBM thinks it’s potentially a problem but that there are ways to work with it. It’s all business as usual, I suggest in my Wednesday … Continue reading →

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