It’s been said that the only thing patents encourage is more patents, and you can argue that ridiculous valuations seen on patents these days, combined with the ability to monetize them without doing a damn thing, has more and more companies seeming to… Continue reading →

The big news in the security world, obviously, is the fact that a fraudulent Google certificate made its way out into the wild, apparently targeting internet users in Iran. The Dutch company DigiNotar has put out a statement saying that it discovered … Continue reading →

Last week, there was a lot of attention to criminal charges brought against a 15-year-old kid in Sweden, after his school’s headmaster turned him over to the police after discovering some downloaded films and file sharing software on his computer. It… Continue reading →

Okay, a few folks have been sending this in (and I see it’s been getting some attention on the Twittertubes as well). Some folks at my lovely alma mater, Cornell, decided to see what would happen if they set two chatbots up to talk to each other, and … Continue reading →

This was rumored about a month ago, but now reports are coming out that the Pakistani government has issued orders to all ISPs in the country, telling them to block any user from using any “technology that would allow them to privately browse the inter… Continue reading →

Following Puerto 80′s motion to dismiss the attempt by the US government to forfeit its domains, the Justice Department has filed its response (pdf) in which it more or less mocks Puerto 80′s lawyers for “not understanding” what they’re fighting about … Continue reading →

It’s really amazing that companies don’t recognize that taking away features to charge for them almost never goes over well. Adding features that can be charged for will work, but removing features that were free and widely used is rarely a good idea…. Continue reading →