Archive for November 2003
Paper trail demanded
Posted by: kegill on: 25 November 2003
California’s Secretary of State has ruled that all electronic voting machines used in the Golden State must be able to print a paper ballot. The crux? The requirement doesn’t kick in until 2006. And it is “must be able to” … not just “must.”
Some analysts suggest that this means counties will buy the less-expensive optical [...]
First, kill all the lawyers
Posted by: kegill on: 24 November 2003
While reading about Microsoft’s current court dealings, I couldn’t help but recall Shakespeare’s words. I’ll leave the judgment as to whether he was endorsing or cursing the legal profession for the reader to Google; to me, it is the later.
First, there is Burst.com — a firm that worked with Microsoft for two years (will people [...]
Dell brings work home from India
Posted by: kegill on: 24 November 2003
In a move that runs 180-degrees counter to U.S. trends, Dell is moving some technical supports jobs back to the U.S.
The Austin American-Statesman reported Saturday that Dell was responding to corporate customer complaints; business customers account for most of the firm’s revenue.
Dell moved these jobs offshore three years ago. Some analysts may suggest this [...]
UN gives nod to open source software
Posted by: kegill on: 21 November 2003
On the eve of the first World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the United Nations (UN) has issued its third E-Commerce and Development Report, which focuses on information and communications technologies (ICT).
Media have focused on the report’s observations on offshore outsourcing. However, there are other interesting bits in the report.
For instance, the report [...]
Fun and harmless
Posted by: kegill on: 21 November 2003
MSNBC is featuring an online survey to test your digital IQ. Questions (62 total) range from basic knowledge to connectivity and broadband to new technologies. About 60K people (well, instances) had completed it when I finished. Made me smile!
eVoting: flawed systems moving forward
Posted by: kegill on: 19 November 2003
A recently released Congressional Research Service (CRS) report suggests eVoting isn’t quite ready for primetime, despite its rapid embrace, which has been partially funded (to the tune of almost $4 billion) by The Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA, P.L. 107-252).
… there appears to be an emerging consensus that in general, current DREs [...]
Calling Dick Tracy!
Posted by: kegill on: 14 November 2003
Sprint has announced cellphone TV, courtesy of technology developed at Berkeley. Called MobiTV, this effort by Idetic Inc is the latest attempt to convince us that we really want our phones to be “Swiss Army Knife-like” gadgets.
The video is displayed at one-two frames per second, considerably slower than the 30 frames per second we are [...]
Seattle radio station takes NY prize
Posted by: kegill on: 13 November 2003
The Seattle Times reported today that Nathan Hale High School’s radio station has received the Village Voice award for best high-school radio station in New York.
A Seattle station wins a New York award? How can that be, you might ask. Web-broadcast is the answer.
Station manager Gregg Neilson said, “… with 40,000 listeners each month by [...]
Microsoft v EU – Day 1
Posted by: kegill on: 12 November 2003
Update (11 Nov). The Associated Press reports that Microsoft’s testimony involved a “stultifying” Powerpoint presentation as it defended itself today against charges of anticompetive behavior in both server and media player markets.
In addition, the European Union is reportedly exploring possible violations associated with other bundling issues: instant-messaging, e-mail and hand-held devices such as mobile [...]
Media ownership and democracy
Posted by: kegill on: 11 November 2003
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If the issues raised by my media partners story hit your hot button, you need to check out Mark Cooper’s new book, Media Ownership and Democracy in the Digital Information Age, which is available as a 313-page PDF (free! under a Creative Commons license).
Lawrence Lessig noted today that the book is now available from [...]
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