Commercialization May Limit Internet
The article says it best: "As the Internet becomes more commercialized, companies are able to use the courts, trademarks and copyrights, proprietary technology and deep corporate pockets to control what Internet users do and say, threatening the openness that made the Net unique.". More...
Trying to Keep Young Internet Users From a Life of Piracy
Follow-up on the recent raids on university campuses. The staid New York Times - not to mention staid professors - ought to know better than to perpetuate this sort of hype. Arguments like this - "If you're willing to bootleg music, you're willing to bootleg anything" - are clearly fallacious, as is the link between people trading music online and large software pirates, as is the estimate that a third of all business software in use today is pirated. More...
Internet Pioneers and Leaders Tell the FCC: You Don’t Understand How the Internet Works
Frederick J. Baker, et.al., Pioneers of Net Neutrality, 2017/12/12
I don't know how much damage the end of net neutrality in the United States would cause, but over the long run, it's probably significant. This is in large part because it is based on a flawed understanding of internet technology. In this email Tim Berners-Lee, Vinton Cerf, and other internet pioneers release a short letter linking to their earlier submission to the FCC (53 page PDF) in opposition to the ending of net neutrality. More...
The punk rock internet – how DIY rebels are working to replace the tech giants
John Harris, The Guardian, 2018/02/01
Count me as being among the punk rock rebels on the internet - even though my punk anthem might be something like Walking on Sunshine. As Laura Balkan says, " I want to be able to be in a society where I have control over my information, and other people do as well." And she adds, "Being a woman in technology, you can see how hideously unequal things are and how people building these systems don’t care about anyone other than themselves." The story focuses a lot on the technical means being employed to create the indienet - distributed data and blockchain, for example - which may or may not work. More...
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Techno-News Blog. IT groups will need to provide architecture, data-mining tools and connectivity, while giving business groups the freedom to innovate on their own with the Internet of Things. The Internet of Things (IoT) is already making a significant impact in a variety of business areas, including industrial monitoring and production, supply chain tracking, and multiple retail processes. More...
Techno-News Blog. Worldwide spending on the Internet of Things (IoT) will increase 14.6 percent in 2018, reaching $772.5 billion, according to the latest report from International Data Corp. The market research company’s Worldwide Semiannual Internet of Things Spending Guide forecasts sustained growth for the category, at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.4 percent all the way through 2021 — ultimately reaching $1.1 trillion. More...
Wireless internet connectivity is essential for learning--here's how some schools are covering instructional needs. More...
It’s easy to argue that the internet as it exists now is not “neutral”, with some companies and websites creating tech empires and online monopolies. But the decision of US telecoms watchdog, the Federal Communications Commission, to remove regulations that overtly guarantee net neutrality – the basic principle that all information on the internet should be treated equally and should be equally accessible – will certainly not improve matters. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
