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Last Entry: August 16, 2009 at 15:36:18

About Tech Law Prof Blog

Posted on August 16, 2009
The Law Professor Blogs Network has ceased publication of this blog. Mark Giangrande continues to publish on tech law and other developments as co-editor of Law Librarian Blog.

My Last Post on the Tech Law Prof Blog

Posted on July 17, 2009
This will be my last post on the Tech Law Prof Blog. I've recently signed on as co-editor of the Law Librarian Blog and I've found it increasingly difficult to contribute to both and provide thoughtful news and commentary. After...

Add Spam to Death and Taxes

Posted on July 15, 2009
What can anyone say about email spam? My eyes glaze over my inbox sometimes because of the huge amount of sexual, pharmaceutical,or banking transaction come-ons. Moreover, they come in languages and alphabets I'll never understand. Sometimes they even purport to...

Round Up of Analysis on the Google Chrome OS Announcement

Posted on July 09, 2009
This is a selected round up of views on the significance of what Google's entry into the web OS market means to consumers and to Microsoft. I published my thoughts yesterday. Here are more from others: (CNET) What Chrome OS...

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Some Thoughts on the Google Chrome OS Announcement

Posted on July 08, 2009
The announcement by Google of the Chrome OS penetrated well beyond the tech press into the mainstream. The news penetrated the stock market as well. Google was up and Microsoft was down. This is a development that catches the attention...

New Tech Papers From Bepress

Posted on July 07, 2009
From the announcement: Announcing the Law and Technology Scholarship (Selected by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology), part of the bepress Legal Repository found at http://law.bepress.com/repository PUBLISHER: The Berkeley Electronic Press TABLE OF CONTENTS: Molly S...

Fire Disrupts Bing Travel - Did Anyone Notice?

Posted on July 06, 2009
I note that a fire in Seattle last week took down the Bing Travel Site. It took more than a day to get the site back up. What I missed were stories that suggested that Microsoft was unreliable, or could...

ASCAP Says Cell Ringtones are Public Performances - Pay Up!

Posted on July 06, 2009
One of the more outrageous attempts of a dying music industry to squeeze money from consumers is coming from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). The royalty collection agency represents song writers, among others, and has sued...

Apple Gift Card Suit Filed

Posted on June 26, 2009
Apple is being sued over gift cards. The claim, filed in federal district court in Illinois says Apple markets the cards saying that songs are available for 99 cents. Low and behold, with variable pricing, songs may cost more that...

Windows 7 Pricing Announced

Posted on June 25, 2009
Microsoft announced pricing for Windows 7. It gets a bit complicated given the different versions and upgrade possibilities. Ars Technica has it all in a matrix that makes sense (compared to other published reports). Cost is a bit less expensive...

7th Circuit Upholds Mass Market Sentencing Enhancement for Internet Auction Fraud

Posted on June 24, 2009
The Seventh Circuit on Monday affirmed the enhanced sentencing of Jeffrey Heckel for mail fraud by using the Internet to conduct mass marketing. Heckel conducted Internet auctions for items, cashed checks by winning bidders, and sent inferior items from those...

Microsoft's Free Virus Beta Now Available

Posted on June 23, 2009
Microsoft's free real time virus program is available as a beta download. It's available here. Computerworld and PC World have reviews, generally positive . One feature that stands out is the minimal use of resources for background scanning. That's something...

What Were They Thinking?

Posted on June 23, 2009
Bozeman, Montana, has eliminated the practice of requiring job applicants to supply their usernames and passwords to their social networking sites. Yes, it is crazy for them to ask for that information at all. Plenty of investigations take place that...

Netbooks Disappoint Consumers

Posted on June 23, 2009
What a surprise. Consumers confuse netbooks for laptops. Netbooks are light, inexpensive machines geared for web and email. Laptops have the power to run productivity and entertainment applications and do the web stuff. A significant price difference of say, $300,...

Microsoft May Do To Antivirus What It Did To Browsers

Posted on June 16, 2009
Microsoft will unveil a new free antivirus app. The big players in the antivirus market have some concern. Will they complain to the European Union as everyone else does when Microsoft offers something free for which others pay? Details in...

Amazon May Open Up Kindle, e-Book Business To Other Formats

Posted on June 16, 2009
Amazon is willing to separate the the e-book business from the Kindle business. Jeff Bezos is quoted in Information Week saying e-book content from Amazon will be available on a variety of platforms for the same $9.99 price point. He...

Are Lawyers Competent to Construct Keyword Searches?

Posted on June 15, 2009
This issue raises its head every now and then in the context of electronic discovery. One of the latest opinions on this comes from Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck in the Southern District of New York. The case is William...

No IE? Europe Reacts

Posted on June 12, 2009
The European Union is none too happy with Microsoft's announcement to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7. That's not what it wanted, they essentially said. No, no, (as best said in 27 languages), we want Microsoft to offer a range...

The Day Analog TV Went Dark

Posted on June 12, 2009
Finally, it's happened. Today is the day that televison stations nationwide are broadcasting in digital form, shutting down their analog transmitters forever. Instead of the old rabbit ears, consumers must get their broadcasts using a digital television with a digital...

WIndows 7 Will Not Have IE in European Editions

Posted on June 11, 2009
Microsoft has announced that it will ship European copies of Windows 7 without Internet Explorer. This is an attempt to calm down European regulators who are investigating the company for abusing the browser market with pre-installed copies of Explorer...

French 3 Strikes Law Struck Down

Posted on June 10, 2009
The French law Cr�ation et Internet, also known as the three strikes law, is struck down by the French Constitutional Council. Ironically, it only took two strikes, it's parliamentary defeat on initial consideration, and this decision, to be disconnected from...

Free Upgrades to Windows 7 if Purchased at the Right Time

Posted on June 08, 2009
Consumers who purchase computer with the Vista operating system can get an upgrade to Windows 7 if purchased between June 26th and October 22nd of this year. This comes from a leaked Best Buy memo giving the retailer's understanding of...

Ninth Circuit Reinstates Antitrust Suit Against Verisign

Posted on June 06, 2009
The Ninth Circuit has ruled that Verisgn can be sued for antitrust violations regarding the way it sets prices for domain names, among other potentially illegal conduct. The complaint was dismissed at the District Court level, but reversed last Friday...

Bing Popularity? Not So Fast

Posted on June 06, 2009
CNET disputes that Bing is as popular as other reports indicate. Read it here. Will Microsoft ever become the Avis of search engines?

Wiretap Suits Against AT&T Dismissed

Posted on June 06, 2009
The wiretapping suits against AT&T and other telecoms, pending in San Francisco, have been dismissed. The suits alleged constitutional violations for letting the United States have access to the various networks without a court order. Judge Vaughn Walker dismissed the...

Bing Day Three

Posted on June 05, 2009
Or is it day five? Bing has transcended expectations and has become (for now) the second most popular search engine in the United States and the world. PC World reports market share numbers for Bing and Yahoo as 16.28% and...

Google Squared

Posted on June 03, 2009
Google Squared is live. It is a grid representation of search results, particularly useful if building lists of comparable results. The main page has some sample searches. I used cat breeds as a sample and it brought up a list...

Windows 7 Release Date Announced

Posted on June 03, 2009
It's official. Windows 7 gets to retail stores on October 22, right after back to school sales but well before the Christmas sales. There will be several versions targeted at consumers, businesses, and others. Pricing hasn't been announced but some...

Opera 10 Beta Available

Posted on June 03, 2009
The public beta of Opera 10 was released today. So far, it's been gathering good initial reviews, here, and here. The new version appears to have a cleaner interface than version 9, and is faster as well. Download the beta...

Google's Android Comes to Netbooks

Posted on June 02, 2009
The Associated Press is reporting that Acer will offer Google's Android operating system on netbooks as an alternative to Windows. The AP notes lower costs to manufacturers, which means lower costs to consumers. Then again, who will support Android on...

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