iPhone Apps Show Industry the Benefits of Openness
Today's New York Times reports on the impact of Apple's decision to allow third-party application software on the iPhone: In the first 10 days after Apple opened its App Store for the iPhone, consumers...
View ArticleComcast Gets Slapped, But the FCC Wisely Leaves its Options Open
The FCC's recent Comcast action—whose full text is unavailable as yet, though it was described in a press release and statements from each comissioner—is a lesson in the importance of technological...
View ArticleIs the New York Times a Confused Company?
Over lunch I did something old-fashioned—I picked up and read a print copy of the New York Times. I was startled to find, on the front of the business section, a large, colorfully decorated feature...
View ArticleHow do you compare security across voting systems?
It's a curious problem: how do you compare two completely unrelated voting systems and say that one is more or less secure than the other? How can you meaningfully compare the security of paper...
View ArticleGymnastics Scores and Grade Inflation
The gymnastics scoring in this year's Olympics has generated some controversy, as usual. Some of the controversy feel manufactured: NBC tried to create a hubbub over Nastia Liukin losing the uneven...
View ArticleLenz Ruling Raises Epistemological Questions
Stephanie Lenz's case will be familiar to many of you: After publishing a 29-second video on YouTube that shows her toddler dancing to the Prince song "Let's Go Crazy," Ms. Lenz received email from...
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