One of Apples recent PC ads (see at bottom of post) made fun of the amount of money that Microsoft spends on Vista advertising. But think about it, how often do you see a Vista commercial vs. a Apple commercial. I think the answer is pretty obvious.
But according to Netcrunch, here are the real numbers.
It [...]
Larry Lessig recently appeared on Charlie Rose and had some very interesting quotes about copyright.
From Techcrunch:
My real fear is that the last 10 years have unleashed a kind of
revolutionary attitude among the generation that will take over in 10
years. And it will be hard for them to distinguish between sensible
copyright legislation and the kind that [...]
From the EFF:
Once again, thanks to DRM, a new product ends up less useful than the one it replaces. This time, it’s the new family of Apple Macbook laptop computers that gets the downgrade.
When it launched the new Macbooks, Apple announced that they would sport a new digital video output connector, known as Mini DisplayPort. [...]
As a followup to our series that is just getting off the ground . . . the Consumerist recently ran a story called “Blackberry: Time/Money-Saver Or Productivity Trap?.”
The key question: is the Crackberry a useful device that helps you save time and money or is it a life-disrupting distraction that should be limited dramatically at [...]
Cheers to Google for embarking on this ambitious film with Vermilion Films to show the way many parts of the world are still struggling to fight polio; something all but eradicated in our country. I think this is a great idea and congratulations to Google for supporting such a worthy cause. It is important that [...]