In the ongoing war between ISPs and the big network content providers over net neutrality, a new weapon has been unveiled. Apparently, the ISPs (who don’t want net neutrality) have accused Google (their primary adversary in the war) of the same things they are guilty of, and that Google must accept “search neutrality” as a [...]
The great Steve has spoken from his high mountain, and he is displeased. Apparently his Thoughts on Flash have created a bit of a stir.
Maybe it’s just me (or not), but: Pot? Kettle?
The main reason I haven’t broken down and bought an iPhone or iTouch is because I’m morally opposed to Apple’s walled garden of [...]
I just read this interview of Gary Becker at the Wall Street Journal, and felt compelled to quote:
Capitalism has produced the highest standard of living in history, and yet markets are hard to appreciate? Mr. Becker explains: “People tend to impute good motives to government. And if you assume that government officials are well meaning, [...]
The mobile phone carriers are some of the worst offenders of monopoly power. Case-in-point is the pricing of the text messaging system. A recent New York Times article explores it in some detail - but I don’t think they go quite far enough. Consider that the average per-message cost (assuming you don’t [...]
I heard about the upcoming revision to the Star Wars Role-Playing Game, Saga Edition a while ago, and my first reaction was to groan in annoyance at the money-grubbing materialism of the publisher. I own both the original and revised editions of d20 Star Wars, and while both have their high points, I really [...]