Imagine this... you're sitting in a cafe (or any other place for that matter) that has Wi-Fi or is a HotSpot. Free internet service can be offered with a catch: ads at the bottom of your screens. But these services could still offer more with their ads. Not interesting yet... read on...
Now, the added bonus is that you can have localized ad-supported hotspots. This would more likely be called Neighborhood-Ad-Supported free internet service.
It's a neighborhood watch!
http://slashdot.org/articles/05/02/22/0816231.shtml?tid=193&tid=95
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
Monday, February 21, 2005
Intellectual Property and the Open-Source Community
There have been many companies wanting to enter the open-source community that have started pledging IP-protection when it comes to the copy-rights and patents that each of them hold. The latest one is CA (http://news.com.com/CA+readies+patent+pledge/2100-7344_3-5582697.html).
This, in my opinion, is a nice start, but unfortunately will defend, too little, the open-source communit. There are too many big companys out there waiting for the right moment to enforce their rights with the patents in their hands. And I think that they will eventually strike with their venom.
As long as the open-source projects are not that big of a threat. But as soon as any of the projects can stand on its own two feet, someone out there will strike.
Only time will tell!
This, in my opinion, is a nice start, but unfortunately will defend, too little, the open-source communit. There are too many big companys out there waiting for the right moment to enforce their rights with the patents in their hands. And I think that they will eventually strike with their venom.
As long as the open-source projects are not that big of a threat. But as soon as any of the projects can stand on its own two feet, someone out there will strike.
Only time will tell!
Journalism and the evolution of it, i.e. Internet Journalism.
This following story reminds me of the times with the whole heated debate of brick-and-mortars versus online shopping by the small players with clicks-and-something (?). Now the big players in the news industry are making their moves to get an edge over others. This industry is moving to a whole new level of competition.
http://news.com.com/Newspapers+Net+correction/2010-1071_3-5581727.html
Pretty soon, as is the cyclical nature of this market, all players will pretty much compete in the same almost leveled playing field.
Soon the big players might even move into the arena of offering of online video ads. It's another source of income. Why not? It makes sense. (http://news.com.com/Web+exec+sees+online+video+ads+taking+off/2100-1024_3-5581279.html)
This is all good.
http://news.com.com/Newspapers+Net+correction/2010-1071_3-5581727.html
Pretty soon, as is the cyclical nature of this market, all players will pretty much compete in the same almost leveled playing field.
Soon the big players might even move into the arena of offering of online video ads. It's another source of income. Why not? It makes sense. (http://news.com.com/Web+exec+sees+online+video+ads+taking+off/2100-1024_3-5581279.html)
This is all good.
Blog search engine
Last week I discovered a great blog search site (http://www.technorati.com). Up until then I wasn't into blogging whatsoever. It didn't make sense to me because blogging was just random thought blurbs, and there are so many of them. I could never imagine myself reading through blogs since it would be just a waste of time deciphering all of the information and forming an opinion about any topic.
Thanks to my colleague who introduced me to this blog search engine. Now it may make more sense to use blog.
Let me know if there are other blog search engines out there.
Cheers.
Thanks to my colleague who introduced me to this blog search engine. Now it may make more sense to use blog.
Let me know if there are other blog search engines out there.
Cheers.
Sunday, February 20, 2005
AOP (Aspect-Oriented Programming) - Part 1, Chapter 1
I bought a book on AOP. I believe there could be a lot of good things come out of applying this programming paradigm.
Check this Eclipse site out: http://eclipse.org/aspectj/
Imagine if you get an "open-source" or even "closed-source" program, and you can tweak it to insert aspects in the code. This will a great tool to test for security holes etc.
Check this Eclipse site out: http://eclipse.org/aspectj/
Imagine if you get an "open-source" or even "closed-source" program, and you can tweak it to insert aspects in the code. This will a great tool to test for security holes etc.
Google (may be configurable) Smart Tags
http://news.com.com/Googles+linking+toolbar+raises+ire+online/2100-1032_3-5582792.html?part=rss&tag=5575731
I'd like to see the Google toolbar to be configurable. But making the tag configurable requires knowledge of how, for instance, a URL needs to looks like for alternatives to amazon.com. Some sort of convention may be required.
Smart Tags (as in the Microsoft's case) were brilliant ideas but I never could imagine it being used by ordinary users. Smart Configurable Tags on the other hand are even more brilliant.
As far as making them configurable, it's more likely that most users will stick to the default that comes with a tool like the Google toolbar.
I'd like to see the Google toolbar to be configurable. But making the tag configurable requires knowledge of how, for instance, a URL needs to looks like for alternatives to amazon.com. Some sort of convention may be required.
Smart Tags (as in the Microsoft's case) were brilliant ideas but I never could imagine it being used by ordinary users. Smart Configurable Tags on the other hand are even more brilliant.
As far as making them configurable, it's more likely that most users will stick to the default that comes with a tool like the Google toolbar.
SOX and regulations to the software industry.
http://news.com.com/Automation+tools+to+get+boost+from+Sarbanes-Oxley/2100-1029_3-5582727.html?part=rss&tag=5575731
This regulations is not only good on its own, but it also keeps the economy and the market moving. Unfortunate are those companies that get double-dipped. These are the health-industry companies such as Pharmaceutical companies. They not have to comply to SOX but to HIPAA too. Ouch! Expect an increase in drug prices.
On a completely diffrent but sort of related topic is the software industry regulation debate (http://news.com.com/Time+to+regulate+the+software+industry/2100-7348_3-5579963.html). I can see that these sort of regulation may be applied to this industry too in the next at least 15-20 years when the collective minds of the industry don't see a lot of movements in terms of innovation.
I think that it would be beneficial if there were some guidelines in place in the form of may be Design Patterns. I think that there was an attempt to put in place a guidelines but it failed to materialize. It may be worth another try since the industry, as a whole, is in a different context (i.e. security etc.) and they might bite this time around.
This regulations is not only good on its own, but it also keeps the economy and the market moving. Unfortunate are those companies that get double-dipped. These are the health-industry companies such as Pharmaceutical companies. They not have to comply to SOX but to HIPAA too. Ouch! Expect an increase in drug prices.
On a completely diffrent but sort of related topic is the software industry regulation debate (http://news.com.com/Time+to+regulate+the+software+industry/2100-7348_3-5579963.html). I can see that these sort of regulation may be applied to this industry too in the next at least 15-20 years when the collective minds of the industry don't see a lot of movements in terms of innovation.
I think that it would be beneficial if there were some guidelines in place in the form of may be Design Patterns. I think that there was an attempt to put in place a guidelines but it failed to materialize. It may be worth another try since the industry, as a whole, is in a different context (i.e. security etc.) and they might bite this time around.
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