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A Dark Cloud

July 27, 2009

If an exter­nal party can con­trol when or how you can use a device or decide on what you can or can­not see, or select what pro­grams you can install on it, are you still own­ing it?

The Cloud Wars

July 9, 2009

The cloud wars will pick two camps against each oth­ers: on one side, advo­cates of appli­ca­tions run­ning on the desk­top; on the other advo­cates of appli­ca­tions run­ning in a browser.

Is Ownership Passé?

May 4, 2009

In this first piece in a series, I look at own­er­ship vs. rent­ing, the result of a num­ber of obser­va­tions through­out the last few months.