Archives for the "Privacy" tag
History repeats itself
Back in the early-ish days of the commercial Internet (circa 95), we were talking about the browser wars to describe the fight between then-leader Netscape Navigator and Microsoft’s upstart Internet Explorer. Should we start talking about the search engine wars as Overture and Google are about to go head to head in a new set [...]
Tags: Advertising, Future, Google, Microsoft, Privacy, Search, Trends
In Media
Suggestions for RSS .92 spec
I’d like to suggest a few optional additions to the specification. Here are some ideas I’d like to throw around for discussion: At the item level : This would allow us to specify a particular date for an item. I think it would be nice for those of us who have several days’ worth of content in [...]
Tags: Broadband, Music, Privacy, Syndication, Video, Wireless
In Media, Technology
2000 Tech Politics
It’s election season in the United States. This week, the Republican party is holding its convention, which will be followed by the democrats’ in the next couple of week. But the big question to those of us who work in the Internet field has been, what do those guys stand for in terms of the [...]
Tags: Access, Apple, Election, Intel, Internet, Privacy, United States
In Politics
The Privacy Police Strikes
Right now, in the US, two of the most popular TV shows are Survivor and Big Brother, European imports where people are willingly living under the watchful eyes of TV cameras. Think of it as a real-life version of The Truman Show, where TV watchers gather to watch some people like them deal with life. [...]
Tags: Browser, Europe, Microsoft, Privacy, United States, e - commerce
In Technology
