MIT’s legal alternative to file-swapping
Here’s a clever way around the file sharing conundrum: Essentially a streaming audio over cable (similar to a Satellite Radio, only...
Is iTunes Link Maker Patentable?
Here’s a thought: If Amazon‘s One Click purchase system is patentable — and lets not kid ourselves, its nothing more...
Transparent Factory
I’m planning on linking to this in tomorrow’s Big Picture, but the car junkie in me found it just so fascinating I had to...
10 Commandments of Research
ThinkEquity Partners is a research centric investment bank headquartered in San Francisco (with offices in New York, Chicago, San...
iRATE Radio follow up
UPDATE Here’s a quick update since we first looked at iRATE Radio. I’ve been playing with iRate for the past week or so. A few...
iRATE Radio: Music Business Model IV
As part of our continuing search for a viable music industry business model . . . iRATE Radio: An open source, collaborative, web...
Abusing DMCA and other frivolous litigation (SunnComm)
I just came across the story of Alex Halderman, the Princeton University grad student, who had discovered that SunnComm’s copy...
Analyst Activism, Anyone?
Merrill lynch’s Steven Milunovich seen dabbling in hubris this morning, as he puts out a scathing “open letter” to...
Minimum Wage, Inflation and Job Loss
Marc Brazeau over at the Blogonaut asks the question: “Two common arguments against raising the minimum wage are possible...