Archive for October 5th, 2008
5 Legal Tips To Save Startups Money & Headaches
Being smart about legal matters can make a huge difference in the value of your company. Each legal decision you make — each strategic partnership, each trademark or patent filing — can add or subtract from it. During the ’90s, my law firm worked with an internet software company whose proposed $400 million sale was stopped dead because of an ill-considered distribution deal it had signed for an Asian market. To the would-be acquirer, the deal was a fundamental obstacle to its...
Virtual Goods Summit 2008: Tell Us Why You Deserve a Free Ticket
The Virtual Goods Summit 2008 is a one-day conference focused on the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods and economies. This year’s conference will feature a blend of panel discussions and expert-led breakout sessions covering everything from getting started with virtual goods to maximizing the revenue opportunity around virtual goods and virtual economies. GigaOM readers can get $75 off a General Admission ticket by registering with the discount code “GIGAOM.” We...
Wordpress 2.7 is the Real Deal
For all the excitement about Wordpress 2.5 with its pretty new design, Wordpress didn’t change all that much for me. The layout was different, the design (provided by hot-shot consulting firm, Happy Cog) was a lot more user-friendly but Wordpress continued to be Wordpress. By that, I didn’t much with it other than install a few plugins. And, most important, I continued to ignore Wordpress’ publishing tool; using Ecto has my publishing tool. But judging by what I saw yesterday ...
Nart Villeneuve’s Q&A on TOM-SKype’s Firewall Breach
Internet Censorship Explorer Nart Villeneuve has been getting lots of questions about his “Breaching Trust” report and issued a Q&A that answers some common questions. Initially he describes how he determined that messages containing key words were being uploaded to a web server. (The technologically curious can get the answer through accessing the link.) He then goes on to say: Is “normal” Skype affected? No. The Skype software downloaded from skype.com is not affected by t...
TOM-Skype Breach: What is filtered most?
Milk powder. Ah, so the list is updated frequently. SARS. Cripple public safety worker communications for the next outbreak? Skype. Hah! Chart and terms provided in BREACHING TRUST: An analysis of surveillance and security practices on China’s TOM-Skype platform by Nart Villeneuve, Psiphon Fellow, The Citizen Lab, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Information Warfare Monitor Joint Report, ONI Asia (JR01-2008). 1 October 2008. tags: skype, tom-skype, communist, Communist Party, ...
In Search Of: Customer Support from YouTube
During the past couple of years, I have enjoyed using the services of YouTube. YouTube has been the place I have shared life moments from various events, conferences and concerts that I have been part of. Not only have I enjoyed this service, but my individual YouTube videos are routinely visited by literally thousands of users each week. I continue to be a fan of YouTube. My archives are usually viewable over at http://www.youtube.com/jeffpulver. But, this morning when I tried to log into YouT...
TOM-Skype Breach: Chinese TV News
Ｓｋｙｐｅ在中國的合資公司Ｔｏｍ－Ｓｋｙｐｅ，爆發擅自儲存數以百萬則用戶的簡訊， 並且將訊息儲存在缺乏足夠保密措施的電腦上，使外部人士可以很容易監控這些簡訊，對此 Ｓｋｙｐｅ公司向用戶道歉。 根據加拿大多倫多大學的電腦安全專家發表報告披露，Ｓｋｙｐｅ在中國的合資公司Ｔｏｍ－Ｓｋｙｐｅ長期監控用戶在網上聊天的記錄，並且把包含了敏感內...
Back Online. Next Stop: New York
In a couple of hours I will be leaving Athens for New York. I have been in Athens, Greece since Thursday for Stream 08. For the first time since 1998, I ended up being “disconnected” for 3 days. It turns out the lack of internet access had the effect of making all of the attending delegates more social. And while the thought of not having broadband internet access is usually stressful to me, in the end I think I benefited from being disconnected. Stream 08 was a great event on a nu...
Bluegrass Legend Backs Obama
Watch Ralph Stanley, the voice behind the “O Brother, Where Art Thou,” soundtrack, endorse Barack Obama. [Source] Thanks Kathy G! Technorati Tags: BarackObama, Music ...
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I think there should be an e-motion on my cell and skype which displays Mr. Burns with hands clasped together every time I type "excellent" - Ben Ross tags: skype, twitter, emoticons, emotions, the simpsons, mr. burns, excellent Follow Phil Wolff on Twitter or FriendFeed or on Skype. Follow Skype Journal on twitter ...
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