Posted in Political, Technical by: Tim Ashman
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01 Dec
Some say the cloud is great. Here is a good example of where it is not. Wikileaks did nothing wrong to Amazon, amazon simply made a political and what it thinks is a better monetary decision and wikileaks a customer in good standing is kicked off. What has happened to customer service, the customer is [...]
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28 Nov
Complete Re-post of http://rulingclass.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/the-background-dope-on-dhs-recent-seizure-of-domains/ As has been reported, it looks like ICE, which is the principal investigative arm of DHS, has begun seizing domains under the pretext of IP infringement. But it’s actually not ICE who is executing the mechanics of the seizures. It’s a private company, immixGroup IT Solutions. Here is what is going [...]
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24 May
One day not so long ago I was driving into work thinking about cloud computing and why it is all the rage. I have never liked the idea but I was trying to think of a way to help others see my point of view. On the surface it seems fine, offload the hassle of [...]
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17 Feb
I recently read this bill via OpenCongress, you can reach it directly here. For the most part I find this bill a descent start however I’m puzzled as to why it has to be this complicated. Section 2 starts out all well in good, congress recognizes how important the internet is, the importance of the [...]