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Sometimes he's insightful but often he's grasping at straws with his ideas. This is one of the latter sort of times. According to this article which is admittedly a bit dated, tablet sales are above expectations and they expect to sell nearly 600,000 this year. This article while intimating poor sales says that Acer has sold 100,000 by itself this year. Cringley's number seems a bit off. That said, he's also off in his analysis. There's a market for tablet PCs. Every delivery person and every lawyer I've seen lately has one. They are great for taking notes. What they are not good for, is video. Even if you could solve the bandwidth issue, there's the horsepower issue. Displaying HD video is non-trivial. It requires a hefty processor (3.0 GHz would be nice) and a GPU to match. Most Tablet-style PCs will come with underpowered mobile PCs and a graphics card from someone like Trident. Sorry, it's just not going to work.

Okay now here's a riddle - Let's say that Microsoft comes out with Longhorn and WinFS. My files are now in a database. Can they take even the smallest form of data out (ie a subset as per the definitions) without violating this law? Neat

• electomechanical calculators
• relay based computers
• vacuum tubes
• discrete transistors
• integrated circuits

Wouldn't blanket monitoring open the company to *increased* liability? Surely the way to go is to wait for a complaint/subpoena and then monitor *only* what is requested by the court.

"Don't ask, don't tell" may work in the U.S. Army, but a blind corporate eye may not be a sufficient defense in court. A 2000 article suggests that companies can be held liable for harassment in any media once any knowledge of harassment surfaces. A 2002 article suggests that many large companies can and do monitor email and surfing in the U.S.

Jurisdiction matters too, as other posts to this thread suggest, the EU has workplace privacy laws and personal data laws that forestall nonconsensual monitoring (the EU's personal data laws even complicate consensual monitoring). There are probably differences within the U.S., too. I would not be surprised if more liberal jurisdictions have both greater workplace privacy rules and hold companies to greater levels of liability for misconduct on company IT systems.

...none of them were built to still be running by the 2 year mark. There's an interesting bit of indie film making here (requires quicktime) on what looks like the 18 month shelf life of the non-replaceable battery in the iPod. There's some more information here. Brief quote: Brothers Casey and Van Neistat, who collaborate on video projects using Mac editing software, said they were told by a technical support representative at Apple Computer that the cost to replace the dead battery in an 18-month-old iPod would be $255--comparable to the cost of a new device. Irked at what seemed to be the early obsolescence of the music player, the brothers trekked around New York City stenciling the words "iPod's unreplaceable battery lasts only 18 months" on all the iPod posters they could find.

These routers have nothing to do with the up and coming trusted computing hardware

Yes they do. You described how such a system should work. Unfortunately you are not describing the Cisco system.

From their press release:
Customers using network admission control systems can allow network access only to compliant and trusted endpoint devices

And check the C-Net story:

However, the technology won't work unless security software can tell the Trusted Agent application the current state of security on the computer or mobile device.

"This important problem can't be addressed individually," said John Thompson, CEO of Symantec. "Collaboration is a must."

The technology might also spur sales of PCs and devices that use trusted-computing hardware--controversial technology that uses encryption, special memory and security software to lock away secrets on a PC from prying eyes. Adding further protections to the system that attests to the security of a computer owned by a company is a reasonable use of the system, said Bob Gleichauf, chief technology officer for the Network Admission Control program at Cisco.

"We need a trust boundary between the network and these devices, and the system needs hardware and software to do that," he said.

A Trusted Agent isn't Trusted unless it is running on Trusted hardware. Without Trusted Computing then a virus infected PC could mimic a Trusted Agent and claim it is running the latest anti-viral software. This is the remote attestation feature of Trusted Computing. The C-Net artical mentions this attestation as well:

Cisco's Network Admission Control program would enable companies to install on every PC and mobile device a client, called the Cisco Trust Agent, which could attest to certain levels of security

"Attest" is a rather obscure word. You are NOT going to be seeing it used anywhere execpt in refference to Trusted Computing.

Also note that these routers can be configured to check for any software, not just anti-virus software. They can require you to run software that enforces their Terms Of Service, such as bandwidth usage. It is promoted as fighting Viruses. It WILL be promotes to fight spam.

These routers grant the ISP control over the end user's PC. What ISP's isn't going to have any number of motivations to control end user's PC's?

These routers can be configured to grant access to Mac and Linux boxen, but they first must be Trusted Computing compliant Mac and Linux boxen.

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Intel is using EFI for all its reference designs for the La_Grande/Palladium technology. So, the motherboard manufactures are pretty much going to be forced into this. And AMD won't save you. They have jumped onto the TCPA bandwagon.

Moreover your "untrusted" applications will not be able to access your "trusted" applications because they'll be on seperate virtual machines (thanks to Vanderpool, Intel's VMM on a chip). We'll just hope the two VMs share the same HD partition and you can edit the "trusted" binary (somehow, but I know that is not the point of TCPA).

Links:
EFi Article
Intel EFI site
Vanderpool Article

Intel is using EFI for all its reference designs for the La_Grande/Palladium technology. So, the motherboard manufactures are pretty much going to be forced into this. And AMD won't save you. They have jumped onto the TCPA bandwagon.

Moreover your "untrusted" applications will not be able to access your "trusted" applications because they'll be on seperate virtual machines (thanks to Vanderpool, Intel's VMM on a chip). We'll just hope the two VMs share the same HD partition and you can edit the "trusted" binary (somehow, but I know that is not the point of TCPA).

Links:
EFi Article
Intel EFI site
Vanderpool Article

This thread is fun. But I don't agree with you.

It's a tough question but my reading of 80.1 is that the person making the private copy does not have the burden to verify that the song they are copying was offered (as with a CD), broadcasted (it works for taping songs off the radio too) or accessed in a way that is not in itself an infringement.

I'm allowed to copy my own CDs for my own use, so CD to HD is ok. Then someone can copy a song under 80.1 too, even it that song itelf is a generation away from the original media. Offering the file for the whole world to download is a problem though.

Check out Michael Geist answer to the application of 80.1 to P2P : " I'm inclined to think that you'd have a pretty good argument as an individual user--that personal, noncommercial copying is permitted by the exemption. The one caveat--and this is where there have been many myths--is that there is little doubt under Canadian copyright law that making those same songs available to others is not permissible. "

at News.com claimed that the computer's IP address was traced. But how? Unless it was static and the guy didn't know, how would they trace it? If it has a static IP doesn't he need to change the settings to connect to AOL's network? I'm thinking there's something deeper here. Either they suspected him, or FBI has the capability to *find* you if they need to. I've always thought that we lived in a world which I couldn'd find something to compare it to, until THE MATRIX came out. Looks like (the real) agent Smith has prevailed in our world though.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday that the FBI is not legally entitled to remotely activate the system and secretly use it to snoop on passengers, because doing so would render it inoperable during an emergency.

This was already posted here...

This isn't the first time FatWallet.com has stood up to DCMA-pushers.

That's what they're doing: Linux leaders offer education discounts

"They'd just microwave the bills."

Uhhh - don't think so

The RIAA clearly has work to do inside the Republican Party, traditionally the protectors of property rights. Among the biggest public critics of the record companies' actions has been Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). On the floor of the Senate earlier this month, he said the federal appeals court decision against Napster was "shortsighted from a policy perspective" and called again for the record companies to strike deals with online rivals.

Racicot acknowledged that Hatch and other Republicans will be targets of the "education" effort.

"He's one of the American citizens we hope to be able to talk to and educate on this issue," Racicot said.

Hatch has not yet moved for new legislation, saying that he still hopes online companies and copyright holders can reach their own agreements. RIAA executives said they would not press for new laws either.

"Right now I think the market has the tools in the music space it needs," Rosen said. "What we have to do is a significant education effort.

Dell overestimated the capacity of its Indian call center when it made the decision to divert U.S. customers to the new support service.
"A lot of [the customers] were moved in one go and that was where some of the complaints had arisen so what they've looked at doing is moving some back and then moving them off in smaller increments," said a spokeswoman

Yes, sure you want it for legitimate purposes, but the prosecution will demonstrate that you are a filthy software/music/video pinko/terrorist/hippie/thief anyway.

Xix.

I wonder if this has anything to do with the amount of attition that has been occuring in the tech support industry in India as seen here. Or if the attacks on the H1-B visas is making corporations worried.

There seems to be several stories. Since yesterday, Dell's Indian office said that no jobs are going to be moved out of India. According to Dell Australia, Dell underestimated the demands of moving their corporate support oveseas and is postponing the move.

In short, it seems like all of the newspapers in India are reporting that Dell is not moving out while all of the US press is reporting that they are. The spokesman Jon Weissblatt seems like a pretty reliable source; he's been doing press relations for Dell for at least four years.

You need something like this if you want to rest a laptop on in your lap while sitting in a sofa or on a couch. It's a simple do-it-yourself and it doesn't get any better than this. Amazingly my Sony Vaio is the exact width to a standard A4 folder. The folder adds hardly any significant weight, and it will sheild a significant amount of heat from your thighs, as air and carboard, which is still tough enough and durable if good quality, are poor conductors of heat. Also, as long as you don't rest your wrists, which you should never do anyway, typing will be comfortable with this tilted angle. In addition, the tilted angle will lift the screen up, especially when you adjust the screen hinge to unfold it a little further, so instead of looking down, you're looking a little more forward. You can even use two folders on top of each other, in either of two combinations, either for a more horizontal or a more tilted towards vertical position. You can also use two thick rubber bands if you don't trust the quality of those you purchased.

Interestingly, IBM has recently demonstrated a prototype that does something similar, which mimics a lot of this simple trick that you can have for almost free.

My position is based on nothing more than simple counting:

• Intel achieved 250nm process technology (deschutes) in January 1998
• ... 180nm (coppermine) in October 1999, although availability was scarce until January.
• ... 130nm (northwood) in January 2002
• ... 90nm (prescott) is not out yet, although it is supposed to be out in fourth quarter 2003. I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict January 2004.

My position is based on nothing more than simple counting:

• Intel achieved 250nm process technology (deschutes) in January 1998
• ... 180nm (coppermine) in October 1999, although availability was scarce until January.
• ... 130nm (northwood) in January 2002
• ... 90nm (prescott) is not out yet, although it is supposed to be out in fourth quarter 2003. I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict January 2004.

My position is based on nothing more than simple counting:

• Intel achieved 250nm process technology (deschutes) in January 1998
• ... 180nm (coppermine) in October 1999, although availability was scarce until January.
• ... 130nm (northwood) in January 2002
• ... 90nm (prescott) is not out yet, although it is supposed to be out in fourth quarter 2003. I'm going to go out on a limb here and predict January 2004.

This article discusses the research into the subject problem. Ironically, the paper to which they link, on the researchers own site is no longer at that address!! Seems like the authors were not eating their own dog food, as they say. Furthermore, news.com did a good job preserving the URL for the last 3 years. Kudos to them.

Does the University of florida sell CDs? Is the drop in CD sales affecting the sources of income for the University of florida? If not, isn't this a stupid comment?

Not realy. A system like this costs money, both to implement and run. And unless school officials are looking for ways to get fired, they have a realy good excuse for those expenses (read: "RIAA is behind this")

RIAA once had a "Study" pointing to a relationshit between online music sharing and declined CD sales around universities.

Therefore, it would bo logical to assume that CD sales would go up after a dragonian system like this was implemented, and surprising if it didn't.

A Washington Post investigation last fall said the Justice Department has imprisoned at least 44 people, including seven U.S. citizens, under the same law, with some held for many months and possibly over a year.

Check this article

The information worker segment, which includes the Office business, posted a slight drop in profits, to $1.59 billion from $1.66 billion, despite the fact that sales inched up to $2.29 billion from $2.27 billion a year ago.

Or do you claim that communication with the Internet of the future will require the TPM to be turned on?

Cisco, Symantec, and Trend Micro have issuded press releases about new routers that will deny you an internet connection if you aren't running Trusted Computing.

Of course they advertize it as an anti-virus measure. Even the slashdot story got it wrong: Cisco Working to Block Viruses at the Router. These routers do not block data. They require you to be running Trusted Computing and then they can be further programmed to check that you are running specific anti-virus software using remote attestation.

Cisco's Network Admission Control program would enable companies to install on every PC and mobile device a client, called the Cisco Trust Agent, which could attest to certain levels of security...

However, the technology won't work unless security software can tell the Trusted Agent application the current state of security on the computer or mobile device.

The technology might also spur sales of PCs and devices that use trusted-computing hardware--controversial technology that uses encryption, special memory and security software to lock away secrets on a PC from prying eyes...

"We need a trust boundary between the network and these devices, and the system needs hardware and software to do that,"

Sure, they are advertizing it for corporate network use, but can anyone really doubt that ISP's will start installing them and requiring you to run Trusted anti-virus software as part of the terms of service?

If you don't submit to Palladium / TCPA / whatever, then you will be denied any internet connection at all.

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I was just reading the ZDNET story on the House passing the antispam bill. It says that "sexually oriented messages" must be clearly labeled, and email cannot have deceptive subject lines. If that's true, can't we filter them out more easily? Or can we configure mail servers so when such an email message does get sent, the DATA part of the transmission goes on for eternity + 1? Hang up the spamming mail servers, keeping their sending down?

Also, does this new law completely preempt citizen's rights? If the email does turn out to be fraud, can individuals still sue?

FWIW this guy also got a brief mention in this article.

Not only did he make death threats against the spammers, apparently he had been warned to stop by local authorities, but continued.

It's one thing to be pissed off at someone because they're annoying, but to continue making death threats against that person even after being told to stop by police is quite another thing.

Meant to provide one with my original post, but got distracted. Here it's mentioned in a CNet story about it. I think AMD actually stated the feature size would be 65nm in their conference call, though I didn't listen in.

Shouldn't really be a big surprise though, 2003 was when everyone was supposed to be switching to 90nm production (though it looks like it's actually going to happen mid to late 2004), and normally new feature sizes come out about every two to three years. So, with the new fab opening up in 2006, a 65nm feature size is right on track with expectations. Actually I think Intel is hoping to get to 65nm before the end of 2005, but then again, they also wanted to start shipping chips with 90nm features months ago.

New York, New York:
A new era in ultra-low-cost computer is being ushered in. In September 1998, a startup company calling themselves "eMachines" decided to rise to a challenge only Tandy had previously been able to truly accomplish: set the minimum for all computers produced from their inception on. Today, however, Wal-Mart announced that they will indeed be creating their own ultra-low-cost microcomputers also. This is a shocking announcement that has truly rattled the industry, and eMachines has released a short press statement for all of its concerned investors:

Wayne Inouye, President and CEO of eMachines, has clarified our goal even further with this most recent announcement by rival mass producer of cheaply manufactured goods Wal-Mart: "We will NOT be fazed by this ridiculous move by such a terrible, monstrous, top-grossing company like Wal-Mart! They cannot rival us, for our features at the lowest cost we can possibly churn them out at profitably are just unbeatable! For example, our newest eMachines laptop, yes, it is cheap too, comes STANDARD with USB 1.1! Over 1.1523 times faster than USB 1.0! In addition, you can easily purchase one of our wonderful value monitors in a bundle deal, which we guarantee has no more than 519 dead pixels! C'mon, folks, forget Wal-Mart, just run to Best Buy and pick up an open-box returned eMachines(for even cheaper!)." Further, we plan to release new machines in the spring. A new high-end feature may be AGP expansion slots, so stay tuned to the eMachines corporate investor newsletter for more on this groundbreaking announcement.

Wal Mart is already on the defensive, claiming that the new laptop computers will be "...the first stylish computers under $800 to include a smily face logo somewhere on the machine."
Incredibly, Wal-Mart says it may even venture to include an "...awesome, stunning, 11" XGAVGAVWGVA screen that provides more pixels(a full 480 by 320!!!) for a lower price and more letters!" The company also reportedly plans to offer a 15-inch model for slightly more, upping the resolution to a finely grained 640 by 480.

And in related news, SCO has released a statement that the aforementioned XGAVGAVWGVA screen may somehow have something to do with UNIX, and therefore they have filed a suit for 1,000,000,000,000 dollars, with Darl McBride drunkedly commenting "We's a' gon' takes dem' 'thar economy downs wit' us!"

The new machines will be offered the first quarter of 2004 for an as-yet undetermined price, not to exceed a price which would have at least 75% profitability, sources say.

The term ''commercial electronic mail message'' means any electronic mail message the primary purpose of which is the commercial advertisement or promotion of a commercial product or service (including content on an Internet website operated for a commercial purpose).

If you want a quote to startle your appetite, here it goes:

Five years ago it would have been Windows versus OS/2. A few years before, it would have been Windows versus Macintosh. Before, maybe it would have been C/PM 86, and before that, maybe CP/M 80. There's always been some challenger to the operating system. Linux--which is only a kernel--is not where the interesting stuff is going on nowadays.

I should really have submitted this as a main page story, as my karma really needs some help since I've started being realistic on the LG business.

I'm not amused. Clearly, Red Hat isn't doing enough to accommodate educational facilities with discounted volume licensing.

If by "not enough" you mean offering discounted volume licensing I'd agree with you.

But you probably don't mean that. :)

FYI, Slashdot covered this a week or so ago.

This is, I must admit, a winning strategy.

I guess what they need is a case that looks strong (thousands of files) but eventually turns out to be very weak (like none of these songs are actually violating copyright.)

For example, if some artist made music that had names similar to music out there that the RIAA controlled, and the RIAA assumed that it was their music without actually downloading and listening to it. Then it would go to court, and the independent artist would point out how the RIAA is trying to prevent him from distributing his own music -- that would be a *great* case.

Of course, in that case, the more likely outcome is that the artist would say `I own all these songs and can give them out to anybody I please', and the RIAA would verify this and find it to be true, and probably offer to settle for less, and then would probably drop it entirely when he refused -- it would never go to court at all.

Alas, the RIAA has gotten burned before by looking only at the names of mp3 files and not actually listening to them, so they're probably not making this mistake any more.

We know that last year, Microsoft released a Korean version of Visual Studio .NET that was tainted with Nimda. The codebase was infected through a subcontractor they hired to perform the translation.

So, technically, that release wasn't delayed because one of their servers was compromised -- they just shipped the infected code on time!

Are you sure?

SBC challenges RIAA over subpoenas

'Lawyers from the record industry and telecommunications giant SBC Communications are set to face off in a San Francisco courtroom Friday in a dispute over the record label's legal charges against file swappers'

This has erupted. First USA Bank sued PayPal in September 2002. A year later PayPal countersued the company (now known as Bank One) and Bank One Delaware, also on patent infringement grounds. The companies settled those suits last month without disclosing the terms.

Apparently this would also cover 2checkout and other paying services as well. The question is, can Microsoft and other browser makers be sued for being able to submit credit card info through their browsers? It seems overly broad but then again aren't all tech patents?

They changed their minds after the outcry.

Read the original, unimproved version here (it's a Google cache, not a goatse.cx redirect):

http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:AfvCuUwRG54J: news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5098688.html+confirmed&hl =en&ie=UTF-8

And the new, improved one, to make it look like they had planned to update all along, and it was a "misunderstanding":
http://news.com.com/2100-7355_3-5098688.html.

Note that it was confirmed by @stake, not a rumor. Nice revisionism by news.com.

Cisco's Network Admission Control program would enable companies to install on every PC and mobile device a client, called the Cisco Trust Agent, which could attest to certain levels of security...
However, the technology won't work unless security software can tell the Trusted Agent application the current state of security on the computer or mobile device.
"This important problem can't be addressed individually," said John Thompson, CEO of Symantec. "Collaboration is a must."
The technology might also spur sales of PCs and devices that use trusted-computing hardware--controversial technology that uses encryption, special memory and security software to lock away secrets on a PC from prying eyes.

To lock away secrets on a PC from the OWNERS eyes! &%^#@! Trusted Computing!

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC), today announced that it has joined forces with Cisco Systems to provide solutions that restrict network access to only compliant and trusted client machines including personal computers and PDAs.... Out-of-compliance machines may be denied access, quarantined, or sent to a separate location for remediation, while machines in compliance with the organizations' set policies will be granted access to the network.

Trend Micro, Inc. (TSE:4704) (Nasdaq:TMIC), a leader in network antivirus and Internet content security software and services, today announced its support of the new Cisco(R) Network Admission Control Program

THREE major router companies, Cisco, Symantec, and Trend Micro, are ALL supporting this inititave to lock non-TCPA computers out of the internet! #@%^$!

If you are running Microsoft Windows you will be locked out of the internet unless you are running Palladium. If you are running Mac or Linux or anything else, you will be locked out of the internet unless you are running a Mac or Linux version of Palladium.

I have repeatedly said in Trusted Computing discussions that sooner or later people not using it would start getting locked out of parts of the internet. Silly me, I thought that more and more websites would start using it and simply not serve you a page unless it was encrypted. I never considered that the basic internet hardware itself would deny you any connection at all! This is INSANE!

The problem with Turusted Computing is easy to fix. There is absolutely nothing wrong with new hardware, but the owner has to have actual control over his machine. The owner MUST have his key. He could receive that key on a printed peice of paper, or he could get it somehow during the Take_Ownership command. There is no POSSIBLE justification to deny the owner this information. There is no POSSIBLE way that the owner could lose any protection. The hardware could be identical, therefore the hardware can do everything it could before. The only difference is that the computer can no longer be hijacked as a weapon against it's owner.

This trivial difference preserves EVERY claimed benefit of Trusted Computing and eliminates EVERY possible abuse of TCPA. Those backing Trusted Computing will NEVER permit such a change in the system because the very purpose of Trusted Computing is to enforce DRM and other abuses.

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When FBI agents remotely activated the system and were listening in, passengers in the vehicle could not tell that their conversations were being monitored. After "vehicle recovery mode" was disabled, the court said, passengers were notified by the radio displaying an alert and, if the radio was not on, the system beeping.

"First off, since they give Kazaa away, where is the money for the ad campaign coming from?"

Ad revenue, of course. Kazaa is a for-profit business. Like a web site, they provide a medium and then sell ad space on it. Kazaa usage is down, and this means ad revenue is down. They are (rightfully so, as any business should be) alarmed about this. One thing which may have them concerned is the relative success of the legitimate download services.

When this ad campaign was reported on news.com three days ago, the news.com article covered a point which the above glossed over: Kazaa has been going to the record companies for a while now, trying to work a deal with them. Kazaa wants to morph itself into a legitimate distribution network by partnering with the big record companies, or (as I believe they fear) they will be squeezed out by the iTMSes and Napsters of the world, lose that critical mass of users and -- this is the important part -- will not be able to get the ad revenue they have in the past. Said record companies have, so far, replied with something that rhymes with "duck shoe," and this ad campaign is an attempt to start a grass roots effort to get the record companies to change their minds.

So, Kazaa and a typical record company have a few things in common:

• Seeing lost revenue
• Concerned about their business model
• Using public-awareness campaigns to get their side of the story across
• Slowly trying to change their business model
• Don't pay artists as well as slashdotters would like (ignore this one if you're a slashdotter who's in the "artists get paid TOO much" camp)

"Secondly, if the MPAA & RIAA are both doing so badly, where are all the broke movie and music superstars?"

It's not the superstars you have to worry about; it's the folks more like you and me, but who happen to work in the entertainment industry. Tower Records is in serious trouble and has reportedly asked Kazaa to buy them out. Record companies are hurting and consolidating -- the Sony-BMG merger could mean thousands of people laid off and dozens of artists dropped. But before anybody dances with glee over the artists being dropped... it won't be the Madonnas and Britneys that will be dropped. More likely it will be the more marginally profitable acts. Some of them may be hard working, just like you and me, and not superstars worthy of contempt because they have too much money. This is just a guess, though.

The article doesn't say that client software is required at all...

More detail in a CNN article.

This assumption - that p2p networks were designed to exempt users from central authority - would only be a safe one if p2p networks did not also exhibit other highly useful benefits. One such benefit is the ability to aggregate and distribute access to an ad hoc collection of data, amortizing transfer costs over as many internet connections as there are users. There are many companies developing p2p as a way to cut down on server and bandwidth costs when distributing their business software. Googling for "p2p distribute business software" reveals quite a lot of activity in this realm. The plain fact is that p2p networks are very good at spreading out distribution costs.

"P2P has legitimate uses" would seem an accurate and powerful statement.

Cisco Systems has teamed up with three top antivirus companies in a security initiative intended to ban insecure mobile devices from corporate networks.

The initiative, dubbed the Network Admission Control program, would allow companies to set their network devices to refuse connections from any mobile PCs or devices that fail to meet corporate security policies, such as not having the latest software patches and antivirus updates. Antivirus companies Network Associates, Symantec and Trend Micro joined Cisco in making the announcement Tuesday.