",{"_176":177,"_154":863,"_178":864,"_160":868,"_162":868,"_165":869,"_830":870,"_167":168,"_169":871,"_171":168,"_163":872,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[865],{"_57":866,"_182":867,"_184":825,"_826":827},"David DeJean","/author/david-dejean","Guess What, Steve -- I Don't Love It (Remix)","/it-infrastructure/guess-what-steve----i-don-t-love-it-remix-",{},"Apr 4, 2007","Over the years I have received my share of e-mail calling me an idiot, but I never got more than I've gotten for yesterday's blog entry titled \"Guess What, Steve, I Don't Love It.\" And guess what? In this case I deserve it. I try, as a personal goal, to reply to all the e-mail I get from readers that doesn't contain obscenities, and the more mail I answered today about my commentary on Apple's announcement of DRM-free music, the more trouble I had defending it.",{"_176":177,"_154":874,"_178":875,"_160":877,"_162":877,"_165":878,"_830":879,"_167":168,"_169":880,"_171":168,"_163":881,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[876],{"_57":866,"_182":867,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Guess What, Steve -- I Don't Love It","/it-infrastructure/guess-what-steve----i-don-t-love-it",{},"Apr 3, 2007","We think our customers are going to love this, said Steve Jobs in Apple's press release yesterday announcing that its iTunes store would sell DRM-free versions of EMI's music catalog. Wrong. I like it, but, please, Steve, stop doing me favors that (1) raise music prices 30% and (2) force me to take the extra steps to remove your AAC encoding.",{"_176":177,"_154":883,"_178":884,"_160":890,"_162":890,"_165":891,"_830":892,"_167":168,"_169":893,"_171":168,"_163":894,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[885],{"_57":886,"_182":887,"_184":888,"_826":889},"Thomas Claburn","/author/thomas-claburn","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/blt4818d0e945f9905b/64bbfbd1e620414347de14fd/Tom_Claburn_20125x125.jpg","Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility","Steve Jobs And EMI End DRM And Start Price Gouging","/it-infrastructure/steve-jobs-and-emi-end-drm-and-start-price-gouging",{},"Apr 2, 2007","The deal announced today between Apple and EMI to sell unprotected digital songs on iTunes for $1.29 isn't a deal. It's a 30% piracy tax, substantially more than the 3% tax levied on blank digital audio recording media in the United States.",{"_176":177,"_154":896,"_178":897,"_160":899,"_162":899,"_165":900,"_830":901,"_167":168,"_169":893,"_171":168,"_163":902,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[898],{"_57":823,"_182":824,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Copyrights And Copy Wrongs","/it-infrastructure/copyrights-and-copy-wrongs",{},"Anyone who downloads music or videos from the Internet should read David DeJean's analysis of copyright laws, how they affect you, and how to enjoy creative works without breaking the law. Really good stuff.",{"_176":177,"_154":904,"_178":905,"_160":907,"_162":907,"_165":908,"_830":909,"_167":168,"_169":893,"_171":168,"_163":910,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[906],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Podcast: Interview With Stephen Wellman, Editor Of information's Over The Air Mobile Blog","/it-infrastructure/podcast-interview-with-stephen-wellman-editor-of-information-s-over-the-air-mobile-blog",{},"Listen to the latest information Podcast for our interview with Over The Air editor Stephen Wellman about the goings-on at the CTIA conference. Stephen talked to us about Yahoo vs. Google on the mobile Internet, the Apple iPhone, how Google is following Microsoft's strategy, and more.

",{"_176":177,"_154":912,"_178":913,"_160":915,"_162":915,"_165":916,"_830":917,"_167":168,"_169":918,"_171":168,"_163":919,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[914],{"_57":866,"_182":867,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Copyright: Fair Use Is Your Friend","/it-infrastructure/copyright-fair-use-is-your-friend",{},"Mar 30, 2007","Nine out of 10 people would probably tell you copyright is all about big companies maximizing their revenue from the content they own at the expense of the consumer. (The 10th person would tell you copyright is a cornerstone of our American way of life, but he'd turn out to be lawyer for the RIAA, the Recording Industry Association of America). In fact, copyright is as much about your right to make fair use of copyrighted content as it is about the \"intellectual property\" of corporations. For 11",{"_176":177,"_154":921,"_178":922,"_160":926,"_162":926,"_165":927,"_830":928,"_167":168,"_169":918,"_171":168,"_163":929,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[923],{"_57":924,"_182":925,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Michael Singer","/author/michael-singer","Dell Linux Still Won't Kill Windows","/it-infrastructure/dell-linux-still-won-t-kill-windows",{},"Bruise it slightly, perhaps. But seriously, would you or your company buy a Linux PC from Dell this year? How much would you pay for support?",{"_176":177,"_154":931,"_178":932,"_160":934,"_162":934,"_165":935,"_830":936,"_167":168,"_169":937,"_171":168,"_163":938,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[933],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Microsoft Describes How Virtual Earth Was Built","/it-infrastructure/microsoft-describes-how-virtual-earth-was-built",{},"Mar 29, 2007","You want to know what the definition of \"cool\" is? It's sitting in the front row of a hotel meeting hall, watching a demo of Microsoft Virtual Earth on the 12-foot display in the front of the room, as the camera plunges from the sky to swoop and soar around detailed digital models of the Staples Center in Los Angeles and the streets of Philadelphia. Even cooler: Listening to John Curlander, general manager of Microsoft Virtual Earth, explain how it was built.",{"_176":177,"_154":940,"_178":941,"_160":945,"_162":945,"_165":946,"_830":947,"_167":168,"_169":937,"_171":168,"_163":948,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[942],{"_57":943,"_182":944,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Cora Nucci","/author/cora-nucci","$1 Million Or Bust","/it-infrastructure/-1-million-or-bust",{},"Chris Massey is on a cockamamie quest to make $1 million this year.",{"_176":177,"_154":950,"_178":951,"_160":953,"_162":953,"_165":954,"_830":955,"_167":168,"_169":937,"_171":168,"_163":956,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[952],{"_57":844,"_182":845,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Gambling With The Internet","/it-infrastructure/gambling-with-the-internet",{},"When Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), which forced online gambling companies to adhere to federal and state gambling laws, it wouldn't have been out of the ordinary to assume that the reason for the crackdown was the attempt to protect compulsive gamblers from descending into a morass of debt via their home computers. But, like many other \"sin\" regulations, the real story is a lot more complex -- and money has more to do with it than morals.",{"_176":177,"_154":958,"_178":959,"_160":963,"_162":963,"_165":964,"_830":965,"_167":168,"_169":937,"_171":168,"_163":966,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[960],{"_57":961,"_182":962,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Mary Hayes Weier","/author/mary-hayes-weier","Is SAP Imploding?","/it-infrastructure/is-sap-imploding-",{},"Shai Agassi brought something fresh to SAP. Young and dashing, he could engage an audience of customers from a stage with the savvy of a marketing exec, yet he was foremost a very smart technologist.",{"_176":177,"_154":968,"_178":969,"_160":971,"_162":971,"_165":972,"_830":973,"_167":168,"_169":937,"_171":168,"_163":974,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[970],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Microsoft Research Provides Sneak Preview Of 'Boku' Programming Environment For Kids","/it-infrastructure/microsoft-research-provides-sneak-preview-of-boku-programming-environment-for-kids",{},"A Microsoft researcher on Wednesday demonstrated Boku, an educational game designed to help children as young as five years old exercise their brains by doing programming. Boku is a cute little cartoon robot head with big, soulful eyes who hovers over a cartoon grassy field.

",{"_176":177,"_154":976,"_178":977,"_160":979,"_162":979,"_165":980,"_830":981,"_167":168,"_169":982,"_171":168,"_163":983,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[978],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Jeff Hawkins, Who Invented PalmPilot, Says He's Figured Out How The Brain Works","/it-infrastructure/jeff-hawkins-who-invented-palmpilot-says-he-s-figured-out-how-the-brain-works",{},"Mar 28, 2007","You can't complain that Jeff Hawkins is falsely modest. Hawkins, whose last triumph was inventing the PalmPilot, claims to have solved the greatest problem in 60 years of computer science. He says he's figured out how the human brain works, and has built a model in software, with practical applications imminent. Not only that, he says he's released a lot of the code in open source.

",{"_176":177,"_154":985,"_178":986,"_160":988,"_162":988,"_165":989,"_830":990,"_167":168,"_169":982,"_171":168,"_163":991,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[987],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Network Games That Change Their Users Lives, And The World, For The Better","/it-infrastructure/network-games-that-change-their-users-lives-and-the-world-for-the-better",{},"Game designer Jane McGonigal has a vision for a new generation of network games that will pull players away from their lonely consoles, and get them out in the world, interacting with each other and changing their own lives, and society, for the better.

",{"_176":177,"_154":993,"_178":994,"_160":996,"_162":996,"_165":997,"_830":998,"_167":168,"_169":999,"_171":168,"_163":1000,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[995],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Photos Of The $100 One Laptop Per Child Laptop","/it-infrastructure/photos-of-the-100-one-laptop-per-child-laptop",{},"Mar 27, 2007","I was able to get my hands on the One Laptop Per Child $100 laptop at the O'Reilly ETech conference today. I took pictures, and they came out great -- take a look for yourself below the fold. The OLPC looks like a toy, with its hard plastic enclosure, soft plastic keyboard, bright colors, and handle. But it's a fully functional computer, designed for children in the emerging world.

",{"_176":177,"_154":1002,"_178":1003,"_160":1005,"_162":1005,"_165":1006,"_830":1007,"_167":168,"_169":1008,"_171":168,"_163":1009,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1004],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Death Threats Force Designer To Cancel ETech Conference Appearance","/it-infrastructure/death-threats-force-designer-to-cancel-etech-conference-appearance",{},"Mar 26, 2007","Designer Kathy Sierra abruptly cancelled her appearance at the O'Reilly ETech conference here in San Diego this week, after receiving graphic and sexual death threats that made her afraid to leave her house, she wrote on her blog today.

",{"_176":177,"_154":1011,"_178":1012,"_160":1014,"_162":1014,"_165":1015,"_830":1016,"_167":168,"_169":1008,"_171":168,"_163":1017,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1013],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Gates, Jobs Go Head-To-Head In \"I'm A Mac\" Commercial Parody","/it-infrastructure/gates-jobs-go-head-to-head-in-i-m-a-mac-commercial-parody",{},"This humorous video pits Microsoft's Bill Gates and Apple's Steve Jobs against each other in a parody of the \"I'm a Mac / I'm a PC\" TV commercial. Cute. Watch it below the fold. Contains some mild foul language.",{"_176":177,"_154":1019,"_178":1020,"_160":1022,"_162":1022,"_165":1023,"_830":1024,"_167":168,"_169":1008,"_171":168,"_163":1025,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1021],{"_57":924,"_182":925,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Faster Chipsets? It's About Time","/it-infrastructure/faster-chipsets-it-s-about-time",{},"Lord knows, getting any kind of breakthrough innovation in the computer hardware sector is like working at Dunkin' Donuts ... so many variations using pretty much the same materials again and again.",{"_176":177,"_154":1027,"_178":1028,"_160":1030,"_162":1030,"_165":1031,"_830":1032,"_167":168,"_169":1008,"_171":168,"_163":1033,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1029],{"_57":823,"_182":824,"_184":825,"_826":827},"The Ascent Into Hell, Postponed","/it-infrastructure/the-ascent-into-hell-postponed",{},"Most U.S. air travelers -- almost 70% of them, according to a 2005 poll by USA Today -- breathed a collective sigh of relief late last week when the Federal Communications Commission decided to extend its current ban on cell phone use on planes indefinitely.",{"_176":177,"_154":1035,"_178":1036,"_160":1038,"_162":1038,"_165":1039,"_830":1040,"_167":168,"_169":1008,"_171":168,"_163":1041,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1037],{"_57":866,"_182":867,"_184":825,"_826":827},"Tiny Apps For Linux On Slow Hardware","/it-infrastructure/tiny-apps-for-linux-on-slow-hardware",{},"Linux has a well-deserved reputation for running well on less-powerful hardware than it takes to run Windows, and articles like How To Revive An Old PC With Linux offer lots of good advice. It's a great, no-cost way to get started with Linux. And here's what you'll need next: a great list of tiny, ultra-light-weight applications that will give you maximum computing for minimum footprint on you",{"_176":177,"_154":1043,"_178":1044,"_160":1049,"_162":1049,"_165":1050,"_830":1051,"_167":168,"_169":1052,"_171":168,"_163":1053,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1045],{"_57":1046,"_182":1047,"_184":1048,"_826":827},"Alexander Wolfe","/author/alexander-wolfe","https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/blt69509c9116440be8/bltf1854f0ea8050186/64bbfe0b3b85ab7a398b2edc/Wolfe-IWK-125x125.jpg","The Web Just Wants To Be Rude","/it-infrastructure/the-web-just-wants-to-be-rude",{},"Mar 25, 2007","The response to a recent blog post of mine has set me wondering just why it is that the first impulse of people who don't like what you write on the Web is to sling personal invective, mostly in the form of semi-literate screeds littered with curse words. The apparent answer: The anonymity provided by the Internet experience encourages a kind of online version of road rage.",{"_176":177,"_154":1055,"_178":1056,"_160":1058,"_162":1058,"_165":1059,"_830":1060,"_167":168,"_169":1052,"_171":168,"_163":1061,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1057],{"_57":866,"_182":867,"_184":825,"_826":827},"'Garbage Social Networks' -- Does That Mean Twitter?","/it-infrastructure/-garbage-social-networks-does-that-mean-twitter-",{},"The subject line in my email caught my eye immediately: \"Thursday -- Garbage Social Networks, E-Flex, and More!\" I've been playing with Twitter, and I thought, \"Yes! I know just what that means!\" It turns out I was wrong: the writer really meant social networks for people interested in reducing the volume of their trash. But I think my version is more interesting, because it explains the incredibly rapid devaluation of social networking as a concept. We really have sunk to the level of garbage s",{"_176":177,"_154":1063,"_178":1064,"_160":1066,"_162":1066,"_165":1067,"_830":1068,"_167":168,"_169":1069,"_171":168,"_163":1070,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1065],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"The Daily Show Looks At The Viacom Lawsuit Against Google's YouTube","/it-infrastructure/the-daily-show-looks-at-the-viacom-lawsuit-against-google-s-youtube",{},"Mar 23, 2007","The Google guys will be like, yo, check it out, we just put another gold-plated rock-climbing wall in our office. We're CRAZY rich! Watch the video below the fold.",{"_176":177,"_154":1072,"_178":1073,"_160":1075,"_162":1075,"_165":1076,"_830":1077,"_167":168,"_169":1069,"_171":168,"_163":1078,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1074],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Furnishing The information Office In Second Life","/it-infrastructure/furnishing-the-information-office-in-second-life",{},"I spent some time yesterday furnishing information's office -- or, should I say, bureau -- in Second Life. Read on for a photo of our little office, and some discussion of how it came to pass.

",{"_176":177,"_154":1080,"_178":1081,"_160":1083,"_162":1083,"_165":1084,"_830":1085,"_167":168,"_169":1069,"_171":168,"_163":1086,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1082],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"Jott Helps Keep Track Of To-Dos When You Can't Write 'Em Down","/it-infrastructure/jott-helps-keep-track-of-to-dos-when-you-can-t-write-em-down",{},"I'm so excited I could just plotz -- I actually had a chance to field-test Jott yesterday and it worked like a champ. Jott is a new service that lets you phone in and record a 15-second sound bite, which it transcribes using speech recognition and then e-mails the text back to you. I used it to record an idea while I was driving to the dentist, and by gosh I had that e-mail waiting for me when I got back to my desk.

",{"_176":177,"_154":1088,"_178":1089,"_160":1091,"_162":1091,"_165":1092,"_830":1093,"_167":168,"_169":1094,"_171":168,"_163":1095,"_834":168,"_188":835,"_172":337,"_174":338,"_186":836,"_837":-5,"_838":839},{"_156":168,"_158":168},[1090],{"_57":854,"_182":855,"_184":856,"_826":857},"How Should We Tax Property In Virtual Worlds?","/it-infrastructure/how-should-we-tax-property-in-virtual-worlds-",{},"Mar 22, 2007","My colleague Tom Claburn has a clever and informative article on how virtual property should be taxed in online games and worlds like World of Warcraft and Second Life. Indiana law professor Leandra Lederman says virtual property should be taxed like fish -- when it's sold, not before.

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