http://www.carsikonya.net Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:51:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Update on May 27: added that Greentech Media is publisher of concentrating solar power report. The Prometheus Institute, in a report published by Greentech Media, forecasts that concentrating photovoltaic technologies will be used in midsize to large power plants that range from about 1 megawatt of production to about 100 megawatts. ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/09/04/big-solar-utility-scale-power-plants-arise/ We talked with Vogele about this, and went over not just the legal doctrine that applies to digital content, but also some of the practical guidelines in dealing with infringement of rights (near the end). Play the podcast for this free lesson in modern copyright law. For RSS readers: http://www.cnet.com/i/pod/realdeal.xml iTunes: ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/31/you-think-you-know-copyright/ At the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee's State of the Net Conference in Washington earlier this year, Chopra talked of Virginia's initiatives to improve aspects of governance in areas like health care and education. Aneesh Chopra, Virginia's secretary of technology, is President Obama's pick for the nation's first chief technology ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/24/obama-picks-virginia-technology-leader-for-cto-pos/ commentary A friend called me on Friday to ask what I thought about Novell. "Does it have a chance?" he asked? The answer is increasingly, "Yes." I never would have thought I'd be saying that, but whatever the cause of Novell's resurgence, it feels like the company is making a serious comeback. I've ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/novells-big-opportunity/ Update 6:20 a.m. Thursday: To include more background on new witness. RealNetworks introduced a new witness in the RealDVD case on Wednesday, a move that comes late in the court proceedings that could decide the software's fate. Real is locked in a court battle with the major movie studios over RealDVD, a ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/realdvd-case-real-introduces-surprise-witness/ Update: 10:25 p.m. with photo, more details Handset maker Sony Ericsson is announcing plans for its first Windows Mobile device, a move aimed at boosting the company's presence in the North American smartphone market. The first product is a business-oriented phone with a QWERTY keyboard, but a family of devices is expected. ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/sony-ericsson-to-do-first-windows-phone/ Will he or won't he? Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference at 8:45 a.m. PST on Monday. Maybe some comments regarding the Yahoo bid will fall from his mouth, and then again, maybe not. Full coverage Microsoft's big bid for Yahoo Click here ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/microsoft-cfo-no-one-asked-about-yahoo-but/ Wired's Epicenter blog reported Thursday that rumors point to contact-management-service-turned-social-network Plaxo as Google's latest shopping purchase. Well, maybe. The report is extremely thin, and very little detail is given except that the buying price is under $200 million and the buyer is "most likely" Google. Representatives from Plaxo said that the ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/google-buys-plaxo-file-it-under-unlikely/ Wednesday is tax day, so I thought you might be able to use some free music. I don't mean questionably legal file trades or streams or random MP3s delivered via Seeqpod or some other search engine--I'm talking about the Free Music Archive, which launched in beta over the weekend. ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/free-music-archive-launches/ File photo: This is a tiger. Do not taunt. (Credit: Declan McCullagh/mccullagh.org) A California judge has said the San Francisco Zoo may inspect the mobile phones of two brothers involved in a deadly tiger attack on Christmas Day. Superior Court Judge Socrates Peter Manoukian in Santa Clara County ruled late Friday that the ... http://www.carsikonya.net/2010/08/21/judge-mobile-phones-in-tiger-attack-may-be-inspec/