Corporate Greed and Free Internet
Back in 1995 when I got my first internet access account, I said to a business owner “ this internet thing will go big because it’s free” and he reply was “nah, it’s only a game, kids will play with it...
View ArticleThere is no privacy on the Internet
It really surprises me when people think there could be 100% privacy on the net. When I was in college, our professor used to say “if you don’t want to share it, then don’t put it online.” Doesn’t...
View ArticleInteresting Quotes on Freedom of Information
Nov18-2009 At the Shanghai Science and Technology Institute “Freedoms of expression and worship, of access to information and political participation – [Americans] believe are universal rights,” Obama...
View ArticleThe next tech boom will be real
Most of us have lived through the tech booms of the 90’s, many things went wrong at that time that caused us to call that era “Internet bubble.” Most of the companies failed at that time because, in my...
View ArticleA President was fined for cutting communications
The Egyptian president Mubarak and two other officials were fined $91 million for cutting mobile and services connection during protest in Egypt in January.This maybe the first case in information age...
View ArticleWho owns the Internet, the Governments or the Citizens?
There is not simple answer to this question, on one hand, the internet is running on infrastructures provided mainly by the governments, but on the other hand, the real usefulness of the internet is...
View ArticleOnly 30% of world population has Internet access…. what that means to IT...
As reported by the BBC, Only 30% of world population has Internet access. The is really low considering the impact the Internet is making around the world at political and social levels. At only 30%...
View ArticlePlease, do not hijack the Internet for your own commercial benefits
EU Court Rules ISPs Can’t Be Forced To Filter Out Illegal Content. The European Court of Justice this morning ruled that content owners can not strong-arm Internet service providers (ISPs) into...
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