Network World columns

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2007

see "Edited" for the version that ran in the paper.

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• 2007-01-08: Is the FCC pining for the good old days? Edited

The questionable logic the FCC used in approving the AT&T/Bell South merger.

• 2007-01-15: Apple iPhone: Almost all of what I wanted Edited

The iPhone is only missing a few things to make it ideal. 

• 2007-01-22: A site for exposure Edited

Wikileakes.org. 

• 2007-01-29: TJX: Willfully and with malice of forethought? Edited

Did TJX carefully decide to be stupid? 

• 2007-02-05: TJX: a case study in what to do wrong Edited

TJX keeps being stupid. 

• 2007-02-12: Passwords, for example, remember the humans in the loop Edited

The impact of human factors on security. 

• 2007-02-19: The Leahy privacy bill: coddling the criminals? Edited

A Senate privacy bill that is more pro business than pro consumer. 

• 2007-02-20: Easier for the cops, record everything you do Edited

The US Attorney General wants ISPs to monitor your network use. 

• 2007-02-26: Obeying Microsoft: is Wine the way? Edited

Microsoft's anti-virtual machine licenses. 

• 2007-03-05: Smell-o-grams: backing into the future Edited

Sending odors via the Internet. 

• 2007-03-12: The Copyright Industry's Royalty Board Edited

Death to Internet radio. 

• 2007-03-20: Google: looking good by doing less evil Edited

Google changing its data retention rules. 

• 2007-03-28: Coping with grandstanding politicians Edited

Politicians trying to censor the Internet.

• 2007-04-02: DRM-less music? Let the consumer decide. Edited

Apple's announcement of a DRM-free option on iTunes.

• 2007-04-10: The actual Law (as interpreted) Edited

US DoJ law manuals.

• 2007-04-16: Do we need a replacement Internet? Edited

The press thinks NSF is building a replacement Internet.

• 2007-04-23: Undercover (& vulnerable) computers Edited

All too intelligent printers.

• 2007-04-30: Lessons from the BlackBerry outage Edited

Many people stop working when their BlackBerrys stop working.

• 2007-05-09: Patents: How do you spell "obvious"? Edited

The Supreme Court explains patent law.

• 2007-05-15: CALEA: Expensive data gathering Edited

The economic impact of the FCC's new wiretap rules.

• 2007-05-21: Microsoft: invisible patents as a uniform Edited

Microsoft is again waving patents that it will not reveal against open source software.

• 2007-05-29: RFID Privacy: Why not do it right? Edited

California's flawed approach to RFID privacy.

• 2007-06-04: Busy days at the FCC Edited

Lots of rulings from the FCC

• 2007-06-12: Will the iPhone walk on water? Edited

The iPhone hype.

• 2007-06-19: A hidden value of the 'Net Edited

Misleading info from the NY Times about business on the Internet.

• 2007-06-26: The Fourth Amendment applies to cyberspace, for now Edited

The government has to obey the law to read your mail.

• 2007-07-02: An invisible abomination Edited

Internet startup monitoring your Internet usage.

• 2007-07-09: The FCC ignores more than 100 years of clue Edited

The FCC decides that obscurity is security.

• 2007-07-18: What is the right price for technology? Edited

iPhone pricing & Internet radio fees 

• 2007-07-24: FCC may be told to tell truth Edited

Congress may tell the FCC to stop using false statistics

• 2007-07-31: A semi-visible semi-abomination Edited

A follow up on "An invisible abomination"

• 2007-08-07: FCC: Ignoring the lesson of WiFi Edited

The FCC (again) ignores the advantages of unlicensed spectrum.

• 2007-08-14: Mini-Me trying to be Darth Vader Edited

The SCO Group unsuccessfully tried the extortion business.

• 2007-08-21: The Internet and the business of news Edited

The impact of the Internet on the news business.

• 2007-08-28: Apple's iPhone - not the home of the free Edited

The sadly limited iPhone.

• 2007-09-04: Fast Internet for individuals and businesses? Edited

Japan's very fast Internet service.

• 2007-09-11: Forgetting the next application Edited

The US DoJ concluding that network neutrality is not useful

• 2007-09-17: Immortal, and ubiquitous, digital breadcrumbs Edited

Email and other electronic records are forever

• 2007-09-24: Crustacean security still gets in the way of real security Edited

The Jericho Forum warning to not depend too much on a firewall 

• 2007-10-02: Control vs. usability, what is the future of DRM? Edited

Digital Rights Management may be costing companies money 

• 2007-10-09: Microsoft HealthVault requires a suspension of disbelief Edited

Trusting your medical records to Microsoft

• 2007-10-16: The fallacy of short term thinking about the Internet. Edited

Lessons for the Internet from the new Harvard President

• 2007-10-23: Internet on the road: more expensive in more expensive places Edited

Paying more for a room too often means paying more for an Internet connection

• 2007-10-30: I guess the truth is not an option Edited

Verizon and Comcast do not consider telling the whole truth an option.

• 2007-11-06: gPhone: a software erector set Edited

Google's gPhone

• 2007-11-13: Anonymity as a thing of the past Edited

The press misrepresents a speech by the deputy director of national intelligence

• 2007-11-20: Credit abuse: a step in the right direction Edited

All major credit reporting agencies now offer credit freezes 

• 2007-11-30: Internet overload: Painting tomorrow something like today Edited

Predicting Internet collapse (again)

• 2007-12-04: FCC: regulating through 3D glasses Edited

The FCC can not seem to treat different types of carriers the same way

• 2007-12-11: NSFNET: The vibrant ghost of Christmases past Edited

The 20th anniversary of the NSFNET

• 2007-12-24: Apple's next mold breaker? Edited

What I would like to see Apple make next.