sharing in comment and analysis
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Not all aspects of file-sharing are illegal and distinguishing the legitimate from the malicious will not be easy. Politicians are threatening ISPs with penalties if illegal downloading doesn't stop. But legal liability cannot rest solely on ISPs... [22 Feb 2008]
What is the future for Lotus?
Comment Facebook for networking, Flickr for image sharing, YouTube for video sharing, and a whole raft of various instant messaging and VoIP platforms. Its product suite facilitates blogging, podcasts, document sharing, collaborative team environments and... [24 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Trying to explain
Comment From now on when my silver surfer friends ask me what a wiki is or about photos online, file sharing and more, I'm just going to point them at this website. Written at my home in Suffolk UK and dispatched to silicon.com from the Wild Strawberry... [14 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Aerial bombardment
Comment In short, the likelihood is that we will require at least two or three simultaneously operational wireless systems that may preclude antenna sharing. The competition for antenna space on our laptops and mobile devices is getting critical. [07 Jan 2008]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment However, there is another aspect to the issue of data privacy that goes to the heart of how government has to change if it is to realise the potential for data sharing and customer service in the network age. [17 Dec 2007]
Just why is Domino's alone in delivering online?
Comment Whatever secret recipe Domino's has for online pizza ordering, it's not sharing it with the other chains. Last week, fast-food chain Domino's Pizza made £1m from online sales in one week alone. The thinking behind the service is that when people... [10 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment Technical fire walling for media sharing, blogs, instant messaging, social networks and syndication feeds. Experts argue new media will spell the demise of the IT professional. Not true, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield. [29 Nov 2007]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment There have also been reports of doctors sharing smart cards, to save logging on and off each time. Addleshaw Goddard's Paul Bentham says biometrics may be hailed as the ultimate security measure - but the technology is not without hazards. [23 Nov 2007]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment The first computer viruses infected the boot sector of floppy disks, which were the main way of sharing files between computers. Once the preserve of bedroom-bound teenagers, malware is now big business and aimed at financial gain rather than peer... [19 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X
Comment They start with computer games, problem solving and strategic thinking reinforced by social networking and sharing on a scale never witnessed before. Written in a Florida hotel and dispatched via a free but shaky wi-fi service [29 Oct 2007]
Where's the real web 2.0?
Comment We can go further, sharing experiences, images and videos with everyone, or just our friends via social networking sites. Web 2.0 is a description that's slapped onto just about everything these days. [18 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... MS vs open source, wi-fi risks, being green...
Comment Sharing fat pipes Poll: Wi-fi sharing not for everybody If someone downloads 1GB a day via my connection, I'll take the performance hit, but I'm not going to pay extra (in fact I want a discount if I'm sharing), and I'm not going to bow down to a... [18 Oct 2007]
JP Rangaswami
AS Profile Regarded as something of a maverick and an innovator, JP Rangaswami is an outspoken advocate of open source and using emerging and disruptive technologies to improve information sharing, education and collaboration. [12 Oct 2007]
Eric Schmidt
AS Profile Acquisitions has been the big theme, with the $1.65bn deal to buy video-sharing website YouTube, a proposed $3.1bn purchase of web advertising supplier DoubleClick and the $625m acquisition of web security company Postini. [12 Oct 2007]
Niklas Zennström
AS Profile Before Skype, Zennström founded P2P software firm Joltid, and file-sharing software company Kazaa - which means he's got a track record that should have competitors quivering in their boots. Niklas Zennström may have sold Skype to eBay in 2005 but... [12 Oct 2007]
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