free speech blog
Peter Cochrane's Blog: NGNs - real or imaginary?
Comment My first (personal) experience of a NGN came with the arrival of the transistor which immediately reduced equipment sizes and power consumption, and increased the number of speech circuits per pair. Written on the... [02 May 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: VoIP reality check
Comment In my view bandwidth and good quality speech and video are an absolute necessity that will transform more than the ICT industry. A further factor in the telecoms industry is the belief that bandwidth costs money, is in... [26 Mar 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Yes, China is different
Comment Before I departed for China I listened to and read the debates about the country's state of freedom of speech, communication and internet traffic voiced in the EU and US. Edited on the London to Ipswich train a week... [07 Aug 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Freedom
Comment Free speech should be an unquestionable human right and be written into every constitution. All could be turned and used to keep free speech alive and safe. For those... [15 May 2006]
Libya jails blogger
News The pro-democracy blog was nominated for a free speech award in Germany just days before its closure, the Paris-based organisation said. Meanwhile, free press advocate... [07 Nov 2005]
Leader: Who wants to test bloggers' new 'dodge jail' measures?
Leader Free-speech advocates at French organisation Reporters Without Borders have compiled a booklet to inform bloggers and journalists in countries with heavy-handed censorship how to get their message out... [23 Sep 2005]
Bloggers get a helping handbook
News Free-speech advocate Reporters Without Borders has published a guide for blogging in China, Iran and other countries that strictly censor the web. The 87-page booklet, titled The Handbook for Bloggers... [23 Sep 2005]
Will's Web Watch: Blogging (Part II)
Comment Adobe is one of the most recent companies to launch a blog, and so far seems to be handling the relationship between its corporate location and the necessity for free and un-bureaucratic... [30 Aug 2005]
AOL does video search
News The technology for AOL Video includes speech-to-text processing that enables not only searches by title, description and artist but also searches for keywords within the body of the video. Gary Price of... [04 Jul 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Who owns blogs?
Comment What use is democracy and free speech if most of us are obliged to enter into contracts that prevent us from expressing our views about vital aspects of our lives? If you write a blog,... [14 Jun 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Customer needs...
Comment I only rarely used it for speech when I was travelling in my car. Irony 1: As I was writing this blog, a news item appeared on my screen detailing the CEO of a US mobile operator sounding off about the... [22 Apr 2005]
Minority Report: Apple versus the free press
Comment Meanwhile, civil rights groups are claiming the freedom of speech of online journalists is under threat. According to Technorati, a website tracking the proliferation of the blogosphere, a new blog is... [08 Apr 2005]