free speech
RSS free speechUS library loses Internet screening case
News But the judge - a former librarian herself - ruled that the policy "offends the guarantee of free speech in the First Amendment, and is therefore unconstitutional". Libraries in California, Boston and Texas are believed to be future targets for... [25 Nov 1998]
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 living in the free world this not only seems alien, it seems a crime in its own... [15 May 2006]
Web copyright battle draws in UK papers
News Robinson claims he has a constitutional right to publish the material and says that any attempt to stop him will be an infringement to his right of free speech. Nick Lockett, lawyer with London firm, Sidley & Austin, said: "There are rights to... [05 Oct 1998]
$5.4m fine for spammer sending faxes (remember them)
News During the legal battle Fax.com had argued punishment would be unconstitutional - claiming it contravened its right to free speech. But anybody picking up the bill for fax paper and ink would argue that such 'speech' is far from free. [06 Jan 2004]
ThinkSecret.com editor secures legal help for Apple battle
Apple has maintained that it is protecting its business interests and not trying to impinge on free-speech rights. By this action, Apple does not seek to discourage communication protected by the free-speech guarantees of the United States and... [20 Jan 2005]
Intel loses case against email-happy former employee
News Although Hamidi raised a free-speech defence, the court did not issue an opinion on the constitutional issues but ruled narrowly on the question of whether sending the unwanted email constituted trespassing. [01 Jul 2003]
Apple unveils 'world's thinnest notebook'
News During the keynote speech, Jobs touted Apple's environmentally-friendly efforts, claiming its MacBook Air contains mercury- and arsenic-free glass, BFR and PVC-free boards and 50 per cent smaller packaging than previous MacBooks. [16 Jan 2008]
Bush gives seal of approval to 'flawed' US spam laws
News California Senator Debra Bowen, a Democrat who supported her state's legislation, said in a statement on 8 December that Can-Spam "doesn't can spam, it gives it the congressional seal of approval.An advertiser's First Amendment right to free... [17 Dec 2003]
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
News Attorney general Gonzales said on Friday: "The convention is in full accord with all US constitutional protections, such as free speech and other civil liberties, and will require no change to US laws. [07 Aug 2006]
The Bloor Perspective: Voice over Palm, outsourcing in finance and DRM trailblazers
Comment That's maybe not today but maybe very soon - one company already supplies a wireless VoIP speech recognition application for hospitals. Fast wireless networks introduce another idea: remote speech recognition. [09 Jun 2003]
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 some way precious and should... [26 Mar 2007]
Through the fog... Automated speech recognition
Comment What we mean by this is that the little speech engine embedded in the phone or PDA does not now need to be trained - it will interpret voice commands from any user straight out of the box. Those who have not experienced speech recognition recently... [21 Feb 2003]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo! in France and Icann's new names
Comment Free speech is part of our society, and the ruling on what we can see on the net is a disaster. wishes to defend the right to freedom of speech on the grounds of hosting a sale of Nazi memorabilia. Time to move on should be the words spoken to the... [24 Nov 2000]
Cheat Sheet: Wikis
Cheat Sheet Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales also created a list of 10 things that should be free (both free as in speech and free as in beer), including school curricula, TV listings and file formats. The Wikipedia first came into being in 2001, designed as a... [16 Aug 2005]
VoiceXML - An Overview
White Paper VoiceXML is an open markup language designed to support telephone and hands-free speech applications, usually, but not exclusively, in the context of the Internet. The power of VoiceXML is thus to allow the production of applications on a “Write... [03 Jul 2008]
