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Google Has A Blog
Google has a blog! This is a tricky move for a public company, and I would hope that a lawyer is vetting posts to make sure that they comply with securities la…
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Spurring an Arms Race in South Asia
Tom Friedman laments the "pacifist" EU's decision to sell arms to China. He might also lament our own decision to sell arms--including F-16s--to…
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Don't let women do science, and jail men with long ring fingers!
A new study reminds us how we should be extremely careful in interpreting supposed genetic predispositions: How long a man's second finger is relative to h…
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P2P in the wake of the Grokster case
So here is another potential example of an application of P2P systems that might even be helpful from the music industry's perspective.…
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Jennifer Granick talks Hilton Hacking
Time magazine quotes CIS Director Jennifer Granick in this short piece about information security.…
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Bloodsport in a UK prison?
BBC reports on the killing of a 19-year-old Asian man, allegedly because of his race. Mubarek was battered to death by known racist Robert Stewart at Feltham Y…
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Does Japan Need More People?
This second-grade class in Nishiki has only three children. The school will close in 2007. (Photo: Anthony Faiola/Wash. Post) A baby bust in Japan is emptying…
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Name your price for new music
I recently learned about a very cool music website called Magnatune.com. It's really a record lable but, in its words, it's "not evil". Magn…
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South Asian to Play Superman ... 's Arch-enemy's sidekick
Kal Penn ("Kumar") will star in upcoming Superman movie! Oh, wait: the fine print--he'll play Lex Luthor's genius sidekick. Ah, South Asian…
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Labeling as an answer to DRM?
Indicare has an interesting article> written by Natali Helberger about the advantages and limitations of labeling requirements as an answer to DRM. Such labe…
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iPod Killer?
Sony Ericsson introduces a new walkman, which includes a camera, a phone, an MP3 (and AAC format) music player, and a game machine. All in a pretty nice looki…
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Justice O'Connor the Internationalist
In Roper v. Simmons, Justice O'Connor, even while agreeing with Justice Scalia on the outcome, chides him for refusing to review foreign views of the subjec…