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Friday, December 7, 2007

The Benefits of Computer Games for Kids

Benefits of computer games for kids evidently include learning how to deal with an attacking moose. Do follow the link and read the comments, too... I especially like "maybe his noob sister body pulled" and the comment to follow about the tanks.

WoW lingo, for those of you baffled by all of this.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 1:39 PM |

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Social Networking Economics...

Some analysis of the social networking phenom, from Agrophilia.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 8:47 AM | Internet

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

China and the Internet

From the WSJ, coverage of the impact of the Net on China:


The Party's rescue mission was staged to quell public discontent -- not out of any real obligation to upholding the rule of law. Which brings us to the real problem: The Party can't wholly enforce the rule of law without allowing a free press, and it can't loosen the reins on the press without exposing its own corruption. It's a catch-22, and China's citizens, especially its poorest, are the ones who suffer.

Some citizens, like the brick kiln fathers, are brave enough to take justice into their own hands. Armed with the Internet, they now have a mechanism to do so.


posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:11 AM | Free Speech

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FTC Comments on Net Neutrality

Recent remarks by Deborah Platt Majoras caution against adopting net neutrality regulation, following the FTC's report:

Majoras said that without evidence of "market failure or demonstrated consumer harm, policy makers should be particularly hesitant to enact new regulation in this area."

In separate remarks before a lawyers' group Wednesday, Majoras said the agency was unaware of any market failure or consumer harm in the high-speed Internet market, according to a written copy of her speech.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:19 AM | Internet, The FTC

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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

The 700 MHz Auction--Uh Oh.

Scott Cleland blogs alertly on the problems with the framework proposed for the 700 MHz auction. Ah, do we never learn?

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 12:00 PM | Commons, Communications, Spectrum, Wireless

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Monday, June 25, 2007

Good Idea! Censorship as Trade Barrier

Braden Cox at TLF blogs on Google's argument that censorship is a trade barrier. There's a news story here. And Andrew McLaughlin blogs here. I'm astounded that this line of argument hasn't already been presented (as of course it has with the US prohibition on Internet gambling).

Continue reading Good Idea! Censorship as Trade Barrier . . .

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:51 AM | Free Speech

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Race and Privacy in Europe

An interesting essay on the downstream effects of keeping government from collecting data about race, ethnicity, or religion in France from the National Journal.

The European vision of privacy has always puzzled me. On the one hand, given the power of their welfare state, it makes sense to take some prophylactic measures to prevent a second holocaust. But why grant the powers to begin with, if one believes the risk of their abuse is so high that the government cannot be trusted with information to administer them?

Continue reading Race and Privacy in Europe . . .

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:56 AM | Privacy

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Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Telecom privatization in Brazil--The way it should be

This series of reports on the remarkable growth of the telecom and ecommerce sectors in Brazil since the phone system was privatized makes for upbeat reading.

http://www.ibls.com/internet_law_news_portal_view.aspx?s=articles&id=3901B9B2-66A2-47EF-8A4F-0E598052BF1B

http://www.crito.uci.edu/publications/pdf/gec/brazil.pdf

http://www.internetworldstats.com/sa/br.htm

http://www.midwestbusiness.com/news/viewnews.asp?newsletterID=11893

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:16 AM | Communications

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

More from the Onion

pertinent to the discussion of media violence and the influence of media on kids.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 2:24 PM | Free Speech

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Peter Huber on Net Neutrality

From Forbes.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 3:53 PM |

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Chris Yoo on Network Neutrality

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 9:08 AM | Net Neutrality

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Reason Study Blasts Muni Broadband

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 12:18 PM | Municipal Ownership

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Does Regulation Work?

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 9:27 AM | E-commerce

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Further Internet Governance Antics

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:21 AM | E-commerce

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Thursday, November 9, 2006

Privacy. If it Matters so Much, Why Not Do Proper Polls?

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:24 AM | Privacy

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Monday, November 6, 2006

ICANN at Bay!

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 9:13 AM | E-commerce

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Monday, October 30, 2006

More on ICANN

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:25 AM | E-commerce

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Wednesday, October 25, 2006

The New Independent ICANN

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 1:36 PM | E-commerce

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Tuesday, August 8, 2006

A Chat About A La Carte Cable and the NFL

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 3:29 PM | A La Carte

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Monday, July 10, 2006

Friedman Interview in LA Times

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:51 AM | Innovation, State Policy

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Sunday, July 2, 2006

More on Data Security Breaches

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 3:35 PM | E-commerce

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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Data Protection Looms: What Price Preemption?

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 11:37 AM | Capitol Hill, E-commerce, Privacy, Privacy

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

"Balance" in the Legislative Process

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 9:53 AM | Capitol Hill, DACA, Net Neutrality

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Monday, April 3, 2006

Build-Out Requirements... No, Thank You.

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 1:04 PM | Broadband, Cable, Capitol Hill

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Monday, March 6, 2006

A Short History of Equality for Networks

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 3:06 PM | Net Neutrality

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Tuesday, November 29, 2005

FCC on A La Carte Programming: Bad Idea Du Jour

posted by Solveig Singleton @ 10:26 AM | Cable

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