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US Photos and Prints Visitors

US introduces new security checks – New US security regulations have come into force that will see most foreign visitors having their photographs and fingerprints taken. The rules apply to all those requiring visas to enter the United States. [BBC] I wonder how long it will be until police are routinely running fingerprints against this ...

cre8d Blog Design Gallery

Blog Design Showcase Archives – I’ve been making blogs for a while now, will be launching a Blog Design Showcase in January 2004 and I’ll be redesigning this blog in the near future as things have got a bit messy here for my liking, so this is also a reminder to myself. [ “(extlink)cre8d journal”:http://www.cre8d-design.com ...

.Name allows monopolizing names

.Name has apparently abandoned their earlier policy of only giving out third level domains (e.g. you could register john.smith.name but not just smith.name — thus preventing any other smiths from using a .name address) and will now act as just another TLD. [ “(extlink)Hack the Planet”:http://wmf.editthispage.com ] It seems like perhaps a return to a ...

Apple the Unsuccessful Innovator

If He’s So Smart…Steve Jobs, Apple, and the Limits of Innovation – The battle over digital music is just another verse in Apple’s sad song: This astonishingly imaginative company keeps getting muscled out of markets it creates. So what does Apple have to tell us about innovation? [Fast Company] The article’s point is keen: Apple ...

RIAA Suffers Setback

RIAA vs. Verizon – The Circuit Court of Appeals Trims the RIAA’s DMCA Wings – There was a case decided on Friday by a federal appeals court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, that is so significant in its implications, at least to my reading, that I thought it worthwhile to ...