Mozilla has finally released Firefox 3 in its stable version. Faster, leaner, and full of more add-ons than ever before, the browser that broke Microsoft's monopoly on the market has even more features, including malware filtering, a smarter address bar, and improved font and CSS rendering.

Remember when AOL used to charge by the hour in the early days of the Web? If you were online back then and were grinding teeth over $100+ bills, the good old days may be here again!

Time Warner is saying to hell with unlimited access, and is planning to "meter" bandwidth and data transfers with a variable pricing structure similar to what you pay for cell phone minutes and electricity.

John Solomon, known for his hatchet jobs investigative reporting of prominent Democrats has left his current job at the Washington Post to become Executive Editor of The Washington Times

I was watching the evening news on my local NBC affiliate, and it has just been announced that Richardson is exiting the race.

With Hillary now being projected to (narrowly) win in New Hampshire, it looks like we have a competitive race on our hands. How competitive you ask? Well, as the title of my diary suggests, it is possible that this race will not be over on February 5th, or even in early March. And BOTH parties have a decent probability of this happening.

Following the death of Nataline Sarkisyan, her family has hired Mark Geragos and are seeking to have criminal charges pressed against Cigna. Unfortunately, this practice of "Murder by Spreadsheet" or putting profits above people, isn't specifically targeted by criminal charges, and I'm not sure if a wrongful death suit will help (I would love to be corrected by any Kossacks who can find states laws that say otherwise).

Since 2003, the RIAA has either sued or threatened to sue more than 20,000 people. Most of the people (liable or not) settled with them to the tune of $3,000-$5,000, while others who have been wrongfully accused and illegally harassed have been prodding the RIAA just to get their legal fees paid back.
Unfortunately, today the RIAA won its first case, as it was one of the few to actually make it this far without a settlement or a case being dropped.

The RIAA's reign of terror against the people has hit a pivotal speed bump. A federal judge has awarded Tanya Andersen attorney fees in the Atlantic v. Andersen case.
Now, considering the fact that the RIAA has sued (or threatened to sue) over 21,000 people since September 2003, the Andersen case brings out the worst nature of both the cartel and its lawyers.

Well well well, since Verizon didn't get its way when the FCC set the rules for the 700 MHz spectrum auction, they have decided to fight back with their lawyers. Ars Technica reports that Verizon is suing the FCC to browbeat it into abandoning its "open access" requirements for the spectrum. One of those requirements stipulates that any device that is capable of utilizing the spectrum must be allowed to. This is seen by Verizon (and AT&T, which is also bidding) as an affront to their proprietary lock-in model.

Since the Apple Store seems to be closed at the moment, and since there is a lot of speculation regarding one or more possible new iPod launches today, I thought that "teh Steve" deserves a thread regarding his announcements. I'll be busy this afternoon, but since nobody has yet posted on today's event, I feel that posting an obligatory thread is in order.

Today has seen a great series of events in name of copyright and patent reform, with two of the most overzealous and unethical intellectual property entities getting smacked down (plus more copyright news).

I hope that I'm not the only one here who is sick of hearing about the iPhone? I like Apple products, and I do believe that Steve Jobs is one of America's best CEO's out there right now, but I am sick of the hype and obsession that a PHONE is being allotted by the mainstream media. I guess that this gentlemen had his rage boil up today over it.

Aside from weakening Brown v. Board of Ed., the SCOTUS has issued yet another decision overturning precedent. This one rolls back a 96 year-old ban on price floors.

Bad news. According to Ars Technica, the FTC has issued a guideline report (a non-binding report that is given to advise lawmakers and policy makers) critical of net neutrality.

This should come as a surprise to no one, unless you are one of the Senate Democrats who had their heads buried in the sand between September 2005 and January 2006.

I was just watching my local NYC affiliate for CBS, and they just announced that Bloomberg is leaving the GOP. The breaking news story didn't give a reason for why he's doing this.

By now it is well-known that AT&T seeks to become one of worst corporations in the country. Recent mergers with Bell South and SBC  have effectively signaled an intent to rebuild the pre-1984 "Ma Bell." Unfortunately, the old saying of "Ma has got you by the calls" is more true than ever...and now she has you by the packets.

Just a week ago, I wrote about the upcoming broadcast spectrum auction and how using the 700 MHz spectrum could provide universal broadband access for those who either can't afford Cable or DSL or fiber, or who live in parts of the country that cannot access broadband due to under-investment by the cable and telecom companies. Now, Kerry has come out in favor of fair FCC auction rules, and argues that everyone should be able to get broadband