http://www.scripting.com/ It's even worse than it appears. en-us Copyright 1997-2006 Dave Winer Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:00:00 GMT Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:15:39 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss OPML Editor version 0.71 dave@scripting.com dave@scripting.com <a href="http://www.rlslog.net/hd-dvd-protection-cracked-after-8-days/">Releaselog says</a> that the HD-DVD protection scheme has been cracked. Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:15:15 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/12/30.html#When:4:15:15PM <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/12/30/world/middleeast/30cnd-hussein2.html">NY Times photo</a> of Saddam Hussein just before his death. Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:27:01 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/12/30.html#When:7:27:01AM http://www.scripting.com/2006/12/30.html#whenDidGoogleBecomeEvil <p><a href="http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-recent-google-tips/">Matt Cutts</a>, who works at Google, on the "tips" issue.</p> <p>I stopped believing in Google fairplay when they <a href="http://www.scripting.com/2003/06/26.html#When:5:10:29AM">added</a> a Blog-This feature to their toolbar, and didn't use open APIs so users could post with any blogging tool, not just Google's. To be clear, I wouldn't have objected if they had set the default to work with their tool, as long as users could change a preference to use it with other tools. Long-term it would have made their tool more useful to more people, following the <a href="http://www.scripting.com/2005/12/12.html#howToMakeMoneyOnTheInternetVersion3">principle</a> of sending people away to get them to come back. In other words, giving people choice would have made it possible for their competitors to recommend their product. </p> <p><a href="http://scripting.wordpress.com/2006/12/30/scripting-news-for-12302006/#comments">Do you trust Google</a> to be fair to all, or do you think they tilt the table in favor of their own tools and content? Perhaps the two issues are not related?</p> <p>Is Google something special, or just another tech company?</p> <p>PS: I chose this headline, deliberately, to be provocative. Maybe you think Google never became evil, and never will. </p> Sat, 30 Dec 2006 15:31:17 GMT http://www.scripting.com/2006/12/30.html#whenDidGoogleBecomeEvil