NEWS ROUNDUP (to make up for the lack of recent activity)

I've been sick, and on top of that, really busy with a handful of other projects. So I neglected this blog quite a bit (since no one reads it anyway). But a lot of interesting stuff happened while I wasn't posting.

Here are som headlines and links to check out. No commentary from me this time, I'm just trying to get you up to date quickly. I just pulled these from Slashdot to be lazy.

Network Neutrality Still Lives (Sen. Diane Feinstein Failes)
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=09/02/14/205246

N.Y. Gov. Aims To Tax Downloads
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100746980

Bill Would Require ISPs, Wi-Fi Users To Keep Logs
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=09/02/20/131224

Obama Admin Fights Missing White House Email Lawsuit
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?no_d2=1&sid=09/02/22/1254248

Diane Feinstein Attacks Net Neutrality

Proving once again that democrats are just about as bad as republicans, Sen. Feinstein attempted to put language into the stimulus bill that would kill net neutrality. Even though it initially failed, she apparently about to attempt a redo.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/11/feinstein_stimulus_amendment/

Expect some big changes to the way we do P2P.

According to CNET, "President Obama is continuing to fill the senior ranks of the U.S. Department of Justice with the copyright industry's favorite lawyers" with the selection of Donald Verrilli, from the Verrilli Family, el Señor Presidente's latest acquisition.

http://gizmodo.com/5146966/riaa-and-bsas-favorite-lawyers-taking-top-department-of-justice-posts

House Votes to Delay Digital TV Switch to June 12

The U.S. will push back the transition to digital television until June 12 from Feb. 17 after the House approved the delay because many households aren’t ready for the switch.

President Barack Obama will sign the measure postponing the date when major TV stations must stop using traditional analog signals, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Jan. 30. More than 6.5 million homes aren’t ready to receive digital signals, the Nielsen Co. said last month.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=af_NnHA2O9bI&refer=home