Ringing Up Technology

Some interesting tidbits...

According to the NYT, HTC is developing a mobile device based on Google's Android platform for T-Mobile. I have seen the HTC Universal, and it is a SLICK device. If the device integrates tightly with Google Applications including Picasa, it should pose tough competition for the iPhone (which, according to reports, still has issues like dropped calls).

Another Google Note: as the war rages on between the media content owners and the folks who put up unauthorized videos on You Tube, some media companies are apparently working with Google to let the clips remain on the site but have advertising with the clip. The content owner and Google share the ad revenues.

On the issue of copyrights violation of open source software, the US federal appeals court ruled that conditions of an agreement called the Artistic Licence were enforceable under copyright law.This has implications for open source software developers and users. Making changes to the open source software and releasing it as proprietary software without revealing changes, or releasing it without attribution, will be deemed unacceptable.