IP counterfeiting doesn’t get alot of press these days and hasn’t for decades, but, this article definitely needs reading. Here is the link:IP Counterfeiting
Yet another in a growing list of situations in which crime appears to pay- or, it is clearly worth the risks involved.
IP owners have another aspect of commercialization that must be continually addressed on a corporate level.
What we can learn today from Y2K. Scenario Planning and Contingency Planning are needed now, more than ever.
Google and NASA Have A New Quantum Computer: Quantum Computing. Changes the way you look at doing computing. Running HOT but keeping it cool. If you wanted to compare this joint venture computing effort by NASA, Google, and USRA (Universities Space Research Association) to traditional computing, you might not be overly impressed. But you probably should be. Maybe. It will be interesting to see if this is the way forward in computing vs other possible…
SU Labs | Singularity University: Check out Singularity University… Exponential growth in information and technologies. Here is the introduction of the Singularity University at the TED conference by Ray Kurzweil in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMYVH-hBGWg Very cool This is interesting changes in technologies and technologies. ‘via Blog this’
The Farmer’s Dilemma Elias, a farmer in eastern Ohio, stands at the edge of his fields with competing futures before him. Is there a carbon-negative future ahead? His corn stretches toward the horizon, but beneath the soil lie the Utica and Marcellus Shale formations, some of the richest fossil reserves in North America. He could lease to an oil company tomorrow and receive an upfront check larger than any harvest he has ever sold. Yet…
Maria Pallante: out of Copyright Office Great article by Dennis Crouch over at Patently-O. (But then aren’t they all great over there.) Apparently Pallante is out as Chief of the Copyright office. And the clamor is up as to why we don’t have a unified IP at the patent and trademark office, kind of a US PTOC. (I guess that would be pronounced Pea-Talk, or PeeTalk, if you wanted to talk dirty.) Back in 2012,…
Iris: Setting up a smart home gets a whole lot easier. This helps to monitor the home energy use as a kind of side benefit. One of the advantages of doing this security and home management stuff yourself (DIY) is that the likelihood of actually utilizing it, and utilizing it well increases. The cost is about $10 per month for more services and longer record times, however? This probably can’t replace the home monitoring system…
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Counterfeit parts has been a big issue in the airline industry for decades. There are a huge number of issues, including many health and safety.
Even Gucci and toys have issues. The lead-based toys in some knock-offs pose a health issue.
When you guy pirated software, intentionally, you probably do deserve the viruses and snoopware that come with it (although it is unclear if friends and family do as well).:-(