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EchoStar acquired by Sling Media

EchoStar has acquired Sling Media for $380 million . While this is interesting in and of itself, the timing is particularly curious considering Sling just announced a deal with competitor DirectTV to bring its NFL Sunday Ticket to the desktop . It will be interesting to see what EchoStar does with Sling...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 09-25-2007
The Sopranos Series Finale

I never thought we were going to get closure, but perhaps the issue was that we got too much of it. A lot of it just felt, for a lack of a better word, cheesy to me. Complex story lines that were developed over several years were tied up with amazing ease, especially the whole feud with NY. (They went...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-10-2007
Refocusing Net Neutrality

Awhile back, I echoed the electricity analogy : the problem is that the "telecoms are threatening to charge a premium for how the utility is used, instead of how much of it is used." Someone from the Hands Off the Internet Coalition commented on that post. Tim, the analogy is flawed and doesn't make...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-04-2007
Microsoft Silverlight

A lot of people are very excited about Silverlight , the technology that was formerly known as WPF/E. Jesse says it will give Flash a real run for its money because of a better video story (emphasis in original). Unlike Flash, Silverlight (the new name) will support DRM, it supports the industry standard...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 05-25-2007
What are your predictions for The Sopranos?

With 2 episodes down and just 7 left, what do you think is going to happen? Who will die and who will make it? Who will end up in jail and who will turn informant? How will things play out with the Brooklyn family? Personally, I think that Tony will not end up dead or in jail - it's just too predictable...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-16-2007
Understanding the Cablevision DVR lawsuit

While I agree with Mark Cuban that the lawsuit is a mistake , I thought it was worth discussing why - from a legal perspective - the network DVR is an issue. Copyright gives the owner a limited monopoly over a few aspects, most notably the ability to reproduce and distribute the work. In a "normal" DVR...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-11-2007
The UAC security flaw in Vista

User Account Control (UAC) is one of the key security mechanisms introduced in Vista. In the past, the default account as an administrator. Following the principle of least privilege , the default Vista account runs with limited access, and Vista detects when something requires "administrator prompts...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-03-2007
Streamburst offers innovative DRM for video

I've already discussed the German music store using watermarks to discourage piracy , and now it seems another service is applying the same principle to video . Instead of handcuffing viewers who want to view films they purchase on multiple devices and otherwise use content legitimately in ways DRM blocks...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-28-2007
An Introduction to OpenID

OpenID, which describes itself as "an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity", has been gaining momentum and getting press in the Identity 2.0 space. The fundamental idea of OpenID is that a URI is necessarily unique and thus a good way to identify users. If you say you...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-15-2007
An Anthropologist's Take on Web 2.0

The Machine is us. ( Link to the video )

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-09-2007

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