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Our Q and A With Mike Capuano

Thanks again to NECN on Twit­ter (@NECN & @rdsahl ) tonight we had the chance to fol­low up with Mike Capuano (@capuano4senate) on the topic of net neu­tral­ity. Like most of his answers tonight his response was short and to the point. Q: How do you see your­self con­tribut­ing to our tech­no­log­i­cal future. For instance are […]

Google Books Deal Limits Scope

Late Fri­day Google filed the newest ver­sion of a set­tle­ment that now restricts the ways Google can make money from scan­ning and dig­i­tiz­ing out-of-print books. It only applies only to works from English-speaking coun­tries, and requires the reg­istry to seek out copy­right hold­ers who do not come for­ward. While the finan­cial terms of the settlement […]

Our Q and A With Alan Khazei

Tonight we had an oppor­tu­nity to pose a ques­tion to Mass­a­chu­setts Sen­ate Can­di­date Alan Khazei about net neu­tral­ity. To our sur­prise he was very pas­sion­ate about the subject.