Remove Legal Remove Magazine Remove Parts Remove Store
article thumbnail

One Way to Stop the Social Spread of Disinformation

Cars That Think

Alamouti, who has won this year’s Marconi Prize , says he believes part of the solution is to decentralize the cloud—which would help bring about a more open Internet and eventually allow consumers to choose what data of theirs they want to sell. Alamouti, cofounder and executive board chairman of Mimik , in Oakland, Calif., in Burnaby.

article thumbnail

GM Proposes Electric Car Plug Standard - GoodCleanTech

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In order for plug-in electric vehicles to become part of the mainstream, a plug-in ecosystem must be in place when vehicles like the Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle hit the market," GM said on its company FastLane blog. PC Magazine, the PCMag.com logo and Gearlog are registered trademarks of Ziff Davis Publishing Holdings Inc.

GM 28
article thumbnail

How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

Cars That Think

The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. Suits now being litigated could assign those innovations not to the designers and their companies, but to those who first filed for legal protection on them.

Design 141
article thumbnail

How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

Cars That Think

is already up to his elbows in electronic parts, digging through stacks of dusty circuit boards. Ted Hoff is part of electronics industry legend. But the technical part of Hoff’s mind has no off-switch, and he quickly concluded that the engineers were going in the wrong direction. Ted) Hoff Jr. in Rochester, NY. San Jose, Calif.,

IDEA 115
article thumbnail

When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

Cars That Think

Squibb, were at the time locked in a nasty legal battle over the commercial rights to the antibiotic tetracycline. With the help of simple magnetic devices called “ induction coils ”—essentially spare radio parts, available at most any hardware store—the induction method amounted, somewhat paradoxically, to a wireless wiretap.

article thumbnail

Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

Cars That Think

Giving you access to perks, including Spectrum magazine and many education and career resources. My primary appointment is at the law school where I teach legal philosophy. So it was from 1600 to 2014, about whether you’re allowed legally to go to war. And how does it relate to legal and ethical questions we have?

Legal 58