Is Ad Blocking Legal?

With the continuing furor over the Firefox ad blocker extension just about everywhere on line, a new twist has developed in the argument that the whole idea might not be entirely legal. CNet breaks the news, with commentary from just about everyone else.

“Demo shows” Really Free for Anyone?

I’m seeing a LOT of hype about TechCrunch 40 being free for companies to demo at. Eric Norlin repeats that, for instance, on his blog. That just isn’t true, if you look at it the right way.

Who’s Going to Win TechCrunch 40?

Part of the fun of the next two days will be seeing who’ll win the $50,000 at TechCrunch 40, which starts in a few hours here in San Francisco.

Iran’s Google Block An “Error”

The rapidly spreading story about Iran's censorship of Google and Gmail now has to compete with another story: that of Iran undoing the blocking at its ISPs.