Om Malik has already declared Intel a loser in the mobile space against ARM based microprocessors as Intel announced their new Atom Z6xx series chips based on the x86 Intel Architecture (IA) that dominates the desktop and notebook (including the subcategory of netbooks) space. I think Intel certainly has a tough road ahead in the mobile space, but Malik’s prediction of Intel’s demise may be premature and possibly wrong, and Anand Lal Shimpi has some detailed insights to share on this new Intel product.

Ed Bott posted a great analysis on why Microsoft chose H.264 for HTML5. At 10 to 20 cents per user in royalty payments (capped at 10% increase every 5 years), generous hardware support, and indemnification from hundreds of patents from 26 companies across 10 different countries, the choice was obvious.

Groups like Free Press and Public Knowledge say they only care about having Title II structural separation and they don’t care about regulating or preventing content or application censorship. But the Open Internet Coalition says they only want to prevent content censorship and that they don’t care about structural separation.

Castro delves into the Facebook privacy issue in his latest article. He states that the latest concern, which has drawn letters from several Congressmen, are two new features introduced at the recent F8 Developers Conference.

Think Tank World New website: “Think Tanked is a blog specializing in original reporting and analysis on the influence of think tanks in the politics of Washington and beyond.” Ah, we love to be told how important we are, and we love even more for everyone else to be told. Heartland Institute, via Jeff Judson, [...]

An interesting website which I just found by accident is Technology|Academics|Policy (TAP), created by Microsoft to be: [A] forum for academics leading the dialogue on the impact of technological innovation in the following areas: intellectual property, patents and licensing cloud computing/software + services competition policy and antitrust economic growth and the knowledge economy privacy and [...]

Many are claiming that the FCC is predicting an impending cable monopoly in the broadband market, but the head of the FCC National Broadband Plan Blair Levin dispelled this notion.

Ford and Spiwak examine “data-driven decisionmaking,” and suggest that any public policy decision making should be accompanied by evidence. Furthermore, what should be data-driven proposals and conclusions that do not include evidence lacks any substance. Data as evidence provides support to whatever claim is being made.