Doers and doings in business, entertainment and technology -- "A platform agnostic takes on the orthodoxy. In 1798, the era of President Adams' Alien and Sedition Acts and the hand-wrought printing press, the issues were already complex even if the technology was simpler. But as India ink and telegraph engendered digital media and the Internet, debates over what the First Amendment does and doesn't protect have grown ever more byzantine. Enter a freedom-of-information advocate who knows the postmodern territory well: Mark Cuban. The outspoken tycoon has agreed to underwrite the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in a legal defense against MGM. The legendary movie studio will stand before the U.S. Supreme Court with Grokster, an online file-sharing service."
From my vantage point, few areas are evolving as rapidly and with such profound implications as the space sector. For decades, satellites were essentially fixed hardware – powerful, expensive, but ultimately immutable once launched. That paradigm is undergoing a transition driven by Software-Defined Satellites (SDS). A recent market study by ABI Research underscores this transition, painting a picture of technological advancement and a fundamental reshaping of global connectivity, security, and national interests. LEO SDS Market Development The core concept behind SDS is deceptively simple yet revolutionary: decouple the satellite's capabilities from its physical hardware. Instead of launching a satellite designed for a single, fixed purpose (like broadcasting specific frequencies to a specific region), SDS allows operators to modify, upgrade, and reconfigure a satellite's functions after it's in orbit, primarily through software updates. The ABI Research report highlights ...