AutoHop: A DISH that’s hard for networks to swallow

On May 10th, 2012 Dish network (hereafter “DISH”) announced that it would be adding a new feature named “AutoHop” to their digital video recorder (the Hopper).  The feature would allow viewers to automatically skip over advertisements in the shows that they record.  Large TV networks such as Fox, CBS and NBC have called the feature […]

US Tax Funded Research: Sick of Pay-Per-View?

Free online access to tax-funded scientific research is the most recent movement by American open-access advocate group Access2Research.  The group calls for a policy similar to the one currently implemented by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).  New scientific papers, which were funded by the NIH, are deposited in the online databank PubMED within a […]