Spam wastes enough electricity to power 2.4 million U.S. homes for a year
Yahoo!Tech writes that “[t]here are plenty of reasons to hate spammers. Add this to the list: They're environmentally unfriendly. A report [released today] by security company McAfee Inc. finds that [...]
EU sues UK over Phorm
According to Yahoo!Tech, “[t]he European Commission began legal action against the U.K. Tuesday over its failure to protect Internet users from Phorm -- a covert behavioral advertising technology tested by [...]
From “e”-Government to “we”-Government: ACT Open Government Event on Tuesday
ACT will host an event on open government on Tuesday, Apr 14 from 9:30 to 10:45am. It's at the newly opened Capitol Visitors Center, Congressional Meeting Room South (the new [...]
EU mulls granting tax breaks for cross-border research projects
According to the Financial Times, “cross-border research projects in Europe could be set for billions of euros in tax breaks under proposals that will be considered by European Union ministers [...]
France adopts “three strikes and you’re out” law
The Register reports that the French National Assembly has now voted through its “three strikes law” designed to clamp down on file-sharing and illegal downloads. Yahoo!News reveals that “IBM cut [...]
Yep, That’s Their Business Model
Just a week after a widely read news story about how Twitter, three years in, doesn’t have a business model, here comes the news today is that Google is in [...]