European Commission to scrutinize use of online consumer data
Yahoo!Tech reveals that “[t]he European Commission is about to launch an investigation into how consumers' online data is being used by search companies, social networking Web sites and Internet service [...]
No Business Model IS a Business Model
Rafe Needleman has a story today about how Twitter has gone three years without a business model, or a plan to make money. In fact, they only recently hired someone [...]
Meaning of cloud computing still a bit clouded
The Wall Street Journal has a worthwhile piece discussing the origins of the word “cloud computing” and what the term actually means. Yahoo!Tech reports that, according to a new report [...]
Republican Senator requests information on alleged DHS failings
CNetNews.com reports that “[t]he top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee is requesting detailed information, including financial figures, from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to explain why the [...]
Less than half of British population uses e-government services
The Register reveals that “[t]he [British] communications regulator has found that fewer than half the UK population has used online government services. In a report published on 20 March 2009, [...]
Economists worried about rise of protectionism
The New York Times writes that “[a]fter repeated pledges by world leaders to avoid erecting trade barriers, protectionism is on the march, provoking nasty trade disputes and undermining efforts to [...]