TiVo and EchoStar return to court
According to Yahoo!Tech, “[d]igital video recorder maker TiVo Inc and EchoStar Corp [returned] to a Texas court [today]in the latest round of a longstanding fight over a television recording technology [...]
FTC issues new privacy guidelines
Yahoo!News reports that “Federal regulators tweaked recommendations for how websites should collect, save and share information about users, extending them to Internet service providers and mobile users. The Federal Trade [...]
The Key to Open Government is Through Processes, not Products
"Open government" can mean various things to different people, but a couple of articles I've recently read suggest that solutions for opening the government vault of information should focus on [...]
A BRIDGE in the Stimulus That Everyone Could Support
The Senate signed the “stimulus” bill today and is headed to a tough conference with the House. People of differing opinions can have honest debate about whether or not this [...]
Bahraini web crackdown sparks protests
Yahoo!Tech reports that “[a] Bahraini crackdown on websites the government deems indecent or socially explosive has triggered calls for reforms by rights activists and bloggers, who say the ban tarnishes [...]
Making it easier for venture capital firms to invest in German companies is a good idea – excluding foreign VC firms is not
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation under EC Treaty state aid rules into planned German tax advantages (known in Germany as "MoRaKG") for venture capital companies and individuals investing [...]