Obama Makes The Right Choice With Chopra for CTO
This weekend, President Barack Obama announced that he will be appointing Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology to be the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer. We at the Association [...]
ACT Joins the Party: Recognized as Interested 3rd Party in EC Browser Case
The European Commission has recognized the Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) as an interested third party in opposition to the Commission's Statement of Objections regarding Microsoft's actions in the browser [...]
Even If It Doesn’t Move… Regulate It
I can’t believe that I’ve let a whole week go by without posting this article from the Wall Street Journal. I hadn’t seen this reported elsewhere, but Treasury Secretary Geithner [...]
Good Riddance, Pirate Bay! Long Live BitTorrent!
The Pirate Bay guys are going to jail (well, maybe… if and when they lose their legal appeals to today’s ruling). As to be expected, the content people are cheering [...]
Will CNN-Kutcher contest lead to Twitter business plan?
Internetnews.com has an interesting article on how the battle between CNN and Ashton Kutcher for Twitter followers may spur Twitter to “adopt its long-awaited business plan.” The Register reports that [...]
ACT Event: Moving from e-Government to We-Government
Washington, DC – On Wednesday, ACT hosted an event entitled “Moving from e-Government to We-Government: Creating Processes for Transparency and Openness” in Washington, DC. The event focused on the practical [...]