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 for Competitive Technology (ACT) are pleased President Obama picked a CTO who recognizes the link between innovation and intellectual property. [...]
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 and the Free community is jeering. Both, of course, are probably making too much of the verdict. Mike Masnick over [...]
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 main entrance to the U.S. Capitol, is located on the East front at First Street and East Capitol Street, NE). [...]
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 who’s specifically tasked with making a business out of Twitter. But as Needleman points out, that doesn’t mean Twitter isn’t [...]
Former Washington State Governor Gary Locke will undoubtedly face some tough questions during his confirmation hearing tomorrow, but the truly important ones will likely not be asked. The unfortunate reality is that the typical confirmation process provides little substance, but lots of political theater. Tomorrow is unlikely to be any [...]