Yesterday I testified before a joint House/Senate Science & Technology committee of the Georgia General Assembly. SB 59 would make it illegal for a social networking site like MySpace to give minor children access without permission from a parent. It would also give parents surreptitious access to their children's pages. [...]
The International Herald Tribune reports that “Silicon Valley company [VeriSign] is undertaking a $100 million expansion of a crucial part of the system that speeds Web users to their destinations” in order “[t]o keep up with the growing strains put on the Internet by both legitimate users and online attackers”. [...]
According to MSNBC, “News Corp.'s Web network MySpace has been in talks for several months with online auction company eBay Inc. about a partnership” which would allow “MySpace users [to] buy and sell items from each other using eBay's online-commerce technology and its PayPal payment system.” In a different story, [...]
The World May Be Flat, But Nations Must Create An Environment for Innovation ACT Study Identifies IP Protection, Trade, and Competition Polices as Critical to Global Competitiveness Washington – Thomas Friedman tells us the world is flat, but national policies still matter for companies of all sizes looking to innovate [...]
National Policies as Platforms for Innovation: Reconciling a Flat World with Creative Cities Thomas Friedman tells us the world is flat, but national policies still matter for companies of all sizes looking to innovate and compete in the global marketplace. "National Policies as Platforms for Innovation: Reconciling a Flat World [...]