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March 19, 2010

Senate Financial Reform Bill to Add Sarbox 404(b) Exemption?

When the U.S. House of Representatives passed its financial reform bill in December , it contained a provision that would exempt non-accelerated filers (companies with a market capitalization of les... More >

March 18, 2010

FTC's Pamela Jones Harbour Takes Google to Task on Privacy

Weeks before she gives up her post on April 6, Federal Trade Commissioner Paula Jones Harbour is taking aim at tech companies and their privacy practices (or lack thereof). The Wall Street Journal... More >

HP Shareholders Get Advisory Vote on Executive Pay

One of the reforms suggested in the fallout of the recession and the risky business behavior behind it was allowing corporate shareholders to have a say in how (and how much) company executives are... More >

Making the Business Case for Data Center Consolidation

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HTC Will Fight Back Against Apple's Patent Lawsuit

When Apple filed a patent infringement suit against HTC earlier this month regarding patents related to the iPhone, HTC didn't respond immediately, but Google did , even though Google isn't named ... More >

Internal Threats Deserve More than Lip Service

When former Transportation Security Administration employee Douglas Duchak was indicted last week for attempting to load malicious code onto agency servers, it hopefully served as a reminder to all... More >

March 17, 2010

Google's Chinese Ad Partners Deny Demanding Compensation

Because a day can't go by without some new development in  Google's dispute with China, a letter demanding that Google compensate its advertising agencies if it decides to pull out of China was pos... More >

Health Care Collaborative Offers Comments to HHS on 'Meaningful Use'

Since the HITECH Act became law as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act last year, health care organizations and those who do business with them have been curious about how the Departme... More >

March 16, 2010

Government Agencies Have a Way to Go on Open Government

Since before he took office, President Obama has been a big advocate of transparency in government , even going so far as establishing the Open Government Initiative and issuing the open government... More >

China: Will Google Go or Stay?

As much as has been written about Google (presumably) pulling out of China , there are also several blog posts explaining valid reasons Google also has for deciding to stay put - not the least of wh... More >

Google.cn No Longer Filtered?

Though Google is denying anything about its processes have changed, MSNBC.com reported Tuesday that searches on subjects that had been blocked as objectionable are yielding results. For example, ... More >

March 15, 2010

Google Probably Taking Moral High Ground and Search, Leaving China

From all reports, Google will soon decide to shutter Google.cn completely rather than censor search results to the satisfaction of the Chinese government. Company representatives have said more tha... More >

Netflix Drops Prize Sequel to Better Protect User Privacy

Remember last year when Netflix gave away $1 million to researchers who helped improve the algorithm it uses to recommend movies to customers? The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the compa... More >

Nokia Accuses Apple of 'Legal Alchemy' in Lawsuit

Last week, Apple's iPhone developer agreement raised hackles. This week, Apple's intellectual property litigation has reared its ugly head again. But for once it's not the HTC suit . It's Nokia's.... More >

March 12, 2010

LifeLock Identity Protection Service Settles FTC Charges

It's not news to anyone in the tech industry that identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes . And it's getting even easier with all the information people voluntarily put out there about t... More >

China Warns Google Not to Violate Chinese Law

It's fascinating to watch this dispute between Google and China play out, largely because the stories coming from either side seem so different.   First Google says the parties are in "active... More >