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April 30, 2010
Microsoft's Position on Net Neutrality 'Evolves'
When a federal court decided the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to tell Comcast or other Internet service providers how to manage the traffic on their networks, the ag... More >
Don't Ignore Expense Report Risks
About a month ago, Peter Millar, the director of technology application at ACL Services wrote a guest opinion for us on the importance of keeping an eye on employee expense reports and other intern... More >
April 29, 2010
German Privacy Regulators Still Concerned about Google Street View
Google plans to launch Street View mapping in Germany by the end of this year, according to The New York Times , despite new concerns recently raised by the country's privacy regulators. St... More >
Reminder: Facebook Doesn't Really Care about Privacy
Wednesday, Wired 's Eliot Van Buskirk reminded the world once again that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn't put much stock in privacy . The issue came up again when New York Times tech blogger Ni... More >
Gawker Considers Suing Sheriff's Office for iPhone Raid
The dispute between Gizmodo and the San Mateo County, Calif., sheriff's office regarding the iPhone 4G prototype continues. CNET News reported Wednesday that Gawker Media, Gizmodo's parent compan... More >
Debate Begins on Senate Financial Reform Bill
Debate on the sweeping financial reform legislation proposed by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., will finally begin Thursday. The bill stalled earlier this week when Democrats could not muster the ... More >
ArmedZilla Provides Military with Specialized Social Networking
Not long ago, the Department of Defense reversed its decision on social networking for active military and agreed to allow the rank-and-file to use such platforms as Twitter, Facebook, and others t... More >
April 27, 2010
Journalist Shield Laws and the iPhone Prototype 'Leak'
Remember the firestorm last week when pictures of and details about the next iPhone showed up in Gizmodo ? As the story evolved, we learned that Gray Powell, an Apple engineer, inadvertently left... More >
Facebook 'Instant Personalization' Draws Lawmaker Scrutiny
Boy, that didn't take long. Last week, Facebook made changes to its privacy controls so that it could share user information with third-party websites unless users opt out of said sharing.... More >
Senate Financial Reform Bill Stalls
The financial regulatory overhaul bill sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., "stalled out" on the Senate floor Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal . Democrats fell just three votes ... More >
April 26, 2010
Kelly's Facebook Tenure May Hurt His Calif. AG Campaign
I've lost count of how many times I've heard and said some variation of "You know, that Facebook post will come back to haunt you someday. Mark my words." After all, Facebook posts, Twitter message... More >
April 23, 2010
IG's Report: SEC Staff Accessed Porn on Government PCs
A Securities and Exchange Commission Inspector General's report released Thursday reveals several "senior staffers" have used government computers to access and download pornography in the past thr... More >
Tech Companies Anxious to See Official ACTA Proposal
Nearly a month ago, digital rights advocates at La Quadrature du Net got their hands on a draft of the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement that the United States and nine other countries have been neg... More >
April 22, 2010
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Police Department 'Sexting' Case
I a card-based solution that goes into servers to increase I/O performance of the Ontario, Calif., police department last December when the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear his case. After Quon w... More >
Webcam Spying Case Against Pa. School System Gets Uglier
An employee in the Pennsylvania school system accused of violating students' privacy by activating the webcams on school provided laptops without their knowledge has invoked her Fifth Amendment ri... More >
April 21, 2010
Google Faces Antitrust Questions, More Privacy Concerns
a solution from Cloudera and Dell The Federal Trade Commission. The Chinese government. They've all been on Google's back recently. And it seems the company is now on Consumer Watchdog '... More >
April 19, 2010
SEC Wants to Get Out from Under Appropriations, Fund Itself
I've written a few times now about the Senate's version of the financial regulatory reform bill, most notably that Sen. James DeMint, R-S.C., has promised to propose an amendment that would exempt s... More >
April 16, 2010
Apple, Adobe Headed for Court Over Apple SDK Changes?
If the rumors are true, Apple may soon be facing sorry state of integration (or lack thereof) in HR systems The Register reports Adobe has plans to sue the Cupertino, Calif., company for b... More >
April 15, 2010
Basel Action Network to Certify, Audit Recyclers
I first wrote about the Basel Action Network's (BAN) e-Stewards program helping make the case to include IT executives among their ranks after speaking to Redemtech President Robert Houghton about ... More >
FCC 'Exploring Its Options,' Moving Forward with Broadband Plan
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the commission is moving ahead with its National Broadband Plan. Th... More >
Library of Congress Acquires Public Twitter Archive
As of Wednesday, it seems that White House spokesperson Robert Gibbs isn't the only person who has to remember that his "tweets" are being carefully preserved for posterity. We all do. The Library ... More >
April 14, 2010
Maintaining Privacy and Security Online Takes Work
Last week I asked a handful of people to tell me whether they think privacy is alive or dead. As I mentioned Monday , the responses varied widely, with the majority coming down somewhere in the midd... More >
April 13, 2010
Federal Court: Warrant Unnecessary for Border Search of Laptop in Texas
Other than last September when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decided that investigators could not avail themselves of the "plain view" doctrine when executing a search warrant for... More >
Is Google Changing Its Mind on Net Neutrality?
Washington Post columnist Cecilia Kang brought up an interesting point Monday. Since the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of Comcast in its suit against the Federal Commun... More >
April 12, 2010
Griffin Takes on Chief Compliance Duties for SEC
The Securities and Exchange Commission has a new chief compliance officer. Kathleen Griffin comes to the newly created position following her tenure as senior compliance manager for Putnam Investme... More >
Online Privacy: It's What You Make It
The popularity of Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and a host of other social networks has more than once prompted the question: Is privacy dead? Just in reading about it, I noticed that the answers ... More >
April 9, 2010
Facebook in Hot Water with German Consumer Protection Minister
I could almost feel sorry for Facebook. Yet another country's privacy chief is on its case about consumer privacy issues. First the Canadian Privacy Commission took issue with Facebook, then the... More >
White House to Agencies: Don't Rely on Online Comments, Rankings
The Obama Administration has been all about open government and increased transparency since before the president took office, so it really should come as no surprise that as of Wednesday, most fed... More >
April 8, 2010
Privacy Groups File FTC Complaint About Behavioral Ads
The World Privacy Forum, the Center for Digital Democracy, and U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Groups) are poised to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission regarding "tracking and pro... More >
Comment Deadline Extended on Proposed Net Neutrality Rules
In the aftermath of Tuesday's decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that Title I of the Communications Act does not give the Federal Communications Commission... More >
Google Mobile Now Accessible in Mainland China
According to PCWorld.com , Google's mobile services (search, maps and news) are now "mostly accessible" in mainland China. As of a week ago, such services were partially blocked on the mainland.... More >
April 7, 2010
Stakeholders Speak out on Court Decision, Wait for FCC's Next Move
The federal appellate court decision in favor of Comcast over the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday has been the talk of the tech sector. The court determined the FCC did not have authority... More >
Will Google-China Dispute Lead to Cyber War?
The ongoing Google-China dispute arguably began when hackers based in the country breached Google's network. In the days shortly after, Chinese hackers were also blamed for hacks into several... More >
April 6, 2010
Senate Financial Reform Bill Survives Committee
Late last month, the Senate Banking Committee approved a financial regulatory reform package sponsored by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. According to Investment News , the 1,300-page bill, known ... More >
Court Decision a Setback for FCC, Net Neutrality, Broadband Plan
In the ongoing battle between Comcast Communications and the Federal Communications Commission regarding the agency's authority to regulate the Internet, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District ... More >
Documents Prove Toyota Hid 'Sticky Pedal' Problem from Regulators
In February, I wrote about the impact electronic documents could have on Toyota after a congressional committee and the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration decided to launch a for... More >
April 5, 2010
Google Hong Kong Gets a New Logo
In the latest Google vs. China news, Google's Hong Kong site got a new logo over the weekend. And unlike the company's 24-hour name change to Topeka, this is no April Fool's joke. Business... More >
Another E-Mail Policy Cautionary Tale
It's a given that employees in the United States don't usually have a legitimate expectation of privacy in e-mail sent and received via a company account on company machines or hand-helds. But what a... More >
Google Gives Buzz Users Another Chance to Change Privacy Settings
I admire Google's willingness to admit its mistakes with Google Buzz privacy settings ( or lack thereof in the beginning) but the "double check your privacy settings" prompt expected to roll out t... More >
A Good Start to Compliant Cloud Computing
As cloud computing has gained acceptance in different markets and in so many parts of the enterprise, experts have raised several different questions that those contemplating making use of the clou... More >
April 2, 2010
Elan Sues Apple Over Multitouch Tech
It's funny how almost every time a new Apple product is poised for release, Apple will find itself the subject of yet another intellectual property lawsuit. Not long ago it was Nokia and patents re... More >
Federal Court Denies En Banc Review in Microsoft-i4i Patent Case
Microsoft is running out of options in the i4i patent case. On Thursday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied the software juggernaut's request for en banc review of its decis... More >
April 1, 2010
A Step Toward Greater Privacy in the Cloud?
For 24 years, the Electronic Communications Act of 1986 has governed, among other things, how law enforcement can access and/or use archived voice mail, e-mail and other communications. But a coalit... More >
Google to Allow Developers Access to Gmail with User Consent
Facebook has gotten all kinds of grief lately for continually tweaking its privacy settings to give users less control over how their information is used. Earlier this week, the social networking com... More >
