August 31, 2010
'Retargeted' Advertisements Create Renewed Calls for Regulation
Privacy appears to be the name of the game – for today, at least. According to The New York Times , targeted advertising is in privacy advocates' sights again, this time because of a particular proc... More >
Does Court Ruling Mean Government Can Follow Us Anywhere?
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that law enforcement officials did not violate an individual's privacy rights when they attached a GPS tracking device to his vehicle,... More >
August 30, 2010
RIM Gets Two Months' Breathing Room in India
When we last checked on BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, the Canadian company was scrambling to avoid being blocked in India. The country's officials are concerned that they cannot monitor encr... More >
Why HP's Decision to Oust Hurd Was the Best One
When HP's board showed former CEO Mark Hurd the door a few weeks ago, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said the board had made "the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the Apple board fired Stev... More >
August 27, 2010
What's in a Name? Facebook Wants Teachbook to Find Another One
Oh, Facebook. Seriously? In case you missed it earlier this week, Facebook has decided that no other social network can use any part of its name. The company is suing a not-yet-operational n... More >
August 26, 2010
RIM Offers to Hold Forum to Prevent BlackBerry Ban in India
Early this month, officials in the United Arab Emirates announced they would be banning some of Research in Motion's services for BlackBerry smartphones beginning in October. They are concerned bec... More >
August 25, 2010
Surprise! Facebook Places Perturbs Privacy Advocates
Is anyone surprised that Facebook's newest feature, Places, has privacy advocates on the warpath again? Or that the American Civil Liberties Union complained about it the very day it debuted? I d... More >
August 24, 2010
Consumer Complaints, Government Queries and the Best for Business
Last week, Topix.com founder and CEO Chris Tolles took to a Tech Crunch post to give advice to businesses that may, at some point or another, face investigation by and negotiations with state o... More >
Clear Policy Is Key in Social-Networking Compliance
When the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) decided to allow advisers to use social-networking tools for business - within appropriate parameters, of course - the folks at Smarsh knew ... More >
August 23, 2010
Germany to Forbid Screening of Job Candidates on Facebook?
It should go without saying that employers need to use caution when they use social-networking sites to gather information on job candidates. After all, you don't want to inadvertently learn someth... More >
August 20, 2010
Dodd-Frank Act Makes CEO-Worker Pay Gap Subject to Disclosure
Executive pay has been a hot-button issue for awhile now, but it came into sharp focus when executives whose companies were taking bailout money hand-over-fist somehow managed to keep millions in ... More >
Corporate Interests Negotiate Net Neutrality Solution - Again
Since the Federal Communications Commission has yet to act on net neutrality and broadband regulation, yet another group of tech companies and organizations has gathered to "find a way forward." B... More >
August 19, 2010
It's Time for Congress to Weigh in on Net Neutrality
While the net neutrality debate continues and legislators line up against the Google-Verizon deal, PCWorld.com writer Tony Bradley makes the point that I attempted to make Wednesday, but he d... More >
Feds Will Not Charge Pa. School Employees in Webcam Spying Case
Remember the school in Pennsylvania that was sued for using laptop webcams to "spy" on its students? The last I read, a school system IT administrator had invoked her Fifth Amendment right not to... More >
August 18, 2010
Google Moves Further into Social Network Space
How interesting... Google CEO Eric Schmidt, of all people, is on the record with a prediction that many people will change their names to get away from their online pasts. Citing The Wall St... More >
Legislators Urge FCC to Move on Broadband Regs
When Google and Verizon released their collaborative "proposal" around net neutrality requirements, I was annoyed because they seemed to be attempting an end-run around the rulemaking process the... More >
August 17, 2010
Former Apple Manager Pleads Not Guilty to Wire Fraud
Governance and risk experts are all over HP and its board for either mishandling the Mark Hurd situation or not doing enough to prevent it in the first place. But HP's internal controls are not t... More >
August 16, 2010
AT&T Sides with Google on Net Neutrality Proposal
When rumors started to fly a couple weeks ago that Google and Verizon were wheeling and dealing to work around net neutrality rules, open Internet advocates were concerned, and even observers expre... More >
Oracle Sues Google for Patent Infringment, Drops OpenSolaris
Oracle announced late last week it is suing Google for infringing on its "Java-related intellectual property" in the Android development platform. In a statement, the company said: In developing An... More >
August 12, 2010
'America's Got Net' Contest Deadline Extended
Last month, the Open Internet Coalition announced its "America's Got Net" YouTube video contest. In an effort to promote net neutrality , the coalition is soliciting members of the public to make a ... More >
Facebook Privacy Problems Continue
Poor Facebook... The bad news just keeps coming. This week a researcher at Secfence Technologies, Atul Agarwal, found a vulnerability that put the full names, e-mail addresses and photos of... More >
Is HP Board Partly to Blame for Hurd's 'Lack of Judgment'?
HP CEO Mark Hurd's sudden resignation last weekend marks the first time the company has been the focus of a really big scandal since 2006, when the Patricia Dunn-led board of directors was raked over... More >
August 11, 2010
German Privacy Officials Push Back on Google Street View
Google's getting grief over Street View again, but from a different part of the world this time. Tuesday, South Korean Police raided Google's offices looking for evidence that its wi-fi "s... More >
August 10, 2010
Google Wi-Fi 'Snooping' Prompts South Korean Police Raid
If you thought the Google Street View wi-fi snooping debacle was over, think again. Thirty-three different countries and Hong Kong were involved, after all. Though regulators in several affe... More >
As Papermaster Leaves Apple, EU Adds Its Voice to FTC Investigation
Over the weekend, the Apple executive responsible for the iPhone 4 hardware (and thus, the "Antennagate" controversy) stepped down - or as John Gruber at Daring Fireball told Business Insider , wa... More >
Is Google Selling Out with Net Neutrality Proposal?
When the Federal Communications Commission cancelled debate and negotiations regarding net neutrality issues last week, rumors were flying that Google and Verizon were dealing in an effort to der... More >
August 9, 2010
Dodd-Frank Act Gives Corporate Boards More to Do
In addition to creating a new consumer protection regulator and revamping the derivatives trading model, as well as leaving the door open for a single fiduciary standard to be applied to all invest... More >
August 6, 2010
Google Age Discrimination Case Is Cautionary Tale
Risk management challenges can come up in a thousand different ways. Google is dealing with yet another one . This week the California Supreme Court upheld an appellate court's decision that ... More >
FCC Calls Off Net Neutrality Negotiations
While Google denied rumors about secret dealing with Verizon that could pave the way for a tiered pay structure for Web content and broadband services, the Federal Communications Commission cancel... More >
Microsoft Settles Patent Dispute with Salesforce.com
In May, Microsoft rocked the tech world with news that it was suing Salesforce.com for patent infringement. Microsoft alleged that Salesforce.com violated nine of its patents, covering technology r... More >
August 5, 2010
Are Google and Verizon Scheming to End Net Neutrality?
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Google and Verizon were close to reaching an agreement on prioritized services that had the potential to end - or at least seriously undermine - net neu... More >
FTC Settles Anticompetitive Charges Against Intel
The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday it has settled charges brought against chipmaker Intel last December. The charges alleged Intel had engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices,... More >
August 4, 2010
Ceglia Credits Fraud Arrest for Facebook Lawsuit
Remember Paul Ceglia, the New York businessman who is suing Mark Zuckerberg for an 84 percent ownership stake in Facebook ? Monday, he told Bloomberg he never would have filed that lawsuit if he h... More >
August 3, 2010
'Meaningful Use' Not Impossible for Kern Medical Center
In fact, "meaningful use" is not only not impossible, but Kern Medical Center CEO Paul Hensler told me last week the California county hospital doesn't see any obstacle that would keep it from sati... More >
Geithner Encourages Banks to Get a Step Ahead in Reform Effort
Speaking to a group at New York University Monday, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urged banks, mortgage lenders and other financial institutions to get a head start in preparing for the chang... More >
August 2, 2010
Citing National Security, UAE Bans Some BlackBerry Services
If you visit the United Arab Emirates after September and you're a BlackBerry user , some of the services you're accustomed to will not work. Regulators announced over the weekend they will block e... More >
Google 'Overestimated' Extent of Services Block in China
What's the first Monday of a new month without a short Google-China update? It's been more than four months now since Google started redirecting searchers on mainland China to its Hong Kong searc... More >
'Systemically Significant' Financial Firms Face Steep Compliance Costs
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 may be brand new, but financial services instituions are already in the thick of trying to "get their arms around" the complian... More >
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