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Tech at Night: Privacy, Apple, Copyright, Patent, FCC, Bill Shock
Good evening. I’m not seeing anything huge as we pass the middle of the week. But, you never know what will become important, so let’s take a look at what caught my eye so far this week. Even as Mary...
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Tech at Night: Hacker threats and arrests, we must defeat Patent Reform and...
The cyberterrorist groups Anonymous and its apparent splinter group Lulzsec are getting bold. The latter gang of criminals is attempting to blackmail the United States Government after attacking...
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Tech at Night: SAFE Data act fiddles while online crime burns, Illegal CA...
Even as Mary Bono Mack and Republicans fiddle with the pointless SAFE Data act that won’t actually do anything to prevent or even to deter online crime, the Internet burns with a string of further...
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Tech at Night: Anonymous picks on the troops, HTC loses ruling against Apple
Short Tech at Night tonight, and boy do I need it. Unsurprisingly, when you’re running a massive calorie deficit to lose weight, exercise gets harder! I’m going to put two stories out here. If people...
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Tech at Night: Twitter targets activists, SAFE data act expands regulation,...
Twitter has a credibility problem on its hands, all of a sudden. Even as I’m getting blind link spam sent to me every single day on the site, Twitter has singled out a conservative activist group to...
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Tech at Night: Big online terrorism roundup, Ridiculous FCC stalling, Patent...
Hello everyone! I hope people have plants to get out to Charleston this weekend for the third annual Gathering. I will be there, which is why there will be no Tech at Night on Friday. Having also...
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Tech at Night: Anonymous fails again, Obama fails again, Internet censorship...
Columbus Day winds to a close, a cold slows me down, but Tech at Night marches on somehow. You know what’s also marched on? The New York Stock Exchange’s website. The anarcho-terrorists of Anonymous...
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Tech at Night: Legislation: some good but mostly bad, FCC action: all bad,...
Sorry if you missed Tech at Night on Friday. I was under the weather. But I’m back, and with so much to review. How about legislation, good and bad? Well, mostly bad. Senate Democrats continue to push...
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Tech at Night: I can’t spare Marsha Blackburn. She fights. Also: wireless...
Late start tonight for Tech at Night. Sorry, but I’ve started a plan to get myself out of California, and to be honest I’m more than a bit nervous about the whole thing. Looking for new work in the...
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Tech at Night: It’s better for government to inform than to regulate, CWA...
Mary Bono Mack, pay attention: Here’s the model for any privacy ventures you should attempt: voluntary action by private individuals, educated by simple government actions. If you really must get...
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Tech at Night: Is ACTA a problem, and the return of Internet Kill Switch lite?
There’s a lot of fear going around about ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a plurilateral agreement under the WTO between the US, the EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan,...
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Tech at Night: The Return of the Revenge. Google Motorola deal approved....
Yup, I’m back. And I have roughly a week’s worth of stuff to cover, so let’s go. Top story seems to be that The Obama/Holder Justice Department has no problem with Google’s vertical integration...
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Tech at Night: Cybersecurity battle sends McCain to find Republican help,...
The big stories this week continue to be LightSquared and cybersecurity. Even as House Democrats complain about government doing too much, incredibly, we see that Senate Democrats are so inflexible...
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Tech at Night: SECURE IT comes to the House, Aereo gets sued for innovating,...
Great news! Tech at Night’s favorite Representative Marsha Blackburn, along with TaN’s own home representative Mary Bono Mack are bringing a version of Secure IT to the House. The bill has been...
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Tech at Night: Republicans fight for transparency, FCC taking bipartisan...
Previously on Tech at Night I linked to a story that suggested there was a split between Darrell Issa and Chuck Grassley on FCC transparency. It turns out the story I relied on, had it wrong....
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Tech at Night: House passes key FCC reform, House and Senate SECURE IT bills...
FCC reform advances in the House. Greg Walden’s FCC Process Reform Act is a needed bill, so I’m glad that it went from committee to the floor, and took minimal modification in passing. I like that it...
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Tech at Night: FCC gives in to Chuck Grassley, Republicans question the rush...
Am I tired of expressing dissatisfaction with the Obama FCC and other government intrusions? Never! Al Franken is setting up an unfalsifiable rationale for government action against Verizon and...
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Tech at Night: How about stopping both global and national Internet regulation?
WCITLeaks having some success, possibly, as WCIT itself starts talking about openness. When even pro-Internet-regulation folks oppose UN or ITU regulation of the Internet, it needs sunshine for public...
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Tech at Night: My support for the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act
So, the Marketplace Fairness Act. Ben Domenech and Francis Cianfrocca recently went off on it on Coffee and Markets, which is a great series to listen to. Having an opportunity to block out time to...
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Tech at Night, 5am edition: Embattled Harry Reid fails on Lieberman-Collins,...
We had no Tech at Night on Friday becuase I was at the Gathering in Jacksonville. Hope those who went enjoyed it, and that those who weren’t able to attend can make it next year! So, Harry Reid...
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