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• By: Lee Doren
• 08/26/2011

Tech: Advertiser start using facial recognition to tailor pitches: “Picture this: You stop in front of a digital advertising display at a mall and…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/25/2011

Tech: Standford Gets Blessed With High-Speed Fiber, How About The Rest of Us?: “Like some sort of archangel descended from internet heaven, Google has…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/24/2011

Tech: Verizon Video launches. Bandwidth capped buyers beware: “Yesterday Verizon rolled out an updated version of its V Cast app, rebranding it to Verizon…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/23/2011

Tech: Internet restored in Tripoli as rebels take control: “Internet connectivity was restored in Tripoli late Sunday local time, as rebel forces took control…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/22/2011

Tech: Booksellers are wary as Amazon tries to have it all: ““Amazon is doing to the world of book publishing what iTunes did to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/19/2011

Tech: Court Ruling Opens The Door To Rejecting Many Software Patents As Being Mere “Mental Processes”: “Well, this is getting interesting. Last year, when…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/18/2011

Tech: AOL at 57 cents on Dollar Gets Last, Best Hope in Private Equity: Real M&A: “For a private equity firm that’s looking for…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/17/2011

Tech: A Bull Market in Tech Patents: “Google was willing on Monday to pay $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility in no small part because…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/16/2011

Tech: Driver using two cell phones gets 12 month driving ban: “This guy is the poster boy for why cell phone usage in cars…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/15/2011

Tech: Drug companies lose protections on Facebook, some decide to close pages: “Facebook and the pharmaceutical industry have had an uneasy partnership in recent…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/12/2011

Tech: Google Parcel Service? Search company patents electronic shipping notifications: “Google’s battle against Microsoft and Apple over their use of “bogus” patents promises to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/11/2011

Tech: FTC Sharpens Google Probe: “U.S. antitrust regulators are focusing their investigation of Google Inc. on key areas of its business, including its Android…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/10/2011

Tech: Hacker Group Anonymous Promises To ‘Kill’ Facebook Over Privacy: “The hacker group known as Anonymous reportedly has a new target: Facebook.” Global Warming…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/09/2011

Tech: Verizon now cracking down on jailbreak tethering: “Verizon, like AT&T has now started blocking jailbroken phones from using un-sanctioned tethering apps. Verizon will…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/08/2011

Tech: Google Blames Human for Robot Car Crash: “A woman claiming to have witnessed the accident involving one of Google's robot-controlled cars says that…

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• 08/08/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., August 8, 2011 – In the wake of the Standard and Poor’s downgrade of U.S. debt,…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/05/2011

Tech: Interference Unlocks Faster Mobile Data: “While demand for wireless data grows exponentially, the supply of available radio spectrum remains stubbornly fixed. A new…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/04/2011

Tech: German official scolds Facebook on privacy: “A leading German privacy official on Wednesday accused Facebook of using face recognition software in a manner…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/03/2011

Tech: Randi Zuckerberg Runs in the Wrong Direction on Pseudonymity Online: “The Nymwars rage on. Over the past several weeks Google has been engaged…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/02/2011

Tech: Windows XP usage finally falls below 50% mark: “At the end of July 2011, Microsoft can say that Windows XP finally fell below…

• By: Lee Doren
• 08/01/2011

Tech: PayPal hands over 1,000 IP Addresses to the FBI: “PayPal was attacked by Anonymous last year when they had blocked the Wikileaks accounts…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/27/2011

Tech: Wal-Mart adds streaming video to its website: “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has added streaming movies to its website as the world's largest retailer attempts…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/26/2011

Tech: Street View cars grabbed locations of phones, PCs: “Google's Street View cars collected the locations of millions of laptops, cell phones, and other…

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• 07/26/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., July 26, 2011 — The Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security held hearings…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/25/2011

Tech: FDA to scrutinize mobile medical apps: “The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking input on its proposed oversight of some health-related…

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• 07/25/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., July 25, 2011 – Today, CEI releases a report on the federal alcohol legislation–the so-called CARE…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/22/2011

Tech: Showbiz Sandbox 112: Why Netflix Had To Raise Its Prices: “You would have thought the world was coming to an end last week…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/21/2011

Tech: Researcher Says That 8% of Android Apps Are Leaking Private Information: “Android has had its fair share of malware problems. Whenever malware are…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/20/2011

Tech: Two-screen laptops: complete overkill, or completely logical: “If you haven’t seen the photos of this laptop with two screens doing the round of…

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• 07/20/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., July 20, 2011 – As the first anniversary of the Dodd-Frank financial overhaul comes tomorrow, July…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/19/2011

Tech: 7 days in the cloud: My week with the Samsung Chromebook: “When I first agreed to write about a week working with nothing…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/18/2011

Tech: Wi-Fi hijackers cause download of trouble: “THOUSANDS of Sydney households are placing their personal information at risk and inadvertently protecting fraudsters and…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/15/2011

Tech: Amazon to Battle Apple iPad With Tablet: “Amazon.com Inc. has battled Apple Inc. over digital books, digital music and mobile applications. Now the…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/14/2011

Tech: Report: Unauthorized phone charges cost Americans $2 billion a year: “A key Senate chairman says Congress needs to pass legislation to protect customers…

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• 07/14/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., July 14, 2011 – Two Competitive Enterprise Institute scholars of the regulatory state call on Congress…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/13/2011

Tech: Amazon seeks ballot measure to undo California tax: “The attorney general's office received the petition on Friday and will prepare a title and…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/12/2011

Tech: Study: Fair use drives large part of US economy: “Industries that rely on fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright law have weathered the…

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• 07/12/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., July 12, 2011 – The Interagency Working Group on Food Marketed to Children (Working Group),…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/11/2011

Tech: Privacy experts praise Google+ rollout so far: “After major privacy failures in its Buzz and Street View services, Google has hit the right…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/08/2011

Tech: Changes to [Dropbox] policies: “Today we revised our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Security Overview. We’re in the process of emailing every…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/07/2011

Tech: Hackers expose flaw in Apple iPad, iPhone software: “The security flaw in Apple's iOS operating system came to light on Wednesday as…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/06/2011

Tech: White House uses Twitter to bully critics: President Obama’s director of progressive media is obsessed with one particular conservative provocateur. Jesse Lee’s duties…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/05/2011

Tech: And Speaking of the Inalienable Right to Pursuit of Happiness…: “. . Happy Fourth to you all! Along with 90 (and still…

• By: Lee Doren
• 07/01/2011

Tech: As DOJ reviews legality of merger, it’s AT&T versus Sprint: “Staff attorneys at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/30/2011

Tech: The Cloud Darkens: “The Internet is getting scary. In recent weeks, hackers known as Lulz Security attacked the Web sites of Sony, the…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/29/2011

Tech: Survey: Consumers want government to protect their privacy online: “Two-thirds of consumers want the government to safeguard their privacy online and 81 percent…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/28/2011

Tech: Google’s Schmidt unfazed by antitrust probes: “Google is co-operating with a US antitrust investigation but is confident it has done nothing illegal to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/27/2011

Tech: Google Boots Transdroid Torrent Manager From Android Market: “For many Android users Transdroid is the perfect remote access app for managing their BitTorrent…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/24/2011

Tech: Hacker Cops Felony Pleas In “Brute Force” AT&T iPad Attack: “A California man today pleaded guilty to federal charges for participating in…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/23/2011

Tech: Winklevoss Twins Won’t Take Facebook Case To Supreme Court: “It appears the lengthy legal dispute between Facebook and twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/22/2011

Tech: F.B.I. seizes web servers, knocks sites offline: “The F.B.I. seized Web servers in a raid on a data center early Tuesday, causing several…

• Lee Doren
• 06/22/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773   Washington, D.C., June 22, 2011 – Today, the Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs will hold a hearing on…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/21/2011

Tech: Dropbox was accessible with no password, Oops: “Dropbox confirmed today that for some time yesterday, any users account was accessible without a password.

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/20/2011

Tech: 3G vs. 4G: What You Should Know Before You Switch: “Those are some of the ways Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint are describing…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/17/2011

Tech: Identify Vancouver rioters: Facebook and Tumblr groups set up: “After the Vancouver Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in Game 7, some people…

• Lee Doren
• 06/16/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773   Washington, D.C., June 16, 2011 – While politicians are decrying the lack of lending to small businesses,…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/15/2011

Tech: China’s Cyberassault on America: “In justifying U.S. involvement in Libya, the Obama administration cited the "responsibility to protect" citizens of other countries when…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/14/2011

Tech: Google’s Android ambitions go beyond mobile: “Andy Rubin, Google's (GOOG) top mobile-phone executive, likes to talk about everything being "Android-ized." Android has…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/13/2011

Tech: Apple sued over use of iCloud name: “I can’t say that I didn’t see this one coming. Apple keeps naming products very simple…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/10/2011

Tech: Google: Who cares where your data is: “Security professionals should not worry where their data is located in cloud computing models, according…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/09/2011

Tech: Court: Passwords + Secret Questions = ‘Reasonable’ eBanking Security: “A closely-watched court battle over how far commercial banks need to go to protect…

• Lee Doren
• 06/09/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., June 9, 2011 – Although a 54-member majority of the U.S. Senate voted yesterday to delay…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/08/2011

Tech: United Nations: Disconnecting People From the Internet Is a Violation of Human Rights: “The United Nations has declared Internet access a human right,…

• Lee Doren
• 06/08/2011

Contact: Lee Doren, 202-331-2259 Nicole Ciandella, 202-331-2773 Washington, D.C., June 8, 2011 – This afternoon, the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on a bipartisan measure…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/07/2011

Tech: Russian President Proposes Creative Commons-Style Rules Baked Directly Into Copyright: “Well, this is getting interesting. Last week, we noted that Russian President Dmitry…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/02/2011

Tech: Congressman says #Weinergate cybersecurity investigation vital in order to ‘ensure our national security’: “Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns is demanding an investigation into…

• By: Lee Doren
• 06/01/2011

Tech: Congressman says #Weinergate cybersecurity investigation vital in order to ‘ensure our national security’: “Florida Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns is demanding an investigation into…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/31/2011

Tech: PBS Sites Hacked: Attackers Publish False News Story and Login Data: “Late Sunday night, hackers gained access to several areas of PBS Web…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/27/2011

Tech: EBay and PayPal sue Google over trade secrets: “EBay and its online payment unit, PayPal Inc, on Thursday sued Google Inc and two…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/26/2011

Tech: Gagging orders: Twitter prepared to hand over user data: “A senior executive from Twitter yesterday admitted for the first time that the website…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/25/2011

Tech: Online political activists fret about Facebook bias: “Online political activists say they perceive a bias in the way Facebook administrators have distributed a…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/24/2011

Tech: Key Internet summit to discuss online: “The world's most powerful Internet and media barons gathered in Paris on Tuesday in a show of…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/23/2011

Tech: Sony BMG Greece the latest hacked Sony site: “In what seems to be a neverending nightmare it appears that the website of Sony…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/20/2011

Tech: Verizon: Say So Long to Unlimited Data: “Got a smartphone on Verizon Wireless? Get ready to wave goodbye to the days of unlimited…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/19/2011

Tech: D.C. schools investigate security breaches in 2011 tests: “D.C. school officials are investigating 14 security breaches by students and teachers during last month's…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/18/2011

Tech: Netflix proclaimed ‘King’ of North American Internet use: “Heralding the rapidly approaching Internet traffic jam, streaming video juggernaut Netflix Inc. is now the…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/17/2011

Tech: Scientists Cast Doubt on TSA Tests of Full-Body Scanners: “The Transportation Security Administration says its full-body X-ray scanners are safe and that radiation…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/16/2011

Tech: New Privacy Laws in India and China Could Make IT Outsourcing Ugly: “Think privacy issues are a pain when they affect consumers? Get…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/13/2011

Tech: Google Near Deal in Drug Ad Crackdown: “Google Inc. is close to settling a U.S. criminal investigation into allegations it made hundreds of…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/12/2011

Tech: Google Lobbies Nevada To Allow Self-Driving Cars: “Google, a pioneer of self-driving cars, is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make Nevada the…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/11/2011

Tech: Why Microsoft paid $8.5 billion for skype, which is mostly free: “But in the business world, it's an unusual business model. Only about…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/10/2011

Tech: Morning Tech Wrap: Microsoft, Skype, Google: “Microsoft is in talks to buy Skype from eBay and the internet telephone services’s founders for between…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/09/2011

Tech: Pew Report Finds Facebook Influences What News Gets Read Online: “Facebook is influencing what news gets read online as people use the Internet's…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/06/2011

Tech: Red Hat CEO hates patent trolls, but says sometimes you just have to pay up: “With Red Hat on the verge of becoming…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/05/2011

Tech: On The Money: Internet Police: “With California deep in debt, a controversial plan has emerged that calls for private vendors to monitor what…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/04/2011

Tech: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rails against Facebook, says it’s a spy tool for US government: “WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange called Facebook "the most…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/03/2011

Tech: How Tweet it is: Twitter and the bin Laden Story: ““Last night saw the highest sustained rate of Tweets ever. From 10:45 –…

• By: Lee Doren
• 05/02/2011

Tech: Sony Details Restoration Plans for Playstation Network: “Nearly two weeks after being the subject of one of the largest data breaches in business…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/29/2011

Tech: If You’re Going To Kill It, Open Source It!: “Another week, another company killing off a giant product after spending millions of dollars…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/28/2011

Tech: FBI Raids Apartment of Alleged King’s Speech Uploader: “The FBI has raided the Los Angeles apartment of a Screen Actors Guild member…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/27/2011

Tech: Sony Comes Clean: PlayStation Network Hackers Have Stolen Personal Data: “A security breach in the Playstation Network by still unidentified hackers resulted in…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/26/2011

Tech: Need IPv4 Addresses? Get ‘em here: “A vibrant market for buying and selling IPv4 addresses is emerging, and policymakers are clarifying the rules…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/25/2011

In 1958, Leonard Read published I, Pencil, an essay written in the first person from the point of view of a pencil. In the…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/25/2011

Tech: Sony “rebuilding” PlayStation Network after attack: “The outage of Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity service, now in its fourth day, looks set to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/20/2011

Tech: “At Dropbox, Even We Can’t See Your Dat – Er, Nevermind” [Update]: “Dropbox, the online backup and file sharing service claims to have…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/15/2011

Tech: Fujitsu plans 1Gbps fiber optic network for rural Britain: “Economies of scale mean that densely populated cities have generally been the ones to…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/14/2011

Tech: DOJ gets court permission to attack botnet: “The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation have obtained a temporary restraining…

• By: Lee Doren
• 04/13/2011

Tech: US Police increasingly peeping at email, instant messages: “Law enforcement organizations are making tens of thousands of requests for private electronic information from…