From the monthly archives:

March 2010

The Dragon and the Search Bar, Round II

by Gabriel Okolski on March 31, 2010 • View Comments

A gradual escalation of the Google-China feud, rather than a boiling over, may indicated that both parties realize they need each other. The outcome would be beneficial for Chinese citizens and would provid more open Internet.

Michael Geist on ACTA

by Jerry Brito on March 29, 2010 • View Comments

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Michael Geist, Law Professor and Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, discusses the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA. The discussion also turns to secrecy and transparency issues with ACTA and recent efforts to shed light on the text of the treaty.

The other “mile high” club

by Gabriel Okolski on March 25, 2010 • View Comments

If technological-related distractions for railroad engineers and airline pilots prove to be serious problems, creative solutions rather than government mandates should be used to improve safety.

Tech immunization: Cybersecurity and vaccines

by Tate Watkins on March 24, 2010 • View Comments

Is cybersecurity protection essentially a vaccine for computers?

Marketing capitalism: the do good approach

by Stefanie Haeffele-Balch on March 23, 2010 • View Comments

Is it still capitalism if its called by another name? Can you repackage profit?

Nathaniel Gleicher on the Stored Communications Act and the need for reform

by Jerry Brito on March 22, 2010 • View Comments

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Nathaniel Gleicher, Affiliated Fellow at the Yale Information Society Project and a Henry Luce Scholar advising the technology regulator in Korea for the year, discusses the Stored Communications Act and the need to reform it. The discussion also turns to online privacy, the lack of 4th Amendment protection on the Internet, and how users are tracked as they browse the web.