TechBytes

We have warned of the danger of a “lame duck” session of Congress, that the temptation to shove through much mischief would be hard to resist for some.

In the recent, never-ending quest by government to seize greater control of individual freedoms, the Golden State (of Excessive Regulations) sought to regulate the sale and rental of video games, attempting to subject them to different rules and regulations than books, movies, music or art.

In any normal functioning market, businesses freely decide to contract for products and services.

Today at the FCC the commissioners will vote on, and likely approve, moving forward with a “notice of proposed rulemaking,” a first step in crafting yet more regulations.

Mobile technology has tremendous potential to have a substantial positive impact on health outcomes, according to several speakers from IPI’s second annual Communications Summit held yesterday in Washington DC.

Reports of draft legislation to address the ongoing “network neutrality” debate have leaked from Capitol Hill.

Growing State Taxes, Not Simplifying Them After years of unsustainable spending, state and local governments now find themselves in a budget bind.

Counterfeit drugs have become a scourge in many parts of the world, and are a threat even in advanced economies such as the U.

For hundreds of years, patent owners have “marked”—i.

According to the Washington Post yesterday, China now is forcing registration of personal information with the government just to purchase a mobile phone.