TechBytes

If you follow technology issues, you know that 2009 is the year that all of the various “privacy” issues are expected to mature and bloom into new attempts at legislation and regulation.

France has found a new way to again lead the world…in the wrong direction.

We’re bracing ourselves for an effort by a newly-activist federal government to start playing again at central planning for industry—particularly the technology industry.

Amid all the current concern over our economic downturn, it's important to remember that in the most recent decade the U.

“The State Video Tax Fairness Act” was introduced in Congress with underlying goals which are laudable—ending discriminatory tax treatment, creating a competitive level playing field for all video providers, and increasing consumer benefit.

President-elect Barack Obama could do a great deal of good when it comes to emphasizing the important role that technological advances play in our economy.

How many times have you been driving along talking on your mobile phone (with a hands free device, of course) and suddenly the call drops? Often enough that perhaps the most ubiquitous advertising phrase today is “Can you hear me now?” Immediately the mobile phone carrier gets cursed for the problem as we redial.

Before the financial mess, Congress was debating a bill that would establish new rules for an incredibly promising field of medical technology.

So you thought Congress may have learned its lesson about creating huge entities that will need to be bailed out at taxpayer expense? If you did, you were wrong.

On September 25 the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing to learn about current practices by broadband providers to protect a person’s “privacy.