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January 22, 2009
When Price Controls Discourage Innovation
Democrats have proposed an economic stimulus package that takes us one step closer to a system in which price controls determine innovation.
January 15, 2009
No Substitute for Mom and Dad
A groundbreaking report released Tuesday by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a group formed to take an in-depth look at both the latest sociological research on on-line safety, and also to evaluate the efficacy of various proposed software solutions, found that when it comes to protecting children online there is no technological substitute for the role of law enforcement and parents in keeping society safe.
January 8, 2009
Privacy, Yes, but from Whom?
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.
December 12, 2008
French Fried Communications Taxes
France has found a new way to again lead the world…in the wrong direction.
December 4, 2008
Government: Deploy Technology, Don’t Manage the Industry
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.
November 20, 2008
Needed: A Real Government CTO
Amid all the current concern over our economic downturn, it's important to remember that in the most recent decade the U.
November 13, 2008
What Price ‘Fairness’?
“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.
November 6, 2008
The Pro-Tech President?
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.
October 30, 2008
Tower Babel
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.
October 23, 2008
The Battle over Biologics
Before the financial mess, Congress was debating a bill that would establish new rules for an incredibly promising field of medical technology.