TechBytes

Emerging technology often forces us to face difficult ethical decisions—and sometimes it exposes bad ethical positions.

In a June 21 announcement, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it—not Congress, mind you, but the FCC—was going to tax cellular and Internet phone companies on “only” a part of their total revenue: about 62 percent of a wireless phone company’s revenue, and about 35 percent of Internet phone companies that provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

Government is almost devoid of anything that could be called innovation or creative thinking—except when it comes to taxes.

Finally, both states and the federal government are coming to understand that government regulation was the biggest factor holding back the broadband rollout, and they are beginning to get out of the way.

When the country debates immigration, most of the discussion focuses on the poor and “huddled masses” entering the country illegally from Latin America.

Just when you think India has taken an economic step forward into the 21st century, it stands up and asserts its right to take two steps back.

Ever heard of “net neutrality”? No? Then how about “Internet democracy”? Tip: Whenever the word “democracy” is mentioned in reference to business, run away fast.

We just can’t make this stuff up.

French consumer groups are just as misnamed as many American consumer groups.

Railing about global warming is all the rage these days.