VentureBeat:
It’s been a remarkable few days for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the 3 million-member business federation that says it spends more money on lobbying than any other organization in the U.S.When the Chamber recently took a strong stance against federal policy and other legislative proposals that will regulate greenhouse emis (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Last week we reported that Pachube, an open source platform enabling developers to connect sensor data to the Web, had released a real-time notifications feature. We at ReadWriteWeb think that Pachube is an excellent example of one of our Top 5 Trends of 2009: Internet of Things. So we're going to explore Pachube in-depth i (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Rising health care costs are undermining our businesses, exploding our deficits, and costing our nation more jobs with each passing month. Back on the treadmill of selling health care reform to the American people after last week's stern warning to Iran and the previous week's push for financial regulation, President Oba (Read More)
VentureBeat:
About six months ago, critics pummeled Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg.He’d made questionable management decisions, or so it appeared from the outside. He’d fumbled the site’s redesign and botched the company’s terms of service agreement — moves that whipped up negative publicity and user backlash. Some people ask (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
It looks like VC firms have done a successful job of convincing politicians that they pose no systemic risk, and that adding to their regulatory burden would a drag on innovation. A proposal from Congressman Paul Kanjorski would specifically exempt VC firms from new regulations, though first it requests that the SEC define (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Last year on its tenth birthday, Google announced its Project 10^100, a call for unique ideas to help as many people as possible.In the 12 months between then and now, the company has fielded around 150,000 submissions in 25 languages; the ideas were reviewed by around 3,000 employees around the world. Now Google is asking (Read More)
VentureBeat:
We’ve bombarded you with our coverage of DEMOfall 09, the emerging technology conference that VentureBeat co-produces. But there were plenty of other reporters who watched the presentations and formed their own opinions. So I’ve pulled together some highlights from other publications.First, some articles focusing on the ind (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Julius Genachowski is the honorable Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. And Julius Genachowski is in to kick some telecommunications companies' ass, because he wants to introduce legislation to forbid content or traffic throttling. To avoid more comcasting, you know. Adding to previous guidelines, the FCC Cha (Read More)
Huffington Post:
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens to thwart competition and drive up prices unless it's revised.The brief filed in New York federal court marks the first time that the J (Read More)
National Review Online:
At several points during his Monday sermon to Wall Street, President Obama referred to the “lessons we’ve learned” from the financial crisis. But to judge from the speech, it’s clear that he failed to learn the most important lesson: Regulations, no matter how well designed, cannot prevent the formation of speculative bubbl (Read More)
Daily Kos:
Author, media analyst, and graphic novelist Douglas Rushkoff's new book Life Inc. discusses the rise of corporations, their role in society, and how by internalizing "corporate values" we've crippled the way in which we interact with other Actual Human Beings. Tonight, he's agreed to sit down with Daily Kos readers for a Q (Read More)
Daily Kos:
At your nearest bookstore, you'll find racks of books that deliver some edifying bit of history in an entertaining package. You'll also find the ground thick with books that leave you in despair over some aspect of our unbalanced society. But it's a rare book that doesn't just leave you better informed, doesn't just make yo (Read More)
VentureBeat:
This is part of a series of posts about cutting-edge areas of innovation. The series is sponsored by Microsoft. Microsoft authors will participate, as will VentureBeat writers and outside experts.Cloud computing has become a magic phrase over the last year or so. Everyone agrees it’s a hot trend, but people are still arguin (Read More)
Daily Kos:
With the release of AHIP's major advertising effort aimed at derailing the fast-tracked healthcare reform train, more attention is being payed to their role in killing healthcare reform back in 1994 (remember Harry and Louise?) and their major pushback against Michael Moore's film, SiCKO. Think Progress reports that memos (Read More)