January 2007

Blogging Net Caucus Day
Jan 31, 2007 | Technology Daily's senior writer Andrew Noyes is blogging from today's Third Annual State of the Net Conference in D.C. Check Read More

CNBC Bureau Chief to Emcee Summit
Jan 30, 2007 | We're delighted to formally announce that Jim Goldman, Silicon Valley Bureau Chief for CNBC, will serve as emcee for Tech Read More

New Chair for Republican High-Tech Task Force
Jan 30, 2007 | Technology Daily (sub required) reports that Senator Gordon Smith of Oregon is replacing Sen. John Ensign of Nevada as chairman Read More

Energy Policy Takes Center Stage
Jan 29, 2007 | President Bush called for a reduction in the nation's dependency on foreign oil during his State of the Union address Read More

YouTube on YouTube
Jan 26, 2007 | YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley is among those attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week. And, Read More

New Report Assesses R and D Growth
Jan 25, 2007 | According to The Wall Street Journal, a new research report by Battelle Memorial Institute and R&D magazine predicts a "small Read More

Patent Reform Tops House Subcommittee Agenda
Jan 25, 2007 | National Journal's Technology Daily (a Tech Policy Summit media sponsor) is running a special series this week that looks at Read More

As China's Net Population Grows, Talk of More Regulation
Jan 24, 2007 | After reports yesterday that China's Internet population had soared to 137 million people in 2006, and could surpass the U.S. Read More

Court Rules on Copyright of Orphan Works
Jan 23, 2007 | According to Reuters, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled yesterday to uphold the copyright law on orphan works. The decision Read More

Learning from Europe's Clean Tech Committment
Jan 23, 2007 | Today's New York Times reports on the growing clean tech industry in Europe, and suggests that the United States may Read More

HBS on Immigration and Tech Transfer in China
Jan 23, 2007 | HBS Working Knowledge, a Web site run by Harvard Business School, features a Q and A with Asst. Professor William Read More

HP Opens R and D Lab in Russia
Jan 22, 2007 | According to a Reuters report in Yahoo! News, the original Silicon Valley garage startup, Hewlett-Packard, has announced plans to open Read More

New Effort to Protect Free Expression and Privacy Online
Jan 19, 2007 | According to a news release issued yesterday by Business for Social Responsibility and the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Read More

More MySpace News
Jan 18, 2007 | The Associated Press is reporting that four families whose daughters were sexually abused by online predators have filed separate law Read More

A Silicon Valley Take on SOX
Jan 18, 2007 | News.com asks, "Is Silicon Valley strangled by SOX?," referring to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that affects corporate governence rules at public Read More

FT on the Tech Industry and China
Jan 17, 2007 | According to Financial Times, while Intel itself hadn't announced such plans, the chipmaker may be planning to build a fabrication Read More

HP Labs Working on Innovative Chip Design
Jan 16, 2007 | According to News.com, researchers from Hewlett-Packard are working on development of a new chip design that would reduce size and Read More

Science and Tech Chair Reintroduces Education/Energy Bills
Jan 12, 2007 | The House Committee on Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) announced the re-introduction of several pieces of legislation from Read More

CEA's Green Electronics Program
Jan 11, 2007 | The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has launched a Web site called myGreenElectronics that provides information on energy efficiency and recycling. Read More

Sen. Sununu Proposes Broadcast Flag Ban
Jan 11, 2007 | Senator John Sununu (R-NH) announced plans earlier this week to introduce legislation that would limit the role that the Federal Read More

Data Mining Bill Reintroduced
Jan 10, 2007 | At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning on balancing privacy and security, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) announced that he, Read More

CBS' Love for Technology
Jan 10, 2007 | According to a PC Magazine report, during a keynote yesterday at CES, Les Moonves (CEO of CBS) talked about his Read More

Blogging CES
Jan 9, 2007 | Technology Daily's senior writer Andrew Noyes is reporting on the happenings at this week's CES extravaganza in Las Vegas. If Read More

The "L" Word
Jan 8, 2007 | Lobbyists, and the practice of lobbying in general, have been scrutinized as the new session of Congress begins. As Reuters Read More

SF's Muni Wi-Fi Deal Takes Next Step
Jan 8, 2007 | Since we first blogged about it in April, Earthlink and the city of San Francisco have been in negotiations regarding Read More

DRM and Interoperability
Jan 8, 2007 | BusinessWeek ran an article Friday on the push - by some - for greater interoperability of digital rights management. The Read More

House Housekeeping: Science and Technology Committee
Jan 5, 2007 | With the start of the 110th Congress yesterday, Bart Gordon (D-TN) began his tenure as Chair of the House Committee Read More

Duke/Berkeley Researchers Release New Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jan 4, 2007 | In November, we blogged about the National Venture Capital Association's report on the number of tech startups founded by foreign-born Read More

Nokia, Samsung and Matsushita Face Patent Suit Over Bluetooth
Jan 3, 2007 | Financial Times is among those reporting on a lawsuit filed in federal court against Matsushita, Nokia and Samsung. According to Read More

Sony Licenses Tunes for Podcasts
Jan 2, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal reports that music giant Sony BMG Music Entertainment has broken new ground by agreeing to a Read More

What's the Right Number of Associations?
Jan 2, 2007 | Jim Puzzanghera of the LA Times has written an article called "Tech's Mixed Message" that takes a look at the Read More