Innovation
TPS' Guide to Tech Policy at 2010 CES
Jan 5, 2010 | We're getting ready to head to Las Vegas this week for the 2010 International CES where we'll be co-hosting Read More
Supernova Conference Returns to SF, Dec. 1-3
Nov 9, 2009 | We're looking forward to taking part in this year's Supernova Conference as a media sponsor, and we hope you'll Read More
CEA Hosts Apps for Innovation Contest
Nov 9, 2009 | As part of its Innovation Movement campaign, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is hosting its first-ever apps contest for software Read More
You're Invited: Tech Policy Summit @ CES
Nov 4, 2009 | Join us in Vegas! We're very excited to be partnering with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) to co-host a special Read More
President Announces $3.4B in Recovery Funds for Smart Grid
Oct 27, 2009 | Speaking at a solar energy facility in Florida earlier today, President Obama announced that the federal government had awarded over Read More
The Move Toward Universal Phone Chargers
Oct 26, 2009 | According to News.com, the United Nation's International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved a standard for a universal cellphone charger based Read More
Commerce Dept Launches New Programs to Help Entrepreneurs
Sep 25, 2009 | U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke announced yesterday that his agency will open an Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to help Read More
FCC Takes Broadband Hearings on the Road
Sep 17, 2009 | As part of its mandate to develop a national broadband plan for Congress by February, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Read More
U.S. CIO's News Conference on Cloud Computing and Apps.gov
Sep 15, 2009 | At a press conference this morning at NASA's Ames Research Center, U.S. federal CIO Vivek Kundra demoed the new Apps.gov Read More
Podcasts from Tech Policy Summit
Sep 14, 2009 | We received an inquiry from someone asking where to find the podcasts from our last Tech Policy Summit conference, Read More
U.S. CTO's Silicon Valley Visit
Aug 12, 2009 | Silicon Valley welcomed Aneesh Chopra to town last week for a series of events and meetings designed to introduce him to Read More
FCC Commissioners Sworn In; Broadband Workshops Starting
Aug 3, 2009 | Good news! It's official...After months of transitioning, there are once again five commissioners in place at the Federal Communications Commission Read More
Peer-to-Patent's Past and Future
Jul 16, 2009 | As we learned last week, two years into the pilot program, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has Read More
Introducing the Federal IT Dashboard, and Blog
Jul 13, 2009 | A few weeks ago at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City, United States CIO Vivek Kundra launched Read More
Senate Confirms FCC, NTIA Leadership
Jun 26, 2009 | Yesterday evening, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nominations of three individuals who are sure to play a pivotal role in Read More
Oh No! Twitter Down During Transparency Session
May 13, 2009 | It's a cruel twist of fate that Twitter is down for maintenance during today's roundtable on Tech's Role in Promoting Read More
Watch Live: Robert Scoble Interviewing CEA's Gary Shapiro
May 13, 2009 | Robert Scoble is on stage at Tech Policy Summit '09 right now, interviewing Gary Shapiro of the Consumer Electronics Association. Read More
At Tech Policy Summit '09
May 12, 2009 | The 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit is underway at the San Mateo Marriott and, while registration is closed, there are Read More
Agenda for TPS: Broadband Innovation and Tech Policy Summit '09
May 6, 2009 | There are only a few days left until the opening of TPS: Broadband Innovation conference and the 3rd annual Read More
OSTP Calls for Comments on Scientific Integrity
Apr 23, 2009 | On March 9th, President Obama issued a memorandum ordering the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Read More
President Names Aneesh Chopra as National CTO
Apr 18, 2009 | After months of speculation about who would be selected as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, news broke yesterday that Read More
FCC Kicks Off Effort to Develop a National Broadband Plan
Apr 8, 2009 | At its public meeting in D.C. earlier today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) took the first step toward creation of Read More
Ross Joins State Department as Senior Advisor on Innovation
Apr 6, 2009 | As we mentioned on Twitter earlier today, One Economy co-founder Alec Ross has joined the U.S. State Department as Read More
Exclusive: Steven Levy's Interview with Vint Cerf
Apr 2, 2009 | As part of the run-up to our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit conference, taking place May 11-13 at the Read More
White House Science Advisor Confirmed
Mar 20, 2009 | The wait for a new director at the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is over. Dr. Read More
NTIA/RUS Seek Comment on Broadband Grants
Mar 12, 2009 | The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service (RUS) have issued a notice Read More
Spending the Broadband Stimulus Dollars
Mar 10, 2009 | As might be expected, there were more questions than answers during today's inter-agency meeting on the broadband stimulus programs. Still, Read More
Washington 2.0: How a Federal CIO Changes the Game
Mar 9, 2009 | It's only been a few days since President Obama named D.C. CTO and tech advisor Vivek Kundra to the Read More
LinkedIn CEO: "Let Our Startups Bail Us Out"
Mar 4, 2009 | In case you missed it, LinkedIn chairman and CEO Reid Hoffman, wrote an op-ed that appeared in The Washington Post yesterday in Read More
Obama Makes Genachowski Nomination Official (brought to me by Twitter)
Mar 4, 2009 | I was on my way home yesterday from the DEMO conference in Palm Springs when I learned, via Twitter, Read More
Join Us for The Free! Summit on May 11th
Feb 27, 2009 | For over a year now, we've been kicking around the idea of producing a conference about "Freeconomics" and how Read More
Join Us March 25th for a Breakfast Event Featuring Dr. Vint Cerf
Feb 18, 2009 | As we pre-announced earlier this week on Twitter, we are very excited to be hosting a new Tech Policy Read More
Microsoft CEO's Talk to House Democrats
Feb 9, 2009 | In a speech last Friday at the U.S. House of Representatives' Democratic Caucus Retreat, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer weighed in Read More
White Spaces Database Group Formed
Feb 6, 2009 | As part of its November 4th vote in favor of opening up the unused television spectrum -- or white spaces Read More
Who's on the "People to Watch" list?
Feb 4, 2009 | Ars Technica has just unveiled its picks for the 2009 Tech Policy "People to Watch" list -- check out the Read More
Using E-Health Records to Create a "Web of Care"
Feb 4, 2009 | President Obama wants to see Congress' economic recovery legislation pump billions of dollars into digitizing health records with the goal Read More
Stimulus Spending and the Future of Innovation and Research
Jan 26, 2009 | The debate about Congress' economic recovery plan has been heating up, as legislators try to reach agreement on how much Read More
Eric Schmidt Talks Obamanomics with Jim Cramer
Jan 22, 2009 | Google's chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt made an appearance on Jim Cramer's CNBC show yesterday, this time to talk about Read More
Inside the Transition's Tech, Innovation and Government Reform Team
Jan 19, 2009 | With less than a day to go until the Inauguration, the Obama-Biden transition team released a video introducing its Technology, Read More
Guest Post: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill
Jan 16, 2009 | Thanks to Suki O'Raghallaigh for offering to share this post, which she originally wrote for her own blog. We're always Read More
Divvying up the Stimulus Dollars
Jan 16, 2009 | The Wall Street Journal described the economic recovery package released by Democratic House leaders yesterday as a "potential bonanza for Read More
Obama Advisor on Broadband in the Economic Recovery Plan
Jan 15, 2009 | There has been a lot of talk recently about what will be included in the massive economic stimulus package that Read More
Bringing Science Back
Jan 14, 2009 | As confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama's nominees get underway, key picks on his energy and environment team have reiterated Read More
Reforming the FCC
Jan 7, 2009 | Stanford Law professor Larry Lessig created a bit of a stir during the holiday break with his Newsweek column calling Read More
(Updated) Call for Speakers for TPS: Eco-Innovation
Jan 2, 2009 | As we announced last month, our newest tech policy conference is TPS: Eco-Innovation, and we're currently accepting speaker proposals. The Read More
Gearing Up for 2009 & "Science We Can Believe In"
Dec 31, 2008 | I've been reminding myself to enjoy the slower-than-usual pace this week because there's no doubt that 2009 is going to Read More
Nevermind Who...What Will the National CTO Do?
Dec 30, 2008 | Like others, we are very curious to learn more about President-elect Barack Obama's pick for the nation's first Chief Technology Read More
Is D.C. "Killing" Silicon Valley?
Dec 23, 2008 | According to Silicon Valley author Michael S. Malone, the answer is an emphatic Yes. Mr. Malone, a journalist and author who Read More
Obama Focuses on Science & Tech in Latest Address
Dec 20, 2008 | In his weekly address today, President-elect Barack Obama announced key picks for science and technology roles in his Administration. While he Read More
Proposals for Using Economic Stimulus $$ for Broadband
Dec 19, 2008 | Details are still sketchy on the proposed economic stimulus package that President-elect Barack Obama has spoken about. Speculation is that Read More
News Breaks About Obama's Choice for Science Advisor
Dec 18, 2008 | The organizers of ScienceDebate 2008 applauded today's news that President-elect Barack Obama is planning to name Dr. John Holdren to Read More
Obama-Biden Introduce Energy Team, Emphasize Role of Science
Dec 15, 2008 | During today's press conference to announce members of their administration's energy and environment team, both President-elect Barack Obama and Vice Read More
Join Us for the TPS: Eco-Innovation Conference
Dec 15, 2008 | Introducing the newest Tech Policy Central conference... One of the policy priorities that will be addressed at the 3rd annual Read More
(Updated) Wal-Mart's Digital Health Push
Dec 15, 2008 | As the largest public company and private employer in the world, Wal-Mart's massive size makes it an incredibly influential early Read More
Craig's Take on the National CTO Role
Dec 12, 2008 | We would be remiss if we didn't point to yesterday's post on National Journal's Lost in Transition blog about Tech Read More
Calif OKs 'Sweeping Plan' to Fight Global Warming
Dec 11, 2008 | California's Air Resources Board (ARB) has approved a monumental, comprehensive plan to cut the state's greenhouse gas emissions approximately 30 Read More
Announcing the Tech Policy Predictive Market
Dec 10, 2008 | As we first mentioned on Twitter, we have been working on a new project in partnership with the Information Read More
PRI Fellow: The Future of Broadband Looks Bright
Nov 24, 2008 | This post has been weeks in the making, in the sense that it's about an event that I attended in Read More
Competitiveness and the 'Venturesome Economy'
Nov 24, 2008 | Ask 10 different people why the United States -- or, specifically, Silicon Valley -- is a good place to innovate, and Read More
Better Place Launches in Bay Area
Nov 20, 2008 | On Tuesday, I wrote about Better Place, the Silicon Valley startup that is working on an electric car network to Read More
Tech Policy Summit Q&A With Raman Khanna
Nov 20, 2008 | As a general partner with venture capital firm ONSET Ventures, Raman Khanna has been an advisor and board member Read More
Google CEO Eric Schmidt Talks Policy; What Will 2009 Bring?
Nov 18, 2008 | As chairman and CEO of Google, a company that's got a stake in everything from online advertising and video to Read More
Call for Nominations: People to Watch
Nov 18, 2008 | We are excited to officially announce the launch of the first 2009 Tech Policy Who's Who: People to Watch Read More
Michigan Governor Visits Better Place (The Startup)
Nov 18, 2008 | Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm is currently on a week-long jobs mission to the Middle East. It's the seventh international investment Read More
Calling for Cooperation Over Competitiveness
Nov 13, 2008 | Earlier this afternoon, Forrester Research vice president Navi Radjou tipped us off to a post he published in the Harvard Read More
Are Foreign Governments "Buying America's Brains?"
Nov 13, 2008 | Dr. Prith Banerjee, SVP of Research at HP and a member of our Tech Policy Summit advisory board, pointed me Read More
Tech Policy Summit Q&A With Prith Banerjee
Nov 13, 2008 | In our most recent Q&A with a member of this year's Tech Policy Summit advisory board, we asked Dr. Read More
President-elect Obama's Tech Blueprint
Nov 5, 2008 | Now that it's clear which Presidential transition team will be springing into action, we'll be watching closely to see whom Read More
No Time to Forget About Innovation
Nov 4, 2008 | There's been a lot of talk in the last few weeks about the impact the economic downturn is having, and Read More
Tech Policy Summit Q&A With Chris Shipley
Oct 31, 2008 | We have a treat today for Halloween: the second Q&A with a member of Tech Policy Summit's Advisory Board (click here for our Read More
That National CTO Idea
Oct 22, 2008 | The news that Google CEO Eric Schmidt has decided to publically endorse, and campaign with, Sen. Barack Obama has again Read More
Is the U.S. Taking a Short-Sighted Approach to Innovation?
Oct 21, 2008 | With only two weeks to go until Election Day, Computerworld has published a series of articles about tech policy, including Read More
Innovation 2008 Conference Underway
Oct 20, 2008 | ScienceDebate 2008, a grassroots coalition advocating for a presidential debate on science and technology issues, has teamed up with the Read More
A Last Look at the Final Debate
Oct 16, 2008 | Whenever the presidential candidates or their running mates mention technology or science in a debate or at a campaign rally, Read More
A TPS Pass For Your Thoughts
Oct 15, 2008 | Help us identify the topics and speakers that should be included at the next Tech Policy Summit conference, and Read More
Technology's Education Gap
Oct 10, 2008 | Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Silicon Valley data management company NetApp (formerly Network Appliance), has written an editorial titled "Technology's Education Read More
Turning Parking Lots Into Power Plants?
Oct 9, 2008 | In the midst of overwhelmingly gloomy news about the economy, the solar energy industry received a ray of hope last Read More
Innovation Economics' Role in Keeping the U.S. Competitive
Sep 25, 2008 | BusinessWeek's chief economist Michael Mandel wrote a cover story for the September 22nd issue of the magazine titled "Can America Read More
Why Broadband Matters
Sep 16, 2008 | If you follow us on Twitter, you may have noticed that we were watching the Senate Commerce Committee's hearing this Read More
Follow-up: Sen. McCain Answers ScienceDebate's Questions
Sep 15, 2008 | Earlier this month, we wrote about Sen. Barack Obama's answers to ScienceDebate 2008's 14 questions about the most pressing Read More
Announcing Tech Policy Summit '09
Sep 10, 2008 | Registration has officially opened for the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit, which will be held March 23-25, 2009 at the San Mateo Read More
Focusing Attention on Innovation Policy
Sep 4, 2008 | Silicon Valley entrepreneur-turned-author Judy Estrin, who worked as CTO of Cisco Systems and currently sits on the boards of Disney Read More
Follow-up: Obama Answers ScienceDebate's Questions
Sep 4, 2008 | We've been following, and supporting, the grassroots efforts of ScienceDebate 2008 for about nine months now. To their credit, the Read More
How Will Presidential Appointments Affect Tech?
Aug 21, 2008 | If you follow us on Twitter, you might have seen this link to an interview with Mozilla Foundation chairman Mitch Read More
TPS '08 Follow-up: PolyFuel Readies Prototype
Jul 17, 2008 | If you attended Tech Policy Summit '08 in Hollywood earlier this year, hopefully you had a chance to hear PolyFuel Read More
Sciencedebate's 14 Questions on Innovation
Jul 7, 2008 | Sciencedebate 2008 hasn't been able to convince Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) to face-off in Read More
Bamboo Laptops?
Apr 22, 2008 | Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell was among the speakers at Fortune's new Brainstorm: Green conference, which was held this Read More
Global IT Rankings Out: Denmark Keeps Top Spot
Apr 9, 2008 | The World Economic Forum (WEF) and INSEAD have released the results of the 2007-2008 Global Information Technology Report, its seventh Read More
Tech Policy Summit '08 Podcasts Available
Apr 8, 2008 | We're happy to report that the podcasts from the 2008 Tech Policy Summit, which took place at the Renaissance hotel Read More
Sciencedebate 2008: Moving to May?
Apr 7, 2008 | With it looking less and less likely that any of the presidential candidates will accept the invite to participate Read More
Latest Coverage of Tech Policy Summit '08
Mar 27, 2008 | Day two of Tech Policy Summit is well underway, with Summit emcee Steve Wildstrom of BusinessWeek interviewing Verizon EVP and Read More
Bill Gates' Visit to Capitol Hill
Mar 13, 2008 | During his testimony yesterday before the U.S. House of Representatives' Committee on Science and Technology, which celebrated its 50th anniversary, Read More
Survey Says: U.S. Morally Opposed to Nanotech
Feb 20, 2008 | Even though the U.S. is a global leader in nanotech research and development, a recently released survey by Arizona State Read More
Big Thinkers Tackle Big Challenges
Feb 15, 2008 | What would you pick as the most significant engineering challenge on the planet? Would it be making solar energy affordable? Read More
Dueling Press Releases
Feb 12, 2008 | The rift between the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) and the Wireless Innovation Alliance (WIA) over use of the so-called Read More
Sparring Begins in Bid for Yahoo
Feb 4, 2008 | While the tech world continues to react to the news of Microsoft's unsolicited $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, top legal Read More
NTIA's Report on Pres. Bush's Broadband Pledge
Jan 31, 2008 | According to the Associated Press, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is releasing a report today called Networked Nation: Read More
OLPC Wants to Bridge Digital Divide in U.S.
Jan 14, 2008 | The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program continues on its mission to get low-cost computers into the hands of children Read More
Testing to Begin on LTE, 4G Mobile System
Nov 29, 2007 | Though the news surfaced on engadget earlier this year, Verizon has confirmed that it will begin testing of LTE in Read More
Who's Advising the Candidates on Innovation?
Nov 19, 2007 | The effort to figure out where the candidates stand on the issues is intensifying as we get closer to the 2008 Read More
The Year in Innovation
Nov 9, 2007 | The editors of Popular Science magazine have named their picks for the top 100 innovations of 2007, and the No. Read More
Can Silicon Valley Get Muni Wi-Fi Right?
Nov 5, 2007 | Ars Technica has an excellent piece on Silicon Valley's not-so-successful plans to launch its own municipal Wi-Fi network. Led by the nonprofit Read More
U.S. Ranks 1st in Overall Global Competitiveness
Oct 31, 2007 | Earlier today, the World Economic Forum, the international nonprofit known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, released the results of Read More
Software Entrepreneur Turns to Electric Cars
Oct 29, 2007 | Silicon Valley is famous for its innovation, and a key part of its culture of success is a willingness to Read More
CTIA's Largent Responds to Mossberg
Oct 23, 2007 | Steve Largent, President and CEO of wireless industry association CTIA, has written an open letter to Wall Street Journal columnist Read More
Walt Mossberg: "Free My Phone"
Oct 22, 2007 | Walt Mossberg takes aim at the cell phone industry in his latest blog post at AllThingsD.com, the companion site to Read More
TechNet Leaders Gather at Summit in Berkeley
Oct 12, 2007 | Industry group TechNet held its annual Innovation Summit on the UC Berkeley campus yesterday. As in previous years, PBS Read More
Internet2's High-Speed Network Gets Speedier
Oct 10, 2007 | While many of us hope for ever-faster connections to the "commercial Internet," the researchers and students with access to Read More
Senate Hearing on Small Businesses and Broadband
Sep 27, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), held a hearing yesterday on Read More
How Big Are Investments in Clean Tech?
Sep 26, 2007 | Big. Very big. According to a press release issued today by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne, worldwide venture Read More
Google and UK Wireless Auction
Sep 21, 2007 | As the Federal Communications Commission prepares for the January auction of the 700 MHz spectrum here in the U.S., regulators Read More
What's the Impact of the EU's Ruling Against Microsoft?
Sep 19, 2007 | According to reports in the International Herald Tribune and Computerworld, Monday's ruling by the European Court of First Instance against Read More
Apple in the Spectrum Auction?
Sep 10, 2007 | BusinessWeek has raised the intriguing, if improbable, possibility of iPod/iTunes/iPhone maker Apple joining the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction that Read More
Innovation and Net Infrastructure
Aug 29, 2007 | Last Friday, outspoken blogger/entrepreneur/NBA team owner Mark Cuban published a post called "The Internet is Dead and Boring" that declares Read More
Will an "Exaflood" Slow Net Traffic?
Aug 15, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal (sub required) published a story yesterday about whether or not the Internet's infrastructure is reaching its Read More
FCC's Open Meeting Underway
Jul 31, 2007 | After a delay of about 3 1/2 hours, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) kicked off its meeting about the rules Read More
FCC Auction and Open Access
Jul 11, 2007 | Both sides of the open access debate have been making their case in the media, in front of Congress, in Read More
The iPhone and SW Design in Silicon Valley
Jul 6, 2007 | On Monday, News.com's Charles Cooper asked a rhetorical question in his column: "Could the iPhone have been invented anywhere but Read More
Follow-up Study on Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Jun 15, 2007 | In conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, researchers from Duke University and UC Berkeley have published a follow-up report Read More
Leading Tech CEOs Issue Report on Competitiveness
Jun 15, 2007 | The Technology CEO Council, which consists of the CEOs of Motorola, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Applied Materials, Unisys, EMC and NCR, Read More
Senate Hearing on FCC Spectrum Auction
Jun 14, 2007 | The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing this morning to discuss public safety and competition related to the Federal Communications Read More
Calculating the R&D Tax Break
May 30, 2007 | According to The Wall Street Journal (sub required), Sen. Max Baucus (D - MT), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Read More
ITIF's Digital Prosperity Report
Mar 14, 2007 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), one of our 2007 event partners, officially released its latest report yesterday titled 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
IBM Announces University Collaboration
Dec 14, 2006 | In today's New York Times, Steve Lohr writes about a new collaboration between IBM and a group of seven U.S. Read More
Exclusive: Q and A with Rob Atkinson
Oct 23, 2006 | Earlier this month, we had the opportunity to spend some time speaking with Robert Atkinson, President of the Information Technology Read More
BW asks, "Is There an Innovation Drought?"
Oct 10, 2006 | While Google's acquisition of YouTube is certainly getting a lot of attention - and it means big bucks for YouTube's Read More
CRA Blog's Take on Competitiveness Legislation
Sep 29, 2006 | Earlier this week, the Computing Research Association's blog featured a post called "Innovation and Competitiveness: How'd We Do?" by CRA's Read More
ITIF Issues Report on R&D Tax Credit
Sep 7, 2006 | The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) -- one of Tech Policy Summit's event partners -- has published a new Read More
Brain Drain or Brain Circulation?
Aug 30, 2006 | As part of its Newsmakers series, News.com published a Q & A today with the Dean of UC Berkeley's School Read More
E-Learning Hit By Patent Dispute
Aug 28, 2006 | An interesting article in BusinessWeek describes the controversy surrounding a patent awarded to e-learning software provider Blackboard Inc. earlier this Read More
Patent Office Testing Peer Review Process
Aug 18, 2006 | Fortune magazine reports on the The Community Patent Review Project, a peer review system designed to help streamline and improve Read More
Tech Groups Urge Action on R&D Tax Credit
Aug 10, 2006 | Jim Puzzanghera wrote a piece in the LA Times last week about the tech industry's disappointment, to put it lightly, Read More
Boston's Non-Profit Wi-Fi Plan
Aug 4, 2006 | Like their counterparts in San Francisco and Philadelphia, local officials in Boston are working on a plan to offer municipal Read More
UK Prime Minister Meets with Tech Execs
Jul 31, 2006 | Cisco Systems hosted British Prime Minister Tony Blair at its San Jose headquarters yesterday. Prime Minister Blair met with Cisco's Read More
Microsoft Announces e-Health Investment
Jul 26, 2006 | ZDNet reports that Microsoft announced an alliance with MedStar Health today related to Azyxxi, a healthcare software system that compiles Read More
New Service Allows Legal Download-to-DVD Burning of Films
Jul 20, 2006 | Several major film studios, including Disney, Universal and MGM, are participating in a new download-to-DVD service from CinemaNow that allows Read More
First e-Health Record Products Certified
Jul 19, 2006 | According to Computerworld, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced yesterday that 20 e-health record products have Read More
HP's Memory Spot
Jul 17, 2006 | According to the Mercury News, Hewlett-Packard announced that it has developed a prototype for a wireless, self-adhesive microchip - called Read More
Senate RFID Caucus Holds First Meeting
Jul 14, 2006 | Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and John Cornyn (R-TX) launched their bipartisan RFID caucus yesterday to demonstrate their support for RFID Read More
The "Sinofication" of Electronics?
Jul 7, 2006 | Reuters reports on the happenings at SINOCES, one of China's top electronics shows. The article begins, "Gone are the days Read More
Investing in (Clearwire's) WiMax
Jul 6, 2006 | Wireless broadband provider Clearwire, founded by cellular phone veteran Craig McCaw, announced a $900 million financing round led by Intel Read More
WIRED's Take on What's Driving the Global Economy
Jul 4, 2006 | The July issue of WIRED magazine features an article about six trends that are "changing the world," or at least Read More
Reflections on MGM v. Grokster
Jul 2, 2006 | A year after the landmark MGM v. Grokster Supreme Court decision, the heads of the Recording Industry Association of America Read More
The Secret to Silicon Valley's Success?
Jun 28, 2006 | USAToday takes a look at efforts to recreate the "entrepreneurial magic of Silicon Valley" in countries around the world, including Read More
Open the Airwaves for Innovation
Feb 23, 2006 | Several groups are calling for an increase in the available radio spectrum for the development of new technologies. Billed as Read More
