Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Group calls for faster broadband in U.S. schools Urges schools have ubiquitous and robust speeds of at least 100 Mbps to meet the demand for Web-based instruction
Friday, April 13, 2012
Epicor lawsuit may show danger of going solo on ERP Group Manufacturing Services wants its money back, but Epicor says the customer erred by attempting the project on its own
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
U.S. Army finds IT security certification difficulties To cope with the shortage of certified personnel, fewer individuals working in sensitive areas will have to meet the previous requirements
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
US carriers join forces on stolen phones database Keeping track of stolen phones has become increasingly important as more users have expensive smartphones, according to an analyst. The U.S. is now playing catch up with the rest of world
Thursday, April 05, 2012
Obama's online privacy plan gets mixed reaction Advocacy groups want stronger rules; industry prefers to retain current self-regulation
Friday, March 30, 2012
White House launches big data R&D push NSF and DARPA are among the agencies looking to harness the power of large volumes of data
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
FTC calls for Do-Not-Track tool U.S. consumer protection agency continues to urge Internet providers and advertising companies to adopt voluntary code of conduct on the use of personal information
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
U.S. agency goes undercover to expose fraud The GAO goes online to expose sellers of bogus military-grade electronics parts used in major weapons and aircraft systems
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
U.S. cybersecurity legislation gains another strong backer Cabinet minister adds his voice, saying businesses will remain vulnerable to foreign corporate espionage without comprehensive legislative reform
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
On the job with the White House CIO Old PCs, no redundant data centre, email server crashing regularly -- does this sound familiar? Read how the rookie chief information officer met the challenge
Monday, March 12, 2012
Interview: World Congress on Information Technology RADIO ITWC WCIT program chair, Anthony Williams, joins the podcast to talk about what to expect at this year's event in Montreal
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
MIT guru hails government self-service Digitizing services is the best way to measure the delivery of government programs and allows the creation of more interesting jobs, says Peter Weill
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
U.S. cybersecurity bill to empower Homeland Security Bipartisan bill aims to give government more oversight over critical private-sector infrastructure such as electrical power plants and the transportation system
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
U.S. suit raises questions about email privacy at work Staff say they had "explicit permission" to use their government-issued computers for personal purposes. Also, a Toronto lawyer gives her view on law in Canada 
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
U.S. Institute of Health taps Canadian site for database The U.S. National Institute of Health has partnered with Canadian medical Q & A site, AskTheDoctor to use its data as the backbone for a new artificial intelligence project
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Student privacy activists due to meet with Facebook The meeting on Feb. 6 aims to resolve disagreements over privacy issues between the group and Facebook
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
SOPA and PIPA: What went wrong? Why a Web campaign derailed three powerful and well-funded trade groups that pushed hard for laws that could have cut U.S. access to suspect foreign Web sites
Monday, January 23, 2012
Anonymous dupes users into joining Megaupload attack Recruits accomplices by spreading links via Twitter that auto-starts attack tool
Friday, January 20, 2012
Opposition rises in Congress to U.S. copyright bills Senators seem to be responding to public pressure as one bill is called dead and a vote on another is delayed. However, proponents aren't giving up 
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Eastman Kodak files for Chapter 11 Struggling Eastman Kodak sees opportunity in its digital capture patents, and printing and deposition technologies
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
China: U.S. lacks evidence to sanction Taobao Site sells pirated and counterfeit goods, the U.S. has alleged, but the government of China says the action is irresponsible
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Tucows, Wikipedia among sites protesting U.S. laws Canadian software downloading site joins those objecting to proposed anti-piracy legislation that would block access in U.S. to infinging Web sites
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Governments can't fight social media, says U.S. "The 21st century is a lousy time to be a control freak," State department official tells reporters in urging governments support an open Internet
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Five major changes facing the Internet in 2012 FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-- 2012 is poised to go down in Internet history as one of the most significant 12-month periods from both a technical and policy perspective since the late 1990s, when this...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
U.S. copyright hearing goes into 2012 So far, the committee has voted down about 20 amendments designed to address concerns by Web-based companies, Web security experts and digital rights groups