Topic: Science and Technology Policy

AT&T Gets Annoyed by Net Neutrality, Opera Mobile Gets Squashed by China

"If it bothers you that the China government does it, it should bother you when your cable company does it." - White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Internet Policy, Andrew McLaughlinREAD»

Net neutrality

Today in my journalism ethics class, I talked with the students about net neutrality.  Most of them hadn't heard of it, so I showed them a couple of YouTube videos, including one produced by SavetheInternet.com.  In the discussion ...READ»

What Does Silicon Valley Want from Washington?

Fast Interview: Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig talks about his aborted run for Congress, the threat of a catastrophic network event, and who he's supporting for president.READ»

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The Powers or the People: GOP Rep. Tries to Delay FCC Vote on Who Owns the Web

With an FCC vote on net neutrality rules looming on Thursday, it would be a shame if partisan politics didn't come into play. But who will stand up to declare regulations barring Internet service providers from picking and choosing ...READ»

The Google Guide to Infuriating Your ISP

Google [GOOG] has launched a new website in cooperation with a pair of nonprofit organizations. It does two things: it analyzes your network connection, and it makes companies like Comcast [CMCSA] and TimeWarner [TWX] wish that Google ...READ»

The Digital Experience

W. Russell Neuman is a professor of media technology at the University of Michigan. Formerly, he worked as a senior policy analyst in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. His GEL presentation touched on the true ...READ»

One World, One Net

In her blog post titled "Net Neutrality," Vivian Wagner raised the frightening reality that her students did not know about the situation with net neutrality. It seems to me that many today take the internet for granted. ...READ»

Comparing the Candidates’ Technology and Innovation Policies

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation has been tracking Barack Obama and John McCain's positions on innovation and technology policy for some months. In September, ITIF released a report Comparing the Candidates' ...READ»

HIPAA & SAS70 Audits | Understanding the Relationship

Many people often ask me about SAS70 audits. Many people also often ask me about HIPAA and its security standards.  And yes, SAS70 & HIPAA together make great conversation, and for many good reasons. HIPAA, passed as ...READ»

Is the Broadband Stimulus Really Worth It?

As negotiations in Congress on the stimulus bill are nearing the final stage, some attention is being given to the parts of the competing bills aimed at increasing access to broadband. The final numbers on the broadband provisions ...READ»

People and Powers-That-Be Disagree on Broadband

Net neutrality: Like it or loathe it, you can't deny it's a hot topic at the moment. And while Cisco's just done some research to show bandwidth hogs don't necessarily exist in the way they're portrayed, the GOP is trying to delay the ...READ»

eCommerce Success

"Paid search has quickly become more than just another marketing tool; rather because of the far flung reach of such search engines as Google and Yahoo!, paid search keywords are in the process of remaking many long standing ...READ»

Welcome to Washington Watch - A New Fast Company Blog on Innovation and IT Policy

Hello and welcome to Washington Watch. I'm Rob Atkinson, President of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation in Washington, DC. We're excited to come aboard as Fast Company expert bloggers on the topic of innovation ...READ»

3G Networks Start to Whine About FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

Only yesterday the FCC's chairman spoke up about net neutrality rules, and already the big U.S. 3G broadband providers are beginning to shake their rattles, cry out loud and demand that people listen: Net neutrality is bad, they ...READ»

Four Ways to Fast-Track 4G, Says FCC

Today FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski took to the stage at CTIA and outlined his agency's plan to handle the welter of wireless transmissions coming in the next decade. The goal: 4G, as fast as possible. According to Mashable, the ...READ»

Harnessing the Net, One Phone at a Time.

Voxiva's Paul Meyer is using telephones to bring the power of the Internet to areas that can't afford computers.READ»

The Death of the Digital Divide--Or a New One?

Is it premature to toll the bells for the death of the digital divide? I've been speaking to corporations and nonprofits for several years now, citing various statistics such as those found at eMarketer, which is a great source for ...READ»

Can We Talk? Put Another Log on the Fire

Meeting I Never MissREAD»

Vote: The New Economy's First Campaign

This year, for the first time, the new economy and a presidential election collide. In exclusive interviews, Fast Company asks Al Gore and George Bush about growth, innovation, change, and leadership.READ»

Innovation and the Obama Presidency

During his presidential campaign, President-elect Obama was quoted as saying, “America risks being left behind in the global economy: Revolutionary advances in information technology, biotechnology, nanotechnology, and other fields ...READ»

Real Change in Washington: Obama Announces Plan to Update Fireside Chats

Reports that Obama plans to bring the President’s weekly “fireside chat” into the new century surfaced this weekend. The president elect plans to not just offer the chats on the radio, but on YouTube as well.READ»