In a letter to Congress, Embarq says that its NebuAd trial was really about "empowering" people, not selling their surfing and search history to make a quick buck. Its "notification" scheme was two short paragraphs buried in a 5,240 word privacy policy on its website.Read More......

Rajiv Pant and I talk about the impact of IT consumerization in the enterprise, and about the shifting boundary between the professional and the personal. If you thought that virtualization and SaaS were the answer keeping work and home separate, think again.Read More......

AT&T and DIRECTV tell the FCC to let Hollywood have its selectable output control waiver. Electronics manufacturers, theater owners, and indie studios call the plan a threat to consumers.Read More......

The Public Interest Registry announced today that it will transition .org from the DNS protocol to the secure DNSSEC. DNSSEC was developed to address certain problems in DNS, including the issue of cache poisoning, and should close loopholes that have so far been left open.Read More......

With the Chevy Volt on the way, GM and 34 utility companies have joined forces with the Electric Power Research Institute to build infrastructure for forthcoming plug-in hybrids.Read More......