Tech at Night: Google causes a privacy stir, Twitter causes a censorship stir, Grassley continues to fight

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 28th at 03:00 AM  | 

So, Google is integrating its websites more. As a result, some privacy settings will apply network-wide, and one site will be able to use data from another site. People are flipping out, naturally. People have been giving Google this data for ages. People have known that Google was watching them, and yet they chose to keep using Google and in fact use one account for | Read More »

Tech at Night: More Copyright, and the Wyden-Issa OPEN act gains attention

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  January 25th at 11:30 PM  | 

Some are still worried about the Megaupload takedown (including many the

Tech at Night: AT&T smacks down Public Knowledge and Sprint, FCC and Free Press exposed

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  May 19th at 03:00 AM  | 

I’ve been meaning to write about Sprint and the alliance it’s making with the shady, fringe left. Well, since that alliance is against AT&T, and trying to bring government down on AT&T, they’ve started to do the work for me with their myth busting posts. Part 1 takes down fringe left group Public Knowledge and its testimony to the Senate. AT&T illustrates how absurd it | Read More »

Tech at Night: Jim DeMint does good, Texas races California to the bottom, FCC, AT&T, Copyright

By: Neil Stevens (Diary)  |  May 14th at 04:11 AM  | 

House pressure on the FCC continues, with Friday’s hearings on FCC process reform, including testimony from all four active FCC Commissioners (Republican Commissioner Meredith Baker has quit the FCC). I associate myself with the remarks of Seton Motley on the preferred outcome of FCC Process Reform: “FCC ‘Process Reform’ Should Be About Reducing FCC Power. Oh, and making them obey the law.” Meanwhile, as much | Read More »