Malcolm Gladwell, author of one of my favorite books about social economics, “The Tipping Point,” will be releasing another book in November. His new title, “Outliers: Why Some People Succeed and Some Don’t,” promises to challenge common thoughts on what leads to ultra-successful types like Bill Gates. Some are saying he places more focus on […]

After a recent DMCA struggle between the left-leaning news site, the Drudge Report and the Associated Press about using AP links to reference stories, Buzz Machine Jeff Jarvis wonders if this could be a final rally for a once-great, sinking news network. The focus, he asserts, should now be on crediting the local sources of […]

Tech geeks have been soiling themselves since Monday in excitement over Apple reducing the cost of the too-nice-for-a-pocket iPhone to $200 from $400 and adding enhanced networking features. What people don’t know is that the plans associated with it actually make the iPhone 3G approximately $160 more expensive over the life of a two-year plan. […]

A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on the kinds of equipment that may be attached, on the modes of communication allowed, which does not restrict content, sites or platforms, and where communication is not unreasonably degraded by other communication streams.
There is a growing fear among the tech-savvy that telecommunications companies […]