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 […]

I am getting concerned. With Sen. Hillary Clinton gumming up the works for the Dems only possible candidate and McCain keeping a clever silence until the fog of war clears it is any wonder if there will be anything left to vote for in November.
Hillary won West Virginiaby a huge margin and, just before her […]

I shouldn’t have to tell you how ridiculous it is to believe that the FBI’s Terror Watch List contains nearly a million American citizens. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has placed a counter on it’s website to keep track of the number.
Many innocent U.S. citizens have trouble at airports and have to go through […]

New York’s first-term Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer this afternoon publicly apologized for the “involvement” in prostitution he admitted this morning. Police released to the New York Times evidence that Spitzer was the client of a high-end prostitution ring called Emperor’s Club.
Much of the televised media is reporting it as, “Spitzer admits involvement in prostitution to […]

I honestly couldn’t believe my ears when presidential hopeful Sen. Hilary Clinton, D-NY actually started using the press as part of her campaign tactics - and not even the way most politicians do.
Politicos can dish it, spin it, and repackage it and journalists will do whatever they can to extract the delicate truth from whatever […]