Yahoo tried to protect ‘your information,’ Feds threatened $250K daily fine
The US government threatened to fine Yahoo $250,000 a day if it refused to hand over user data to the National Security Agency, according to court documents unsealed on Thursday. In a blogpost, the company said More...
Tech companies rally to oppose FCC internet plan, more fees for the consumer
In response to the Federal Communications Commission’s internet plan, which opponents claim will weaken the concept of net neutrality, more than 100 technology companies have signed onto a letter slamming the More...
Taxpayers pay $163 billion in interest to Apple, Cisco, Google, Microsoft in offshore accounts
United States taxpayers make large interest payments to the top four technology firms for the $163 billion in US government debt the companies own and shelter in tax-free offshore accounts. photo by photoSteve101 More...
Small Yet Global: The New Industrial Revolution in America
Twenty years ago, a small, mom-and-pop, business could easily be outcompeted by a large multi-national corporation. Some argue that that’s still true today, though it’s much less certain thanks in large More...
Federal government demanding passwords and encryption algorithms from Internet companies
The federal government has demanded that major internet companies turn over users’ stored passwords, two sources told the tech website CNet. photo Charles Fettinger via Flickr “If the government is able to determine More...
Bill Gates confesses Windows phone rollout was ‘clearly a mistake’
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates may be devoting more time to running his philanthropic foundation than to day-to-day operations in Redmond these days, but that doesn’t mean he’s satisfied with how things More...
