Silicon Flatirons, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Public Knowledge today are hosting a forum in Washington titled “An FCC for the Internet Age: Reform and Standard-Setting.” The second panel focuses on regulatory reforms, standard-setting and mediating institutions. This entry includes live coverage of the panel.

Microsoft’s VP Scott Charney made quite a few headlines this week at RSA’s security conference when he suggested that perhaps an Internet tax is needed to fight malware.  Predictably, this incited quite a few rebuttals that perhaps Microsoft should pay for the malware infestations since it’s primarily a Microsoft Windows problem.  I view both ideas silly because there are alternatives for dealing with malware without an Internet tax and Windows isn’t the only vulnerable operating system since most of the modern day hacks happen because of bad user behavior.
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Silicon Flatirons, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Public Knowledge today are hosting a forum in Washington titled “An FCC for the Internet Age: Reform and Standard-Setting.” The first panel focuses on the present and future of FCC reform. This entry includes live coverage of the panel.

Silicon Flatirons, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, and Public Knowledge today are hosting a forum in Washington titled “An FCC for the Internet Age: Reform and Standard-Setting.” Digital Society will be tweeting and blogging live from the event. Follow us on Twitter at @DigiSociety, and stay tuned to the blog for updates from the conference.

A number of interesting new articles and forums deal with our exaflood theme of the past few years.
“Striving to Map the Shape-Shifting Net” – by John Markoff – The New York Times – March 2, 2010
“Data, data, everywhere” – The Economist – Special Report on Managing Information – February 25, 2010
“Managing the Exaflood” – American Association for the Advancement of Science – February 19, 2010
“Professors Find Ways to Keep Heads Above ‘Exaflood’ of Data” – Wired Campus – The Chronicle of Higher Education – February 24, 2010

Two sources, here and here, have now confirmed some blurbs seen on Twitter the last few days that March’s upcoming Broadband Plan will include the proposition of a website called Video.gov.

We have invited Jeff Turner, Principal/CTO of Interstream, to share his perspective on the technical implications (vs. the philosophical digressions and debates) of net neutrality. He has gained this perspective over his many years as an executive at some of the top hardware firms that built the web (including Cisco and Novell).

The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation
Going Mobile: Technology and Policy Issues in the Mobile Internet
Richard Bennett
March 2, 2010

Free Press is asking the FCC to consider a number of changes to the NPRM Net Neutrality regulations which they claim will “promote investment”. But once we examine their proposal in detail, we find that it will produce just the opposite and devastate the U.S. economy.

Leo Laporte who started off as a popular radio and TV tech guy is now one of the more popular Internet tech personalities.  Laporte is someone who has always helped the average person with their technology troubles, but Jennifer was one lady he had to give some tough love advice.

What started off as a typical helpline call from a lady named “Jennifer” turned into a really embarrassing story of deceit, theft, and rationalization.  Jennifer came on the line needing help with her Wi-Fi Access …