Articles in the technology Category

The New FDA Raid: Internet Pharmacies

November 24th, 2008

Most Americans would agree that the FDA has failed us in many ways, from overregulation of products to under-regulation of many more. On one side, researchers claim bad reactions to FDA approved prescription drugs kill…

Will states rights to charge eTax be reformed?

November 13th, 2008

New Yorks most recent web infringement policy began on June 1 of this year and marks the supposed end of tax-free ecommerce, a movement that began

A proposal to make emailing spam a civil crime

November 13th, 2008

According to Gartner, Inc., an IT industry research and advisory company, between August 2006 and August 2007, roughly 3,500,000 United States computer users were victims of phishing scams…

Sending text message spam may cost $11,000

November 11th, 2008

Senator Gordon Smith has a proposal on the table aiming to prohibit text message spam. Smith gave his bill the name the Do Not Text Act of 2008, a rather strange title for a proposal that aims at cutting down the nuisance

Department of Defense rumors of making solar energy world record

October 27th, 2008

Solar energy developments have been extremely rampant as of late across both the private and the public sector. Over the past few months the state of Hawaii has made solar water heaters mandatory beginning in 2010, The Department of Energys contracted company Boeing-Spectrolab achieved a world-breaking…

The Re-Regulation Era of Aviation

October 24th, 2008

For many years, both parties have focused their energies to work towards building free-market capitalism. More recently, larger companies and taxpayers alike seem to be more receptive to government regulation. With the scare of the current market situation, opinions dramatically swing…

A Senators bold dream to capture lightening

October 23rd, 2008

Amidst the increasing concerns and negative effects of the United States heavy reliance on fossil fuels proposed legislation to ease the pain at the pump and on national security risks are increasing. One of the most interesting proposals yet hails from Senator Louie…

DWIC: Driving while Immersed in Conversation

October 22nd, 2008

It boggles the mind to see people driving down the road while doing things other than completely paying attention to their surroundings. I suppose we all have the ability to multitask, right? Despite our confidences in doing more than one thing at a time, your risk of having an accident…

A Web of Difference

October 1st, 2008

In less than a century, people advanced from horses and carriages to automobiles and airplanes. The turn of the century brought about a technological explosion with advancements emerging in every direction as demand for more efficient and swifter ways of doing things increased exponentially. Computers arrived with the internet not far behind, providing more fruitful ways to communicate across the boarder and file documents.

Welcoming the new Internet Czar

September 29th, 2008

intenet czar / tsarSession after session politicians continually craft new ways to get more control on the last free media frontier we have – the internet. The latest bill to pass is the worst one to come along this congressional session. Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) S.3325 states its reason for existence is to “enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws and for other purposes”. It’s the “other purposes” that should have people concerned.