Perspectives from industry analysts
A dose of commentary from leading industry analysts and pundits.
-
Charles Cooper
Rating Al Gore's tech cred
November 2, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Pol who invented the Internet and scares the world about global warming wants to be taken seriously? Why not, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.
-
Michael Kanellos
How to be a tech blowhard
November 1, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos shares trade tips for any aspiring bloviators keen on dissing the tech-know-it-all set.
-
Steven Gal
How we went wrong on identity
November 1, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Steven Gal says the current ID infrastructure has left consumers annoyed and feeling victimized, and needs to be completely re-engineered.
-
Eric J. Sinrod
The new urgency to fix online privacy
October 31, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Unlike Y2K, which was a nonevent, Internet attorney Eric Sinrod explains why the business world is mobilizing behind what it sees as a real threat.
-
Dan Sarel
Why we still invite data breaches
October 29, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Sentrigo's Dan Sarel writes that enterprise security has been slow to realize the evolving nature of for-profit cyber hack attacks.
-
Charles Cooper
Nothing like being a tech slave
October 26, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Fed up groveling before your PC? You should be. Imagine an alternate universe where your TV forced you through the same daily humiliations.
-
Tod Loofbourrow
Must employers really pay to play?
October 25, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Authoria CEO Tod Loofbourrow writes that with the U.S. in the middle of a talent crisis, too many companies are being tempted to overpay.
-
Eric J. Sinrod
Others post, you get sued
October 24, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod examines whether online service providers are legally responsible for content users create.
-
Alan McGlade
Moving beyond the iPod
October 23, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
The iPod blazed a trail, but MediaNet Digital CEO Alan McGlade asks how much longer Apple's closed-technology approach can last.
-
Michael Kanellos
Libertarianism and its discontents
October 18, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says that while those in the tech world want to see government out of our lives, they don't really mean it.
-
Nancy Prager
Recording industry shows how to lose by winning
October 17, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
As it seeks to fight digital theft, intellectual-property expert Nancy Prager says the music business is waging the wrong campaign.
-
Eric J. Sinrod
The new e-discovery burden
October 17, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Rather than streamline and limit litigation, a rule change adds a new financial burden, Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says.
-
Cary Sherman
Rights and wrongs in the antipiracy struggle
October 16, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
RIAA President Cary Sherman says the music industry's response to the theft of creative works helped rescue a business under siege.
-
Charles Cooper
My Facebook fetish
October 12, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper wants his boss to know there's a reason why he wastes all that time prowling around Facebook each day.
-
Michael Kleeman
Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure
October 11, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Is the United States foolishly ignoring a question that will impact its future? For UCSD's Michael Kleeman, it's time to stop debating the obvious.
-
Alex Chachkes
Fixing a broken patent system
October 10, 2007 4:01 AM PDT
Copyright attorney Alex Chachkes says the pressure is on to fix a system generally agreed to be in a state of disarray.
-
William Kilmer
Greetings...you're infected
October 8, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Avinti CEO William Kilmer says the industry is late to grasp the challenge of blended threats that are moving viruses from e-mail to the Web.
-
Charles Cooper
Is Adobe breathing down Microsoft's neck?
October 5, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
News.com's Charles Cooper says Adobe's new AIR tech and others' plans for Web apps could finally mean Redmond has to compete for your loyalty.
-
Michael Butler
Ethanol isn't a magic word
October 4, 2007 12:16 PM PDT
Cascadia Capital's Michael Butler says hype around ethanol may blind people to complex realities of the clean-technology business.
-
Ari Schwartz
A turn in the antispyware war?
October 3, 2007 4:00 AM PDT
Center for Democracy and Technology's Ari Schwartz says the import of a recent ruling should be a boon to the global antispyware community.
Loaded: Free in-flight Wi-Fi 
Mozilla's CEO discusses Firefox's next challenge 
Loaded: A taste of Eclair 
NASA scopes out Antarctica's ice (photos) 
Passive-aggressive gifts for tardy geeks (photos) 
Top-rated reviews of the week (photos) 
