Kenneth Corbin

For the Obama administration, digital piracy and other forms of intellectual property crimes are a pocketbook issue. That’s according to Victoria Espinel, the nation’s first intellectual property enforcement coordinator. Espinel, speaking at a conference hosted by the Future of Music Coalition, outlined the administration’s broad-ranging efforts to protect intellectual property, noting the ongoing negotiations with […]

Verizon Wireless, already the subject of an FCC investigation, this week said it will begin paying back $50 million to consumers who were erroneously charged for mobile data sessions over the past few years. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, some 15 million subscribers can expect refunds mostly in the range of $2 to $6 per […]

Can a new icon solve the online privacy debate, and keep federal regulators at bay? A broad group of the leading advertising associations aims to find out. On Monday, the world will wake up to the Digital Advertising Alliance, a new coalition headed by one of the architects of the industry’s self-regulatory strategy. At its […]

How do you protect content and intellectual property on the Internet? Despite many iterations of security solutions and legal prohibitions, the problem of digital piracy remains a huge one for the industry. Part of the challenge is that the line between the legitimate use of commercially-protected content and piracy can be murky, raising enforcement issues […]

Now that all hope has been lost for what was billed as a compromise bill to resolve the network neutrality issue, industry and government leaders are waiting to see whether or not the FCC intends to exercise its contested authority to move forward on its own. As Enterprise Networking Planet reports, the agency’s proposal to […]

HP’s board has put an end to the guessing game over who will replace Mark Hurd. The computing heavyweight has tapped an executive with experience in the top spot of a big-league tech company, but one that has fallen on tough times of late. On Thursday, HP named former SAP boss Léo Apotheker to step […]

Whatever hopes lawmakers had for hashing out a compromise that could result in a net neutrality law this session grew distant on Wednesday, as House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman said he was dropping his efforts to move on a bill that staked out a centrist view in a polarizing debate. Republican committee […]

Cybersecurity has become an increasingly high profile issue in government and private industry circles as concern about the safety of our most critical systems rises. How safe are our systems? The only thing we know for sure is that they are constantly under attack and that there will continue to be a need for more […]

Dell’s playing coy but it’s just a matter of time before the cat is completely out of the bag regarding a new, 7-inch tablet PC that CEO Michael Dell briefly flashed at last week’s Oracle Open World conference. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, the much-speculated-about device will likely hit the market within a couple weeks. […]

Online piracy costs legitimate IT companies billions of dollars each year and the White House’s top administrator says any meaningful attempt at disrupting the illicit trade will require considerable cooperation between law enforcement, the government and the companies most affected by the problem. As Datamation reports, the issue brings the Obama administration’s broader intellectual property […]

As technology plays a bigger role in our daily lives, mainstream media frequently includes articles related to the industry, ranging from new products and services to tech’s impact on our lives. Datamation reports on a new study that reveals there’s been a changing of the guard when it comes to which companies get the most […]

The Obama administration has pushed for a major overhaul and streamlining of the federal approach to cybersecurity. Where have those efforts led? One very visible product has been the newly established Cyber Command, headed by Gen. Keith Alexander, who also serves as director of the National Security Agency. Alexander told a House panel this week […]