Kenneth Corbin

Blogging is so 2005, according to the latest study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. These days, the kids are all about Twitter. Instant Messaging Planet documents the waning interest in long-form blogging and explains why Facebook is partly to blame for the decline. Has blogging run its course? Once regarded as a […]

AOL this morning released its first financial results since its spinoff from Time Warner, posting a modest profit amid declining advertising and subscription revenues. In the fourth quarter of 2009, AOL (NYSE: AOL) posted a profit of $1.4 million, or a penny a share, compared to the year-earlier period when the Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) […]

As Washington settles in for what is sure to be a lively debate over President Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget, much of the discussion will turn on jobs and the economy. But the budget also contains numerous IT provisions to advance the administration’s tech agenda. Datamation pours through the budget and takes a look at […]

President Obama today followed up on last week’s State of the Union address with an interview streamed live on YouTube, fielding questions submitted by the public and moderated by Steve Grove, YouTube’s head of news and politics. Obama took 12 questions in the session, his first YouTube interview since the campaign trail. The subject material […]

Concerns about the dangers of texting while driving have sparked a flurry of activity among policymakers at both the state and federal levels, but a new study has found no correlation between laws that ban the use of cell phones while driving and a reduction in accidents. The Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), a research […]

After a weekend standoff, Amazon has acquiesced to publisher Macmillan’s demands to loosen control over the pricing of digital books for the popular Kindle e-reader. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) made the revelation in a post in its Kindle forum, indulging in a bit of sour grapes as it relayed the message to consumers that MacMillan had […]

Comcast’s proposal to take over NBC Universal has attracted no shortage of controversy. This week, the cable giant submitted the necessary filings with the regulatory agencies that will ultimately have to sign off on the deal, and critics of the merger said once again that it stinks to high heaven. Datamation takes a look at […]

Historically, European authorities have taken a more aggressive approach toward protecting consumers’ privacy than their counterparts in the United States, and it looks like they’ve at it again. A top EU official took the occasion of Data Privacy Day to outline her plans to modernize Europe’s laws to deal with emerging digital technologies like social […]

A Federal Trade Commission fact-finding mission delving into online privacy issues made a stop in Berkeley Thursday where representatives from two of the largest social networking sites urged regulatory restraint. eSecurity Planet takes a closer look at why Facebook and LinkedIn think the industry does a fine job of policing itself and why privacy advocates […]

No issue raises as much interest or angst among Internet users and advertisers as privacy. eSecurity Planet takes a closer look at a developing piece of legislation that would change the amount and methods by which online marketers could collect data for targeted advertising campaigns. WASHINGTON– The House Democrat heading up the push for legislation […]

We have moved from the era of Cold War, which involved soldiers, tanks and nuclear missiles, to an era of Cyber War, which involves hackers, networks and computers. It’s a different world but requires the same level of readiness. Are we there? eSecurity Planet takes a look. WASHINGTON — Military officials readily admit that government […]

It took seven months to fill the job, but Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator says he’s off and running. Howard Schmidt says he has a big agenda in front of him to revamp national cybersecurity, but he says he has the president’s full support. Schmidt laid out his goals for the coming months, which include intense coordination […]