Kenneth Corbin

All electronic medical records aren’t created equally. As federal policy makers move toward bringing health records into the 21st century, a watchdog group issues a report card scoring several leading systems on their privacy policies. eSecurityPlanet has the full story. A consumer watchdog group is warning that many leading electronic medical record systems don’t do […]

A prominent House Democrat on Wednesday said that the dissipation of traditional news outlets threatens to leave a void in an institution of considerable civic value, warning of the adverse effects that will follow as a shrinking industry can dispatch ever fewer journalists to hold businesses and governments accountable. Speaking at a Federal Trade Commission […]

Facebook continues dominating the social networking landscape, surpassing 350 million users. But that growth also continues prompting changes in other areas, like privacy. eSecurity Planet has the details on Facebook’s new privacy controls — a shift that takes it further away its origins as a college-oriented networking site. As it passes another major milestone, social […]

Google, Yahoo and Microsoft may not see eye-to-eye on every issue, but the three leading search engines sang in chorus today as they shared with the world the most popular search term on each of their platforms in 2009. Taking the top spot on each company’s list was none other than fallen pop icon Michael […]

When Rupert Murdoch agreed to deliver a speech at a Washington policy forum on the future of journalism in the digital age, one might have fairly expected the News Corp. chief to continue rattling his saber about the imperatives of charging readers for news on the Internet, and clamping down on aggregation sites that gather […]

In its ongoing quest to give a fair hearing to any and all things broadband-related, the Federal Communications Commission today turned its attention to energy efficiency. Specifically, the smart grid. “Smart grid and broadband are first cousins,” said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. The idea, sensibly enough, is that the same high-speed, ubiquitous connectivity that gives […]

Source: Amazon As if to remind the industry the industry that amid a crop of new entrants, the Kindle still holds pole position in the e-reader market, Amazon offered an unusual glimpse into the sales of the device. The normally cagey e-commerce giant announced today that November was a record month for Kindle sales, though […]

Facebook has reshuffled its stock structure to give existing shareholders greater control over the company, move that could pave the way for an eventual public offering. The company confirmed that it enacted a dual-class stock structure, allowing the current shareholders “to maintain control over voting on certain issues.” A source familiar with the arrangement told […]

After a healthy start, this holiday season is projected to see a slight increase in online spending, according to Internet metrics firm comScore. Over the first 22 days of November, U.S. consumers spent $8.21 billion online, a 2 percent increase over last year. That strong early showing was enough to give comScore confidence to project […]

Everybody loves a bargain, right? Well, what’s true in flush times is even more so in lean years, and the holiday season of 2009 is certainly going to cap off one of those. With the economy only beginning to lurch its way back from the precipice, some research firms have already offered preliminary analyses projecting […]

Struggling Web video firm Joost has agreed to an acquisition offer from Adconion Media Group, a global advertising and media network. “Video is a top priority for our company,” Adconion CEO Tyler Moebius said in a statement. Launched in 2007, Joost began as an Internet TV service, and struck partnerships with major content providers such […]