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Your Country, Your VFI Group

Published Mon, Dec 29 2008 7:32 AM by VFI Group Admin

Filed under:VFI FYI

You may have noticed one of the new features on VoicesForInnovation.org - VFI Groups. Voices for Innovation is a global community, with members from different countries and VFI Groups let's you connect with members in your country. Find out about...
Looking Ahead: the Data Retention, Control, and Use Debate

Published Tue, Dec 23 2008 1:27 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Security,Search,Privacy,Data Retention

Last week, eWeek ran an interesting article in which Microsoft privacy chief Brendon Lynch essentially said that search engine technology depends on some degree of data retention. The issue of how websites collect, store, and use data--and how they notify...
The Internet's 100 Oldest Dot-Com Domains

Published Mon, Dec 22 2008 1:15 PM by aphraner

Filed under:VFI FYI,Fun News

It's that time of year when everyone takes a look back at 2008. PC World gets a bit more nostalgic with their top 100 oldest dot-com domains. As we finish out the tech-centric year of 2008, we thought we'd take a look back at the Internet's...
Digital Darwinism and the Survival of the Fittest

Published Fri, Dec 19 2008 11:08 AM by DELevin

Filed under:Trends

This week, Slate online magazine -- started by Microsoft, now owned by the Washington Post -- published a new take on a nearly traditional theme. " The Digital Slay-Ride " discusses the decline of newspapers in the Internet age. Newspapers and...
The Net Neutrality Debate Heats Up

Published Thu, Dec 18 2008 5:19 PM by aphraner

President-elect Barack Obama supported the concept of Net Neutrality durning his campaign. (In fact you can watch the video of his campaign talking to Microsoft employees on this topic here ). This week the debate over Net Neutrality seems to be heating...
Berkeley Prof on IP Rights and Technology, Open Innovation

Published Wed, Dec 17 2008 2:27 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Open Innovation,Standards,IP

Ars Technica offers a detailed description of Berkeley Law Professor Robert P. Merges' working paper entitled, " IP Rights and Technological Platforms ." I would encourage every VFI member to read the Ars Technica summary, which helps explain...
A Nobel-Prize Winning Scientist in the New Administration

Published Tue, Dec 16 2008 4:34 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Obama Administration

Like most technology policy watchers, I've been waiting to hear whom President-elect Obama will select as key technology leaders in the new Administration (e.g., the new CTO position, or IP czar). The wait continues, but in the meantime, Obama has...
Spreading The Voice of Innovation... by blog, company newsletter, and local tech orgs

Published Mon, Dec 15 2008 5:40 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:VFI FYI

Do you have a blog of your own? Does your company have a newsletter? Do you belong to a local tech organization? If the answer is yes, please consider speaking up about Voices for Innovation. Link to The Voice of Innovation blog or let your local organization's...
Policy Beat: Tech Agenda and the Big Picture from BSA

Published Fri, Dec 12 2008 12:47 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda,Policy Beat,BSA

'Tis the season of policy agendas. Voices for Innovation has a draft Tech Policy Agenda (comments still open)... and so do hundreds (thousands?) of other organizations, including others focused on technology. Yesterday, the Business Software Alliance...
Microsoft’s Bob Muglia Talks to CNet

Published Wed, Dec 10 2008 9:42 PM by aphraner

Filed under:VFI FYI,CNET

Microsoft's Bob Muglia sat down Tueday to talk with CNet about the economy, Windows Azure, Windows 7, and virtualization. Read the CNEt article and check out the video interview here .
Policy Beat: A Look Back at the CAN-SPAM Act

Published Wed, Dec 10 2008 11:00 AM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,Security

Five years ago, the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 became law. Prior to passage of the law, there was a significant debate about what could be done on the policy and technology fronts to fight the scourge of unsolicited commercial email, better known as spam. The...
A Chance to Submit Your Ideas Directly to the Obama Administration

Published Mon, Dec 08 2008 1:34 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda

During the presidential campaign, candidate Obama offered an extensive policy agenda that included technology policy proposals. Now President-elect Obama has posted his agenda online at Change.gov, and anyone can submit ideas. View his technology agenda...
Advocacy in Action -- the Bill Breslin Interview

Published Thu, Dec 04 2008 5:17 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Just as the VFI website was being updated, we published an interview with VFI and IAMCP member Bill Breslin, focused on his advocacy action in Texas. This interview is worth checking out: here's the link . The bottom line is that Bill brought his...
The Debate Over H-1B

Published Wed, Dec 03 2008 5:36 PM by VFI Blog Admin

Filed under:Tech Policy Agenda

The H-1B visa program has stirred up heated debate amongst politicos, business owners and technology professionals alike. Computer World’s Patrick Thibodeau article , Obama's DHS pick may find support for raising H-1B cap at confirmation hearing,...
ICT 2008: EU Commissioner Reding to Propose New Strategy for ICT Research and Innovation Next Year

Published Tue, Dec 02 2008 6:41 PM by DELevin

Filed under:Policy Beat,R&D,European Union

The Voice of Innovation is intended to be an international blog, forum, and news service of sorts, uniting all of VFI. (The website operates in several languages.) In time, the Voice should have bloggers from all around the world. In the meantime, though...

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Your Country, Your VFI Group

Looking Ahead: the Data Retention, Control, and Use Debate

The Internet's 100 Oldest Dot-Com Domains

Digital Darwinism and the Survival of the Fittest

The Net Neutrality Debate Heats Up

Berkeley Prof on IP Rights and Technology, Open Innovation

A Nobel-Prize Winning Scientist in the New Administration

Spreading The Voice of Innovation... by blog, company newsletter, and local tech orgs

Policy Beat: Tech Agenda and the Big Picture from BSA

Microsoft’s Bob Muglia Talks to CNet

Policy Beat: A Look Back at the CAN-SPAM Act

A Chance to Submit Your Ideas Directly to the Obama Administration

Advocacy in Action -- the Bill Breslin Interview

The Debate Over H-1B

ICT 2008: EU Commissioner Reding to Propose New Strategy for ICT Research and Innovation Next Year