“[Congress] will decide whether the Internet remains a free and open technology fostering innovation, economic growth and democratic communication, or instead becomes the property of cable and phone companies that can put toll booths at every on-ramp and exit on the information superhighway.”
Google is urging grassroots action in favour of net neutrality. CEO Eric Schmidt has written an open letter to Google users asking them to speak out on this issue. Call your representative in Congress at 202-224-3121.
Colorado Gov. Bill Owens today signed legislation to provide greater security for the state's computer systems and increase the oversight on large computer systems developed by state agencies.
House Bill 1157 officially creates the position of chief information security officer. Under the legislation, this officer will have control over the state's cyber security policies and procedures to protect computer systems in state agencies and the citizen information on those computers. The governor had made cyber security one of his priorities in the State of the State.
I saw the Chief Information Security Officer at an ISSA meeting in Colorado Springs. He was a very down to earth guy not really a political type. I think this is a good more for Colorado.
A week ago, they were crowing about how shutting down Pirate Bay was such a huge victory for the entertainment industry. Instead, the site was back up two days later, and only suffered additional outages because so many more people started using the site…