Technology

On February 9, 2006, Tim Oakes of the Indiana Cable and Telecommunications Association wrote an Indy Star opinion column. In addition to resorting to ugly racial and ethnic arguments in a debate over telecommunications, Oakes’ column is simply wrong on many counts. Oakes states: We are particularly distressed by The Star’s support of state-issued franchising of video services and the Read More ›

View the program This edition of Indiana Lawmakers, an award-winning production of WFYI Public Television in Indianapolis, features a roundtable discussion among: Sen. Brandt Hershman (R-Wheatfield) Rep. Matt Pierce (D-Bloomington) Bret Swanson, Senior Fellow, Discovery Institute and Editor, Gilder Technology Report Grant Smith, Executive Director, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana The panelists evaluate legislation to reform regulation of telecommunications services Read More ›

George Gilder, editor of the Gilder Technology Report, regularly responds to subscriber questions at a subscriber-online chat. Here are some excerpts from Gilder’s recent question and answer session on the topic of network processors and companies that are leading the move to win “share of network.” GTR Subscriber Question: Why would IBM start selling its interest in EZchip after all these years, when EZchip is ready Read More ›

This article, published by The Indianapolis Star , quotes Bret Swanson of Discovery Institute: “For a while, industry analysts had thought cable companies were winning. They had an edge because they were — and in many cases still are — less regulated than phone companies,” said Bret Swanson, executive editor of the technology investment newsletter Gilder Technology Report. The rest Read More ›

This article, published by OneWorld, quotes Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Hance Haney: However, Hance Haney, director of the technology and democracy project at the nonpartisan Discovery Institute in Washington, D.C., said there are holes in these arguments. Billing Internet companies to use networks will not necessarily hurt consumers but rather, could benefit them, said Haney, whose public policy think tank Read More ›

U.S. Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., recently noted that the United States has fallen from 13th to 16th place in the world in terms of the availability of broadband, according to the International Telecommunications Union. Most Americans with “high speed” Internet service presently make do with three megabits per second (Mbps) or less, while South Koreans enjoy connections typically three times Read More ›

Listen to the audio below and FreedomWorks has posted a transcript here.

Original Article Seattle is on the cutting edge when it comes to technology. With companies like Microsoft in our backyard developing technologies like you’ve never seen before. As we continue our special series “Seattle 2013,” catch a glimpse of the technology of the future. Today, in 2013, Seattle is a new city. Much of it is thanks to technology. When Read More ›

Microsoft’s work group server competitors claim they can’t keep up with the complexity of Microsoft’s product upgrades. “We are, in many fields, ten years behind Microsoft. And the lag is growing with every new step Microsoft takes,” according to Volker Lendecke of the Samba Users Group, an organization dedicated to free software that anyone can copy. If they are forced Read More ›

Overflowing the Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe, Calif. in late September into hotels in the nearby ski village, this was the Telecosm of the “Singularity.” A singularity designates a point in the future beyond which the “event horizon” darkens, as the horizons of the past darken beyond the reaches of the Big Bang. In between — we are Read More ›