Technology

The mergers of SBC-AT&T and Verizon-MCI will benefit everyone by creating cost savings from increased operational efficiencies. Although the telecom marketplace will never look the same, one thing that unfortunately hasn’t changed in telecom is a culture of reliance on regulation. Competitors like Cbeyond, Eshelon, Level 3, NuVox, Qwest, SAVVIS, TDS Metrocom and XO, argued that the sky will fall Read More ›

Click here to view a PDF of the text below. The shriek of Katrina’s 140 mph winds and rat-a-tat-tat of its driving, torrential rain left in its tumultuous wake a coast silenced by vast devastation. Darkness ruled not just night but day, as the electric grid crash darkened shelters and the lights of fiber-optic cable went off in an instant. Cell towers Read More ›

The Internet has flourished without oversight by the Federal Communications Commission, yet, for some reason, a draft proposal for re-writing the Telecommunications Act of 1996 tells the FCC to regulate it.   Regulation is the enemy of innovation, and all sides have agreed that as competition develops it should be possible to eliminate regulation. Unfortunately, that’s not the overall direction of Read More ›

Top business and investment minds are gathering this September in Squaw Valley, CA for “the second ascendance of the Telecosm,” the new economic landscape created by computers, data networks and an ever-growing list of new technologies. The 2005 Telecosm Conference, cohosted by Discovery Senior Fellow George Gilder and Forbes magazine Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes, is a technology summit for investors, engineers, Read More ›

This article, published by The New York Sun, is a review of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder’s book The Silicon Eye: How a Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras, and Cell Phones Obsolete: George Gilder’s “The Silicon Eye: How a Silicon Valley Company Aims to Make All Current Computers, Cameras, and Cell Phones Obsolete” (W.W. Read More ›

This article, published by The Washington Post, contains an interview with Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: George Gilder’s in-depth knowledge of the high-tech industry comes into full play in his new book, ” The Silicon Eye ” — a look at the image capture-innovator Foveon Inc. The firm “can do for the camera what Intel did for the computer,” writes Gilder.  Read More ›

Seattle, July 13 – Discovery Institute Senior Fellow for Technology and Society John C. Wohlstetter is pleased to announce the launch of his online diary, Letter from The Capitol. A true renaissance man, Wohlstetter will offer his insights on topics as diverse as D.C. politics, the war on terrorism, and jazz. “For years, John has provided fascinating commentary for a Read More ›

This article, published by The Washington Times, contains a review of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder’s book The Silicon Eye: Though some of the same “characters” pop up in “The Silicon Eye,” George Gilder is less concerned with making heroes than with ushering in the Valley’s staggering new wave. The silicon in this contemporary tale is the magic inside Read More ›

Hance Haney, a specialist in telecommunications and technology policy, has been hired to head Discovery Institute’s Technology and Democracy Project. Mr. Haney will be based in Discovery Institute’s Washington, D.C. office. “Hance Haney’s knowledge in the field of telecommunications and his previous experience on Capitol Hill will be vitally important to our efforts on telecom deregulation in the coming year” Read More ›

Discovery Fellow Bret Swanson’s recent posting on Disco-tech, the Institute’s blog on technology and public policy, is noted in the July 14, 2005 edition of The Wall Street Journal; Page A10 Yes, stocks in biotechnology and other seemingly unrelated areas are also up in this period, as are small-cap indexes in general. But tech-stock trackers like Bret Swanson of the Read More ›