Grant Gross

Articles by Grant Gross

Google to buy On2 Technologies

The video compression technology firm will be sold to Google in a US $106.5 million stock deal

Coalition pushes open source adoption in U.S. gov’t

Equal opportunity sought - Open Source For America asks Washington to give open source software makers and equal chance to win government contract. Perhaps the U.S. should check out Vancouver's open source policies

Web registrars call for U.S. oversight of ICANN

Despite a decade of calls for international oversight over Internet domain name management, the vendor that operates the .com and .net domain names says the American government needs to continue managing the domain name system. U.S. congressman expressed concerns over fraud and national security

FTC chairman: Agency may enforce net neutrality

U.S. regulator may act on net-neutrality and ensure providers meet performance promises, says the head of the agency

IEEE launches smart-grid standards project

Intel will host the first conference on P2030 standards in June. How the industry is working towards interoperability between the power system, meters and other devices.

Cyber criminals breach US electrical grid

Intrusions by cyber spies from China, Russia and elsewhere are pervasive, according to government officials

US blows cover off secret anti-counterfeiting pact

Very little detain is contained on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement with Japan and the European Union, but release of the document signifies a drastic change in U.S. policy

Privacy groups slam Google’s ‘behavioral’ advertising plan

Google's proposal to allow users of its search engine to see and to change their advertising profile is flawed and lacks safeguards to prevent user preferences from being exploited, according to privacy groups

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