"When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty,"

Yesterday I covered the Rocket Fuel IPO filing. The digital marketing analysis firm plans to raise up to $100 million going public. Even more insightful are the many digital

The Internet advertising industry appears to be in denial about the growing momentum behind Internet privacy -- and it should start to prepare for more protection of data through

Quietly, the European Union is moving toward broad privacy tightening of privacy on Internet applications, specifically in relation to advertising.

The Internet privacy movement appears to be gathering steam and leading to growing paranoia (warranted) among those who have the most to lose: Dozens of venture-backed ad networks and

You have to commend the Wall Street Journal for assigning the resources and churning out the investigative pieces as part of the "What They Know" series. But I thought

Am I the only one perplexed by this Mark Zuckerberg fiasco? I mean, yes, the guy is the founder and CEO of Facebook. But he's mucking things so badly

I believe it's evident now that Facebook is not yet a grown-up company or ready for IPO, proven by its feeble response to the privacy crsis over the last

As if Google isn't doing enough to rile up the Federal Trade Commission, today it announced that it is offering $68 million in cash to buy Global IP Solutions

Sometimes it's nice to get away a few days, disconnect, and refresh the mind. And then you come back, and find out that Facebook wants to rule the world.

Bloomberg has scooped everybody this morning with the news that Google is talking to travel-technology power ITA Software about a potential acquisition in the $1B range (article available to

LAS VEGAS -- Given that the rest of the Western world is wallowing in a lingering recession/depression, it's nice to hunker down in Vegas at the CTIA where it's

Another sad news item about government intrusion today. I guess it's confirmed, personal liberty is on the permanent decline and George Orwell's future has arrived. The federal government now