Speaking at an event in Seattle this week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales assured technology executives that the Administration is committed to fighting intellectual-property theft and cybercrime. Gonzales cited a number of initiatives launched in the past year and detailed a few high-profile arrests of cybercriminals as examples.
An interesting column in CNETNews.com looks at how the Internet might be used to get citizens more involved in the political process and bring voting technology into the 21st century. Another column in TheStreet.com considers what eBay’s recent decision to temporarily pull its ads might mean for Google’s core business model.