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Volkswagen former CEO indicted over emissions scandal

Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is the focus of US prosecutors who want him to answer for the firm's violation of the Clean Air Act.

May 4, 2018 by Charlie Osborne

Dems blast FCC chief Martin for 'bad manners'

Democratic House members blast FCC's Kevin Martin, saying agency is "dysfunctional" but report fails to show much more than bad manners.

December 10, 2008 by Richard Koman

Who will be the nation's CTO?

John Doerr (left) and John Heilemann at Web 2.0At the Web 2.

November 6, 2008 by Richard Koman

Dingell tries to slow white spaces vote

Here come the Congress-critters to carry water for the giant corporations that broadcast what they call television and are crazy to stop a national wireless network delivered over the so-called "white spaces," those unused portions of the analog TV spectrum. Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, issued a letter last week challenging the FCC's plans for a formal vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4.

October 27, 2008 by Richard Koman

FDA fake ad to test real ones

Pending OMB approval, the agency would create a phony blood pressure pill, then run ads touting its benefits and risks in various ways, and finally test consumer responses to the ads.

August 6, 2008 by Dana Blankenhorn

Is IT abuse a threat to democracy?

You can dismiss the FBI's identity database effort as a short term threat to democracy first because they're on the side of the angels and second because they're committed to doing the wrong things wrong anyway - but what about simple data applications like Catalist? And if they're a threat to democracy, how responsible are we for making it possible?

April 16, 2008 by Paul Murphy

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Debating the value of green subsidies

At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion on the role of government in subsidizing green-technology ventures. The panelists are Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Dirk Michels, partner at K&L Gates; and John Woolard, CEO of BrightSource Energy.

January 31, 2008 by ZDNet Staff

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Debating the value of green subsidies

At a Churchill Club event in Menlo Park, Calif., Ira Ehrenpreis of Technology Partners moderates a discussion on the role of government in subsidizing green-technology ventures. The panelists are Mike Biddle, CEO at MBA Polymers; Jennifer Fonstad, managing director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson; Dirk Michels, partner at K&L Gates; and John Woolard, CEO of BrightSource Energy.

January 31, 2008

Drowning in an information sea

According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, fantasy may be in the process of beating reality in the battle of ideas. In a survey of YouTube viewers of videos relating to information about immunization, videos with negative depiction of the practice (and which were given low ratings for scientific accuracy) were rated higher and had a higher hit count than those that were generally considered to be more scientifically accurate.

December 6, 2007 by John Carroll

Creating a green IT action plan

Tapping into the green meme, Forrester analyst Christopher Mines has developed an action plan for CIOs for implementing green IT principles. According to Mines's report ($379 US) , green mandates are funded by multiple motives--saving money (reduce energy spend, improve IT equipment utilization, benefit from tax breaks), enhancing public perception and doing the right thing (corporate social responsibility).

October 22, 2007 by Dan Farber