Kenneth Corbin

WASHINGTON — Though he knows it’s a slow ship to turn, Vivek Kundra is adamant that the federal government will shift its IT infrastructure to the cloud-based model that has been transforming the private-sector enterprise for much of the past decade. Addressing the subject Wednesday morning here at the Brookings Institution, the country’s first federal […]

A Vietnamese official has shot back at the claims by Google and McAfee of a widespread malware attack targeting dissidents protesting mining operations in that country. Nguyen Phuong Nga, a spokeswoman for the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry, offered a firm denial in response to media inquiries about the malware incident . “Such comments are groundless,” she […]

WASHINGTON—When communications regulators delivered their national broadband plan to Congress last month, the wireless industry appeared to score a victory, praising the plan’s recommendations to reallocate large swaths of spectrum for mobile broadband networks. But the spectrum question remains highly unsettled, as the Federal Communications Commission would require congressional approval to buy back licenses from […]

Twitter on Tuesday launched a redesigned home page, giving the messaging service an interactive makeover that highlights the up-to-the second tweets about the most buzz-worthy topics on the Internet. “Twitter’s homepage is a work-in-progress,” the company wrote in a blog post. “Today, we’re testing a new design that bubbles up more of the information flowing […]

The debate over the government’s role in setting restrictions for online behavioral targeting puts a wide gulf between privacy advocates and right-of-center civil libertarian groups. But when it comes to government surveillance, it’s easier to build a bridge. A broad and diverse coalition of often-feuding advocacy groups and businesses, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Google […]

WASHINGTON–Just two days after Google made good on its promise to stop censoring search results in China, Go Daddy, the world’s leading domain name registrar, has followed suit, pledging on Wednesday to stop issuing new .cn Internet addresses. “We have decided to discontinue offering .cn domain names at this time,” Go Daddy General Counsel Christine […]

A Chinese official has blasted Google’s decision to offer unfiltered Web contentto its citizens on the mainland, calling the move “totally wrong” and saying it violates Google’s written agreement to abide by Chinese laws. The harsh words are the first official reaction to Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) announcement yesterday that it would redirect traffic from Google.cn […]

Ending two months of speculation, Google has come forward with its plans for dealing with Internet filtering requirements in China, announcing that visitors to Google.cn will now be redirected to the Hong Kong version of the search engine, which will deliver uncensored results in “simplified Chinese.” Google is now redirecting visitors to the Chinese search […]

WASHINGTON — Aneesh Chopra, the nation’s first chief technology officer, is looking for the best and the brightest. The best and brightest apps, that is. In a speech here at a military communications conference, Chopra outlined several of the ways that the federal government is looking to tap the developer community and private sector for […]

As the Federal Trade Commission concludes a series of public workshops into the privacy implications of Internet advertising and data collection, senior commission officials on Wednesday reiterated their concerns that Web companies are overreaching when it comes to collecting personally identifiable information, or PII. “The march of technology has blurred and indeed threatens to obliterate […]