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TECHi Impact examines how technology reshapes markets, regulation, and society. From antitrust battles and AI policy to tariff wars and geopolitical tech conflicts — Impact covers the forces that move stock prices and change industries overnight. The intersection of technology, power, and consequence.

Google hacks to streamline searches

Google hacks to streamline searches

As Google continues to dominate search, they bring about new ways to make searching easier. The problem is that most...

Worst IT security breaches debriefed

Worst IT security breaches debriefed

When the enemy is a moving target it's often only possible to look at the past to try to predict...

Just another indication that the Obama team “gets” social: Pinterest

Just another indication that the Obama team “gets” social: Pinterest

If there's one thing that can be said about Barack Obama and his chances of winning re-election, it's that he's...

Microsoft finding success in “neighborhood watch” against botnets

Microsoft finding success in “neighborhood watch” against botnets

While national and worldwide agencies wage a war against online crime through the criminal courts, Microsoft is finding success using...

Privacy versus copyright filters make the RapidShare ruling a catch-22

Privacy versus copyright filters make the RapidShare ruling a catch-22

As business models go, the file-sharing business model has proven to be precarious at best in the last few months....

A lack of social media understanding is killing @RickSantorum and @NewtGingrich in the primaries

A lack of social media understanding is killing @RickSantorum and @NewtGingrich in the primaries

Assuming that Mitt Romney gets the GOP nomination to take on Barack Obama in November, most will attribute his success...

The latest reality of online safety: we’re all being watched

The latest reality of online safety: we’re all being watched

There are so many threats to online security and privacy that many have simply given up on the notion of...

Twitter is selling your data (in case you didn’t know)

Twitter is selling your data (in case you didn’t know)

If you're not paying for a service, then you're the product. That's been the reality of social media for some...

If you want privacy, social media may not be for you

If you want privacy, social media may not be for you

Western society has always had certain expectations of privacy that have been disturbed or reaffirmed at various times in history....

Is online banking as safe as people think?

Is online banking as safe as people think?

More US adults bank online than use social networks (for now, at least). It has become such a common activity...

As the workforce goes mobile, security concerns rise

As the workforce goes mobile, security concerns rise

As more offices become virtual and more employees work from home or on the go, the logistics of keeping devices...

The growing reach of social media’s election impact

The growing reach of social media’s election impact

Social media and the internet in general had dramatic effects on the election in 2008. This year is proving to...

Online payments may be the future, but today consumers are still concerned

Online payments may be the future, but today consumers are still concerned

It's clear that online payments are the future. Many pay for nearly everything online, but there are still security and...

What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet

What Gingrich, Santorum, and Romney should learn from Paul (and Obama) about the internet

Today is a different world when it comes to political campaigns. A decade or two ago given the same candidates...

SOPA and PIPA: Everything you need to know

SOPA and PIPA: Everything you need to know

Today is SOPA Blackout Day to oppose the bills currently being proposed in Congress, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and...

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

The SOPA blackout is the most American thing we’ve done all day

The Tea Party movement was intended for Americans to harken to the revolutions of the past when tyranny and taxation...

Internet Access Is a Human Right

Internet Access Is a Human Right

Technology and philosophy have been at the center of more debates lately than ever before. It's clear that technology is...

Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”

Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”

The new global economy isn’t defined by the battle for the newest machines or precious ore, but a battle of...

Google tosses its hat in the political ring with Google Elections

Google tosses its hat in the political ring with Google Elections

With Iowa deciding on their choice for GOP candidate tomorrow, Google's timing is much better this election season to roll...

The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it

The major video game companies may be off the SOPA list but they still support it

It's one thing to distance your company from a list that had proven in the last couple of weeks to...