Perspectives from industry analysts

A dose of commentary from leading industry analysts and pundits.

Charles Cooper

Rating Al Gore's tech cred

November 2, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Pol who invented the Internet and scares the world about global warming wants to be taken seriously? Why not, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper.
Michael Kanellos

How to be a tech blowhard

November 1, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos shares trade tips for any aspiring bloviators keen on dissing the tech-know-it-all set.
Steven Gal

How we went wrong on identity

November 1, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Steven Gal says the current ID infrastructure has left consumers annoyed and feeling victimized, and needs to be completely re-engineered.
Eric J. Sinrod

The new urgency to fix online privacy

October 31, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Unlike Y2K, which was a nonevent, Internet attorney Eric Sinrod explains why the business world is mobilizing behind what it sees as a real threat.
Dan Sarel

Why we still invite data breaches

October 29, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Sentrigo's Dan Sarel writes that enterprise security has been slow to realize the evolving nature of for-profit cyber hack attacks.
Charles Cooper

Nothing like being a tech slave

October 26, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Fed up groveling before your PC? You should be. Imagine an alternate universe where your TV forced you through the same daily humiliations.
Tod Loofbourrow

Must employers really pay to play?

October 25, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Authoria CEO Tod Loofbourrow writes that with the U.S. in the middle of a talent crisis, too many companies are being tempted to overpay.
Eric J. Sinrod

Others post, you get sued

October 24, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod examines whether online service providers are legally responsible for content users create.
Alan McGlade

Moving beyond the iPod

October 23, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

The iPod blazed a trail, but MediaNet Digital CEO Alan McGlade asks how much longer Apple's closed-technology approach can last.
Michael Kanellos

Libertarianism and its discontents

October 18, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos says that while those in the tech world want to see government out of our lives, they don't really mean it.
Nancy Prager

Recording industry shows how to lose by winning

October 17, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

As it seeks to fight digital theft, intellectual-property expert Nancy Prager says the music business is waging the wrong campaign.
Eric J. Sinrod

The new e-discovery burden

October 17, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Rather than streamline and limit litigation, a rule change adds a new financial burden, Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says.
Cary Sherman

Rights and wrongs in the antipiracy struggle

October 16, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

RIAA President Cary Sherman says the music industry's response to the theft of creative works helped rescue a business under siege.
Charles Cooper

My Facebook fetish

October 12, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

CNET News.com's Charles Cooper wants his boss to know there's a reason why he wastes all that time prowling around Facebook each day.
Michael Kleeman

Fixing our fraying Internet infrastructure

October 11, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Is the United States foolishly ignoring a question that will impact its future? For UCSD's Michael Kleeman, it's time to stop debating the obvious.
Alex Chachkes

Fixing a broken patent system

October 10, 2007 4:01 AM PDT

Copyright attorney Alex Chachkes says the pressure is on to fix a system generally agreed to be in a state of disarray.
William Kilmer

Greetings...you're infected

October 8, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Avinti CEO William Kilmer says the industry is late to grasp the challenge of blended threats that are moving viruses from e-mail to the Web.
Charles Cooper

Is Adobe breathing down Microsoft's neck?

October 5, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

News.com's Charles Cooper says Adobe's new AIR tech and others' plans for Web apps could finally mean Redmond has to compete for your loyalty.
Michael Butler

Ethanol isn't a magic word

October 4, 2007 12:16 PM PDT

Cascadia Capital's Michael Butler says hype around ethanol may blind people to complex realities of the clean-technology business.
Ari Schwartz

A turn in the antispyware war?

October 3, 2007 4:00 AM PDT

Center for Democracy and Technology's Ari Schwartz says the import of a recent ruling should be a boon to the global antispyware community.