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Just when you think India has taken an economic step forward into the 21st century, it stands up and asserts its right to take two steps back.

Ever heard of “net neutrality”? No? Then how about “Internet democracy”? Tip: Whenever the word “democracy” is mentioned in reference to business, run away fast.

We just can’t make this stuff up.

French consumer groups are just as misnamed as many American consumer groups.

Railing about global warming is all the rage these days.

According to a new annual study from the American Electronics Association (AeA), exports of high-tech goods were up 4 percent in 2005 over the previous year.

The hits just keep on coming! In the waning days of its regular session the Georgia Legislature passed SB 120, the “Competitive Emerging Communications Technologies Act of 2006.

A genetically modified mosquito is a good mosquito.

We think we hear James Madison approving from above! The author and promoter of the Bill of Rights must be looking down with pleasure at the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) decision upholding the First Amendment and free speech in its unanimous ruling that political communication on the Internet—including Web logs, setting up Web sites and e-mail—is not regulated by campaign finance laws.

The people behind this new legislation say it’s intended to curb the sale of stolen property.