Privacy
A deafening — and embarrassing — $ilence
Los Angeles Times business columnist Michael Hiltzik has just explored the situation thwarting noncommercial neural...
May 26, 2009John M. Simpson
John M. Simpson is an American consumer rights advocate and former journalist. Since 2005, he has worked for Consumer Watchdog, a nonpartisan nonprofit public interest group, as the lead researcher on Inside Google, the group's effort to educate the public about Google's dominance over the internet and the need for greater online privacy.
Articles by John M. Simpson
Privacy
Give Google your data or die
Believe it or not, Google's co-founder Larry Page says that the Internet giant needs to retain your search data more than six…
May 21, 2009
Insurance
Making it easy for Google
You'd think with the communications resources that Google has at its disposal, the Internet giant's executives would be able to answer direct…
May 9, 2009
Insurance
Google seeks delay in book settlement
Faced with mounting criticism of the proposed Google Books settlement, the Internet giant has asked the court to extend the time for…
Apr 28, 2009
Insurance
Google lobbying revealed
First quarter lobbying reports just filed with the U.S. Senate's Office of Public Records show that Google lobbied Congress about electronic medical…
Apr 22, 2009
Privacy
Why trust Google Health still in beta test mode?
Why would anybody trust their private medial records to a service that by its own admission doesn't have all the kinks worked…
Apr 16, 2009
Privacy
Google’s solution for journalism: Invade your privacy
Google Chairman Eric Schmidt recently sat down with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd and discussed how newspapers can emerge from their…
Apr 15, 2009
Healthcare
Patents hinder research on neural stem cells
A nonprofit Orange County research institute's efforts to promote research with human neural stem cells has effectively been blocked by a stem…
Apr 15, 2009
Privacy
Google Book Scans Lead to Department of Justice Call
Google's recent and far-flung attempt to digitize the world's "orphan" books, or out-of-print tomes that remain under copyright but whose rights-holders cannot…
Apr 6, 2009
Insurance
Kudos to Stanford; stem cell agency should take heed
Stanford University's School of Medicine has just taken a huge step to build trust in its 1,200...
Apr 1, 2009
Privacy
More trouble on Google’s cloud
A security consultant has found more problems with Google Docs, a so called "cloud computing" application. The revelation by ...
Mar 26, 2009
Privacy
Appeals court backs patent reform
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of new U.S. Patent and Trademark Office regulations that would curtail abusive behavior by…
Mar 23, 2009
Insurance
AIG scandal could help change research funding policy
The fallout from the bonus scandal at AIG could help bring about a change in federal research funding policy that would benefit…
Mar 19, 2009
Privacy
State Stem Cell Program Poised To Prosper
CIRM was created in response to President George W. Bush's unwillingness to fund vital research. Four years after the agency was created,…
Mar 12, 2009
Privacy
White House website cuts tie to Google’s YouTube
In the face of criticism from privacy advocates, the White House website apparently has ended its ties to Google's YouTube video service.
Mar 3, 2009
Privacy
Proposed stem cell biotech advisory group is a mistake
The California stem cell agency Friday holds its second meeting aimed at the biotech industry to discuss revisions in its strategic plan.…
Feb 20, 2009
Privacy
Request for stem cell conference money trimmed
A request for money from the California stem cell agency to help fund the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) annual…
Feb 12, 2009
Privacy
Torres lists qualifications, goals in statement on stem cell post
State Democratic Chairman Art Torres has sent me ...
Feb 6, 2009