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• David Gewirtz CBSi Lecture Series

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• Chris Dodd and the MPAA: bribery or politics as usual?

  By David Gewirtz | February 2, 2012, 5:00am PST

  So it looks like former Senator and current anti-freedom monger Chris Dodd, and his band of merry MPAAers, are once again showing their completely crass nature.
  Annoyed by the temporary defeat of those heinous SOPA and PIPA bills, Mr. Dodd lashed out at his former colleagues in the House and Senate. If they were going to [...]

• Dear Google: our privacy is not the usual yada, yada

  By David Gewirtz | January 30, 2012, 6:00am PST

  Our privacy is not, nor has it ever been, yada yada. Our privacy is not something you dismiss with a wave of your hand, a weak smile, and a shrug, as if we’re petulant children.

• Apple: made in China, untaxed profits kept offshore

  By David Gewirtz | January 26, 2012, 4:00am PST

  About two-thirds of Apple’s $97.6 billion cash pile is offshore. That’s a lot of money for an American company to keep outside of America.

• Live-tweeting a political event: what worked, and what didn't

  By David Gewirtz | January 25, 2012, 4:00am PST

  David Gewirtz shares some of the lessons he’s learned about doing a live-tweet event, and some tips you might want to keep in mind if you do one yourself.

• Tweet of the Union (live-tweeting the State of the Union)

  By David Gewirtz | January 24, 2012, 2:50pm PST

  Join ZDNet Government’s David Gewirtz at 9pm ET tonight at @DavidGewirtz for an interactive live-tweet discussion of the President’s State of the Union address.

• Would you like to read the 156 reviews Newt Gingrich wrote on Amazon.com?

  By David Gewirtz | January 23, 2012, 3:04am PST

  Among other things, Mr. Gingrich talks about why the Presidential campaign of Mitt Romney’s father, George Romney, failed back in the 1960s.

• Dear Congress, guess what? We already have copyright laws.

  By David Gewirtz | January 20, 2012, 3:16am PST

  What you need to do, my dear politician friends, is to stop listening to the lobbyists and start listening to the innovators.

• So, seriously, do the Dems want to lose the election?

  By David Gewirtz | January 19, 2012, 5:00am PST

  I’ve always been amazed at the Democratic party’s ability, when life gives them lemonade, to somehow turn it back into lemons.

• 5 reasons why SOPA, PROTECT-IP and other legislative idiocy will never die

  By David Gewirtz | January 17, 2012, 2:24am PST

  No matter how many times we push back on legislative heinousness, it will come back and it will keep coming back. Here’s why.

• Romney on fire, Paul pulls into second

  By David Gewirtz | January 10, 2012, 8:45pm PST

  No non-incumbent Republican has ever won in Iowa and then gone on to win in New Hampshire. Until now.