The Global Internet Freedom Task Force formed by the US State Department will focus on forming a foreign policy response to governmental threats to Internet freedom.

BBC News: Danish-Swedish dairy giant Arla Foods says the ongoing boycott of Danish products in the Middle East had so far cost it between 40m and 50m.

“How ya gonna keep em down on the farm After they’ve seen Paree”

The White House announced President George W. Bush will present Cerf and Robert Kahn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor.

At the AlwaysOn conference, Sun president Jonathan Schwartz says his company intends to make all of its software free.

Exciting news from New York City today as a new design for the city’s Freedom Tower, the successor to the demolished World Trade Center, was made public. For the patriot in all of us, it will stand at 1776 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world, and a symbol of American resolve.

Chinese users of MSN Spaces, a blog service available through MSH China, find certain terms rejected by the portal.

The project, which offers a Windows API implementation that can run on Linux, hasn’t had much participation by big users of open source.

Eugene Volokh, a professor of law at U.C.L.A., who writes the Volokh Conspiracy blog, has a real provocative op-ed in today’s New York Times.

In what Brett Tabke calls “the China Syndrome” Google and Yahoo! are being accused of censorship. French-based international press freedom group Reporters sans Frontires (RSF), also known as Reporters without Borders, claims both search engines gave into the Chinese government’s demands of controlling search results.

“I wanted freedom from a boss so I started my own business. Now I need freedom from my business because it’s running my life.” Sound like you?

No matter what the size of your business, you need to set boundaries and provide structure to your workday. You determine your schedule, not your clients or vendors. If you decide your day starts at 9:30 AM, then don’t answer the phone or turn on the computer until then.

If you’re reading this article, it’s probably because you’re one of millions of people who dream of breaking free of indentured servitude to make it on your own in a business of your own.

Practical and theoretical questions related to Software Process Management. These would be general questions; consulting services are available for more in depth analyses.

This week we are at war. War is an unfortunate reality of life we too often face.

Last week I attended the Computers, Freedom & Privacy (CFP2002) conference where I heard four days of discussion and debate from attorneys, corporate leaders, politicians and privacy advocates over issues of civil liberties, privacy and commerce.