CBS Interactive's Distinguished Lecturer David Gewirtz hosts ZDNet Government -- ZDNet's politics and policy coffeehouse -- where civics lessons meet technology, nothing is sacred, and everything is fair game.
David Gewirtz, Distinguished Lecturer at CBS Interactive, is an author, U.S. policy advisor, and computer scientist. He is featured in The History Channel special The President's Book of Secrets.
Could it really be so important to keep every cent that Apple has sent a team of lawyers to fight against refunding a few misleading in-app purchases made by little children?
Now that he's sewn up the nomination, will we see the real Mitt Romney? Do we know who the "real" Mitt Romney is? Does even Mitt Romney, anymore, know who the "real" Mitt Romney is?
Does Santorum have any chance of making it? Will Mitt be able to close the deal sooner than the convention nominating ballots?
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the U.S. Department of Education are hosting an executive digital learning summit today in Washington, D.C.
Behemoths of bureaucratic bombasity bloviate at each other on the battlefield of bile.
I call on our Congress to do something useful for a change. Pass a law making it illegal to demand access to any personal login credentials for any online account.
A reader, currently serving in Afghanistan, wrote in asking about how to find a job in cybersecurity or cyberwarfare after his enlistment ends.
After ten more states have cast their votes to determine the Republican standard-bearer, the definitive GOP winner is...uncertainty.
Is China a threat when it comes to intellectual property theft and cybercrime? Forensics expert Dr. Darren Hayes says "yes" in this fascinating interview.
We're still subject to unreasonable and unsafe demands by those we need to do business with, study with, or get care from.