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Nobuyuki Idei is one of the world’s most powerful executives, and among the most interesting. He’s chief executive at Sony Corp., a conglomerate that’s evolving from a manufacturing company into a something more suited to the Internet Age.
Idei is an impressive, thoughtful man. Look for more about him and his views in this journal (and my regular column) in the near future.
Privacy Front and Center
The Register: Microsoft becomes cookie defender, privacy hero. Wasn’t it just Wednesday that Microsoft was the slipshod, careless perpetrator of practically every security hole and privacy infringement enabler in the Galaxy?
Yes. Let’s hold the applause pending more data, shall we?
New York Times: Toysmart.com in Settlement With FTC (registration required). The attorney general of Massachusetts filed an objection on behalf of his state and the others in the bankruptcy court, asserting that the sale of the database constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice.
The FTC is being too easy on this one. We’re lucky the states are more interested in protecting people’s privacy.