Aswath Damodaran, a professor of finance at the Stern School of Business at New York University, is among those who think that too many companies rely too heavily on the performance of their shares when computing executive compensation.
Mr Lessig found a lead plaintiff, Eric Eldred, a retired computing executive who publishes out-of-copyright works on the Internet, and went to court.Mr Lessig argues that Congress's latest extension of copyright is unconstitutional, because it ignores the balance between the interests of copyright holders and those of the public.
The story began a year ago when a tweet caught British-born Google cloud computing executive Simon Meacham's eye in northern California.
In the foreword to Microsoft's recent book, The Future Computed, executives Brad Smith and Harry Shum proposed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) practitioners highlight their ethical commitments by taking an oath analogous to the Hippocratic Oath sworn by doctors for generations.
Just as Windows took care of the innards of personal computing, Microsoft executives say they want to perform a similar role with Internet software.
During the day described in the book, Harris shows us that this "cloud computing" tech executives keep yammering about could turn out to be a mushroom cloud.
As my 2016 series of amazing STEM women continues to unfold, I've introduced you to aspiring astrophysicist from Wellesley College Lucia Perez, weed scientist from Sweet Briar College Lauren M. Schwartz, Ph. D. computing management executive from Cedar Crest College Karen M. Davis, and today an author of educational puzzle books Evelyn B. Christensen, Ed.D.
A survey of 600 computing and computer-security executives in 14 countries suggests that attacks on the Internet pose a growing threat to the energy and communication systems that underlie modern society.
A study based on responses from 600 computing and computer-security executives in 14 countries suggests attacks on the Internet pose a growing threat to the energy and communication systems that underlie modern society.
Businesses will also build their own cloud computing systems, Intel executives said, because it will be vastly cheaper to own them than to use public systems like Amazon Web Services.
