As a service to our readers, every day we are delivering a classic moment from the political life of Newt Gingrich—until he either clinches the nomination or bows out. Newt Gingrich has always presented himself, with some level of accuracy, as one of the

Vint Cerf, Esther Dyson, Jim Gettys and a score or two of Internet’s progenitors have written an open letter to Congress protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). These two bills are designed to protect copyright on the

A founding chairman of ICANN, the group in charge of assigning top-level internet domains like .com, testified against its expansion last week. Esther Dyson, an independent angel investor, testified before the Senate on Dec. 8 for a hearing on ICAN

As an investor, Esther Dyson not only gets a glimpse into the future, but appears to live in it as well. Esther Dyson is on a plane with Steve Jurvetson. Dyson sits on the board of 23andMe (and yes, she got her DNA sequenced), she's paid $3 million to tr

Meanwhile, across town, the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), who a few months ago decided to become the public face of opposition to new gTLDs after years of only desultory interest, had managed to convince the Senate Commerce Committee to hold

December 08, 2011, 5:05 PM — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) may be moving forward too fast on a plan to sell hundreds of new generic top-level domains starting early next year, several U.S. senators said Thursday. Members

A plan to expand the number of Internet domain names came under fire in the US Congress on Thursday, a day after the head of the Federal Trade Commission said it could potentially be a "disaster." The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (

BELLINGHAM, Wash. His 1986 book “Baidarka” was a meditation on an ancient Aleut kayak. Eleven years later, in “Darwin Among the Mach

HealthRally, a San Francisco-based startup that uses crowd-sourced financial incentives for fitness motivation, has raised $400,000 from prominent angel investors, according to a report at TechCrunch. Those investors include Esther Dyson, CEO of EDventur

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HealthRally, a social health company developing a new crowdfunding platform for personal health motivation, announced that it raised more than $400,000 in seed funding and assembled an expert board of strategic advis

Busy schedules; mouths to feed; Angry Birds to play; another post by Rip Empson to read: There are thousands of distractions that get in the way of our regular exercise regimens, getting in shape, and improving our health. In fact, Americans spend over $

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