Investigative technology reporter for Reuters; former technology correspondent for Financial Times; former staff writer at the Los Angeles Times; author of All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning’s Napster and Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who Are Bringing Down the Internet
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