Archives for 2011-05

Upton, Walden Tell FCC To Kill Fairness Doctrine

May 31, 2011, 5:57 pmThe top Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee want the Federal Communications Commission to kill the fairness doctrine once and for a …

AT&T Gets Chance To Fire Back At Critics In FCC Filings

May 31, 2011, 5:14 pmCritics of AT&T's proposed merger with T-Mobile have flooded inboxes at the Federal Communications Commission, but after Tuesday, AT&T gets a turn to …

Commerce Department Signals Support For House Patent Bill

May 31, 2011, 5:03 pmThe Commerce Department voiced approval of the House's patent reform legislation Tuesday, signaling much needed support for an issue that has been bog …

FCC Taps Zittrain For Scholar Post

May 31, 2011, 4:30 pmFederal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced Tuesday that he has appointed Harvard law and computer science professor Jonat …

Survey Shows Big Jump In Use Of Net To Make Calls

May 31, 2011, 11:30 amNearly 20 percent of all American adults now use the Internet to make phone calls, according to a new survey released Monday from the Pew Research Cen …

Today's e-Reads: Congressman Gets Hacked, Steve Jobs to Make Appearance

May 31, 2011, 11:23 amHack attacks over the weekend show that defense contractors, public TV and even members of Congress are vulnerable.

Samsung Asks Court to Let It See New iPad, iPhone

May 30, 2011, 9:43 amKorean electronics maker Samsung has asked a federal judge to make Apple give it samples of its next-generation iPhone and iPad.

Lockheed Gets Hacked

May 29, 2011, 10:56 amHackers attacked U.S. defense contractor Lockheed Martin last week, but did not get hold of data from customers, programs or employees, the company sa …

Today's e-Reads: Google Wallet Causes a Stir

May 27, 2011, 11:56 amUS Chamber of Commerce says White House cyber plan goes too far.

Today's e-Reads:A Real War Over Twitter?

May 26, 2011, 4:50 pmIsraelis, Palestinians go to war . . . over Twitter

Issa Worries Wireless Merger Could Hurt Landline Competition

May 26, 2011, 4:43 pmHouse lawmakers sharply questioned executives of AT&T and T-Mobile's owner Deutsche Telekom on Thursday, delving into some esoteric issues rarely disc …

Wyden Vows To Again Block Leahy Anti-Online Piracy Bill

May 26, 2011, 2:50 pmSen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., renewed his fight over online piracy legislation Thursday by announcing he will again block it from moving to the Senate floor …

Congressional Group Calls On Online Ad Providers To Do More To Stop Piracy

May 26, 2011, 2:36 pmThe Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus released its watch list of countries it says are not doing enough to protect U.S. intellectual prop …

Eshoo: AT&T Acquisition Would Result in Wireless 'Duopoly'

May 26, 2011, 2:24 pmThe proposed $39 billion combination of AT&T and T-Mobile isn't sitting well with Rep. Anna Eshoo of California, the top Democrat on the House Energy …

Hedge Fund Honcho Wants Microsoft's Ballmer Out

May 26, 2011, 11:02 amInfluential hedge fund manager and longtime Microsoft investor David Einhorn urged Microsoft to oust its CEO Steve Ballmer on Wednesday.
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