Archives for 2012-05

Today's e-Reads, Updated: Judge Allows For Suit Against Google Books

May 31, 2012, 6:33 pmA U.S. federal judge says a group of authors led by the Authors Guild can proceed with a class action lawsuit against Google's plan to digitize millio …

Aides in Silicon Valley for Trip Promoting Innovation; Lobbyists There Too

May 31, 2012, 5:59 pmThe Information Technology & Innovation Foundation has whisked a number of Hill and administration staffers out to Silicon Valley for a three-day tour …

.Bank, .Global Could be Coming to Your Net Browser

May 31, 2012, 10:58 amInternet users could find themselves visiting a website ending with the top-level domain .bank or .global at some point in the not-so-distant future. …

House Passes FCC Reform Measure on Voice Vote

May 30, 2012, 8:59 pmA bill designed to simplify how the Federal Communications Commission reports to Congress on competition in the media industry passed the House of Rep …

U.S. Officials Unified in Fears Of More U.N. Internet Regulation

May 30, 2012, 4:49 pmAmerican officials are moving to head off potential proposals they say could give the United Nations a bigger role in regulating the Internet.

Today's e-Reads, Updated: Analyst Blames Facebook IPO Debacle on Tech Glitches

May 30, 2012, 4:11 pmA former Morgan Stanley analyst said many of the problems surrounding Facebook's IPO stem from the technical glitches the stock encountered when it be …

Amazon Expands D.C. Staff

May 30, 2012, 1:24 pmAmazon has expanded its small Washington lobbying office, adding former Intel senior policy counsel Brian Huseman.

ICANN to Reveal Proposed Domain Names June 13

May 30, 2012, 11:14 amThose anxiously waiting to find out what new names may be introduced to the Internet's domain name system will finally find out on June 13.

Musical Chairs at the FCC

May 30, 2012, 10:43 amThe Federal Communications Commission announced Wednesday that Wireless Telecommunications Bureau Chief Rick Kaplan would be leaving the agency in mid …

New Facebook Lobbyists Working IPO Issues

May 29, 2012, 6:14 pmWith at least two congressional committees looking into Facebook's disastrous IPO, the social networking behemoth had added some firing power to its l …

Deadline Looms for New Domain Applicants

May 29, 2012, 5:04 pmAfter a technical glitch forced it to shut down the process for a month, the group that manages the Internet's address system will stop accepting appl …

Today's e-Reads, Updated: U.N. Eyes Flame Virus Threat

May 29, 2012, 2:01 pmThe United Nations plans to warn member countries about the threat of the Flame virus, Reuters reports.

Today's e-Reads: Retail Investors Lose Big on Facebook Stock

May 24, 2012, 5:21 pmBloomberg reports that the drop in Facebook's stock price from its opening price last week has cost ordinary investors an estimated $630 million.

Google Recieved 1.2 Million Copyright Complaints Last Month

May 24, 2012, 5:09 pmGoogle received more than 1.2 million requests to remove copyright-infringing content in the past month, according to an expanded online reporting too …

State Department Report Highlights Limits Of Technology

May 24, 2012, 3:01 pmLast year technology helped more people exercise their rights, but in 2011 more countries restricted access to the Internet or used technology to rep …
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