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Governance

October 2009

October 30, 2009

ICANN OKs Non-Latin Domain Names

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has given the OK for countires and territories to apply to show domain names in their native language , reports PCWorld .   To maintain ... More >

October 29, 2009

Texting-While-Driving Bills Offer Different Means to Same End

Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Kay Bailey Hutchison have introduced the Distracted Driving Prevention Act , which would provide incentives to states in the form of safety belt education funds allocated... More >

Google Responds to FCC Google Voice Probe

In response to a probe by the Federal Communications Commission, Google says its Google Voice service restricts calls to less than 100 U.S. telephone numbers , reports Reuters . And all those num... More >

FBI Supports Breach Notification Law

According to Computerworld , the FBI supports a federal law that would require businesses to report data breaches to potential victims. An FBI official says such a law would help law enforcement a... More >

October 27, 2009

Justice Department Subpoenas Hitachi, Toshiba

Hitachi and Toshiba been subpoenaed by the the U.S. Department of Justice in a widening investigation into potential antitrust violations concerning optical drives, reports The Wall Street Journal ... More >

Internet Language Set to Change

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is expected to review the proposal to allow the use of non-Latin characters in the entire address , reports CNET News . The proposal will all... More >

October 26, 2009

DoJ Serves Sony with Subpoena

A Sony subsidiary, Sony Optiarc America, has received a subpoena the U.S. Justice Department seeking information about its U.S. optical disk drive business, reports The Wall Street Journal . The pr... More >

FTC Closer to Filing Complaint Against Intel

Computerworld reports that the Federal Trade Commission is moving closer to filing a formal antitrust complaint against Intel . Undisclosed sources say three out of four FTC regulators are in fav... More >

October 23, 2009

It's Official: FCC to Draft Net Neutrality Rules

According to the San Francisco Chronicle , the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to draft new net neutrality rules . The new rules will specifically extend regulations... More >

October 22, 2009

Coalition Pushes for Permanent R&D Tax Credit

The R&D Credit Coalition is asking Congress to keep the research and development tax credit or else risk losing 120,000 U.S. jobs and $16 billion in R&D and related economic activity, repor... More >

Privacy Advocate Gets Support to Keep Social Security Numbers on Web Site

In an effort to force state and county governments to revise images of public records, Betty Ostergren, who runs the Virginia Watchdog Web site, has posted the Social Security numbers of high-profil... More >

October 21, 2009

AT&T Encourages Employees to Lobby Against Net Neutrality

According to an Associated Press article on Newsvine.com, AT&T is encouraging employees and their families to lobby against proposed net neutrality rules. In a letter to the company's U.S. ma... More >

Spying Case to Be Prosecuted Under Rarely Used Provision of Economic Espionage Act

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California is set to hear a case that is being prosecuted under a rarely used provision of the Economic Espionage Act   of 1996. According to Comput... More >

Chinese Writers Society Says Google Books Violates Copyrights

According to Forbes , China Written Works Copyright Society is accusing Google of copyright infringement on at least 570 Chinese authors by scanning and uploading their books into Google's digital... More >

October 20, 2009

Bill Seeks to Raise Cap on H-1B Visas

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has introduced the Innovation Employment Act to double the number of immigrant worker visas available each year under the H-1B program, reports Computerworld .   Under... More >

Tech Giants Back Net Neutrality Rules

According to The Washington Post , a number of Silicon Valley bigwigs are encouraging the Federal Communications Commission to move forward with new net neutrality rules . The rules would prevent I... More >

October 19, 2009

Arrested IBM, Intel Execs Put on Leave

Executives at IBM and Intel arrested Friday as part of an insider-trading scandal associated with the Galleon Group hedge fund have been put on leave by their companies, reports bizjournals.com . &... More >

October 16, 2009

Libel Case Spurs Debate on Free Speech Online

An Illinois politician's libel suit is stirring a debate about free speech rights on the Internet . According to Computerworld , Lisa Stone, Trustee of the Village of Buffalo Grove, Ill. is asking ... More >

October 15, 2009

T-Mobile Hit with Two Class-Action Suits

T-Mobile has been slapped with two separate class-action lawsuits alleging that the company misled consumers into believing that their data was secure, reports V3.co.uk .   In one suit, Sideki... More >

October 14, 2009

Maine's High Court to Consider Data Breach Decision

According to Computerworld , U.S. District Court Judge Brock Hornby is asking the Maine Supreme Court to clarify whether consumers can seek restitution from merchants for the time and effort invol... More >

October 13, 2009

FTC Calls the Dogs off Google, Apple

The resignation of Former Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson from Google's board of directors has prompted the Federal Trade Commission to drop its antitrust scrutiny of Google and Apple , reports The... More >

October 12, 2009

FCC to Probe Google Voice

The Federal Communications Commission wants to know why Google’s Voice service blocks numbers , how it does it and why it thinks it’s legally allowed to do so, according to Wired .   The inv... More >

October 8, 2009

DoJ Looks into Possible Antitrust Violations By IBM

According to InformationWeek , the Department of Justice is looking into whether IBM committed any antitrust violations in the mainframe computer market.   The Computer and Communications Ind... More >

October 7, 2009

EU's Reding Vows to Back Net Neutrality

Viviane Reding, the European commissioner for information society and media, says she will be " the first line of defense " when it comes to threats to net neutrality, reports V3.co.uk .   Redi... More >

EU, Microsoft Near Antitrust Deal

According to The Associated Press , the European Commission says it is getting close to making a deal with Microsoft that could end its long-standing antitrust case against the company by the end ... More >

October 6, 2009

FTC Sets New Rules of Disclosure for Bloggers

The Federal Trade Commission is now requiring bloggers who offer endorsements to disclose any payments or freebies they have received from the subjects of their reviews, reports The Washington Pos... More >

Heartland Data Breach Suits Folded into One

Sixteen separate class-action lawsuits against Heartland Payment Systems have been consolidated into one , reports Computerworld . The complaints stem from a massive data breach in January.  ... More >

October 5, 2009

Courk OKs Nokia Brazil Brand

A court has ruled that Finland's Nokia can continue to use its Ovi brand in Brazil for now, reports Reuters .   Brazilian telecommunications services company Ouvi Divulgacao e Marketing em Ce... More >

House Committee Not Fond of Provision in Breach-Notification Bill

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is concerned about a controversial provision in a recent health care breach notification bill that allows health care companies considerable discretion on ... More >

P2P Bill Passes House Committee

A bill designed to make it safer for consumers to use peer-to-peer file-sharing software has been passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Computerworld reports that the Informed P2P Use... More >

October 2, 2009

Red Hat Wants a Ban on Software Patents

Red Hat is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to ban software patents , claiming that the practice of registering software patents stifles the industry and leaves developers open to exploitation, reports... More >

Federal Workers Banned from Texting While Driving

President Obama has signed an executive order banning federal employees from texting while driving , reports The New York Times . The order covers employees whose phones are provided by their emplo... More >

October 1, 2009

Enterprise Open Source Groups to Merge

The OW2 Consortium and the Open Solutions Alliance (OSA) plan to merge to create one voice on research, technology and policy issues for open source in the enterprise, reports v3.co.uk .  ... More >

Japan Strikes Qualcomm Licensing Deals

Japan's Fair Trade Commission has ordered Qualcomm to revise patent-licensing agreements with phone manufacturers there, saying they violate Japan's Antimonopoly Act, according to an IDG story in... More >