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With the advent of new technologies such as RFID, behavioral advertising and social networking, the time has come to revamp European data protection laws , says the European Commission. BusinessWeek... More >
Computerworld reports that the CTIA, the leading trade group for wireless telecoms, has stepped up to defend carriers' right to charge early termination fees . The group claims that the fees... More >
The Federal Communications Commission is adding Google to its investigation into wireless early termination fees, reports Computerworld . Customers are subject to $550 in fees if they cance... More >
The Department of Transportation has banned all truck and bus drivers from texting while operating a commercial vehicle, reports Computerworld . Drivers who text while driving could face civil or ... More >
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed to revise the rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act in an effort to clamp down on telemarketing robocalls and make it easier for consu... More >
A damning report by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General found that FBI practices of obtaining customer phone records constitutes "a complete breakdown in the required depar... More >
According to The New York Times , the European Commission has given its approval for Oracle’s $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems. The commission concluded that the deal would not significan... More >
In a speech at The Brookings Institution, Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, urged the federal government to draw up legislation that would provide clear rules and policies for cloud computing... More >
According to Computerworld , Google has been asked to respond to complaints filed with Germany's antitrust authority by Ciao, a Microsoft subsidiary; a mapping company called Euro-Cities; and the ... More >
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia questions the Federal Communications Commission's authority to regulate Internet service providers such as Comcast, the FCC is considering... More >
In separate deals with the Department of Justice, three universities -- Case Western Reserve University, Pace University and Reed College -- have agreed to refrain from using Amazon's Kindle DX in t... More >
Hospitals and doctors are concerned that the Obama administration's proposed regulation that spells out what hospitals and health providers need to do to receive incentive payments for "meaningful us... More >
In compliance with a federal court's ruling requiring it to remove i4i's custom XML technology from its popular Microsoft Word software, Microsoft has patched Word 2003 for Windows , according to C... More >
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is questioning the Federal Communications Commission's authority to regulate Internet service providers such as Comcas... More >
Following opposition by the China Written Works Copyright Society , which accused Google of copyright infringement, the search giant has agreed to stop scanning and uploading books to the company’... More >
Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, had some critical word for federal CTO Aneesh Chopra when he visited the Consumer Electronics Show, reports BBC News . Accordi... More >
The French government has proposed a " Google tax " that seeks to tax online advertising revenue to compensate artists, reports InformationWeek . The tax would affect AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, and othe... More >
internetnews.com reports that the Department of Justice is looking into Comcast's agreement to take a controlling share of NBC Universal. According to The New York Times , the FCC is also review... More >
The Federal Communications Commission has asked lawmakers for a one-month extension for delivering a plan on how the United States can make sure that all Americans have access to high-speed, afford... More >
According to InformationWeek , the Federal Trade Commission is looking into the privacy and data security implications of cloud computing for consumers. FTC attorney David C. Vladeck writes: ... More >
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is considering the first submissions for Internationalized Domain Names using a non-Latin alphabet, internetnews.com reports. Tina Dam, sen... More >
The Justice Department is urging the Federal Communications Commission to free up unused airwaves to make the high-speed Internet access market more competitive, Reuters reports. The Department a... More >
There has been no hard evidence linking cell phones and cancer , but lawmakers in California and Maine are pushing to require cell phones to carry warnings that mobile phones can cause cancer , In... More >
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives are co-sponsoring an immigration reform bill that would make changes to the H-1B visa program. According to Computerworld , the Comprehensive Im... More >
Washington state Sen. Tracey Eide plans to introduce a bill that makes cell phone use in cars a primary offense , reports King5.com . Currently, motorists can only get a ticket for cell phone use a... More >
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