Tuesday, Comcast announced a public trial that any Comcast cable Internet access user can participate in. And a year from now, DNSSEC validation will be rolled out throughout all of Comcast's DNS...
Chinese scientists worry about Google pullout
Google's threat to pull out of China may have been met with a shrug in some circles, but there's a population of Chineses citizens who appear to be genuinely worried about the prospect: scientists. Nature conducted an informal survey of Chinese researchers, and got nearly 800 responses. ...
TV stations asked to yield 500MHz of spectrum for broadband
The Chair of the Federal Communications Commission unveiled a key component of the agency's impending National Broadband Plan on Wednesday: a program to free up 500MHz of spectrum over the next decade...
Yelp facing class-action lawsuit over extortive “ad sales”
Last year, business review site Yelp was the target of a scathing exposé that accused the company of promoting or even fabricating negative reviews in order to get businesses to pay to...
Great White North getting its own gigabit fiber trial
1Gbps remains a distant fantasy for most home Internet users, but 2010 is already proving a banner year for the ultra high speed tech. First, there was Google's big announcement that it would build a major 1Gbps fiber testbed serving up to 500,000 US customers... and at "competitive" prices. Within...
White House “IP Czar” demands good data from rightsholders
The new "IP Czar" in the White House is cooking up a "Joint Strategic Plan" to better enforce copyrights, trademarks, and patents—and she wants your help.
Victoria Espinel is the Intellectual Property...
Wilmington, NC takes white spaces to swamp, ballparks
Wilmington, North Carolina was the first spot in the country to transition from analog to digital TV. Now, more than a year later, the city is again serving as a testbed, this...
Italian verdict on Google privacy sets dangerous precedent
An Italian court has convicted three former Google executives of violations to Italy's privacy code early Wednesday morning. The decision comes after months of back and forth on the case, all...
Google, T-Mobile sort of explain Nexus One ETFs to Uncle Sam
All responses are in to the Federal Communications Commission's probe of the big wireless companies' controversial early termination fees—the penalty you pay if you drop a wireless service before your...
“Spying” school agrees to preserve evidence in Laptopgate
The school district responsible for allegedly "spying" on a high school student in his own home has agreed not to remove webcam images from any of the 2,300 student-issued MacBooks. In...
EU antitrust enforcers turn their eyes upon Google
The European Commission has opened an antitrust investigation into Google's business activities after complaints from three European companies. The companies, which offer services similar to Google's, believe that Google actively demotes their...
Intel victim of cyberattacks at the same time as Google
Intel was also a victim of a cyberattack at the same time as the high-profile attack on Google, adding it to the list of companies allegedly targeted by Chinese hackers. The company revealed the information Tuesday in its annual filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, noting that the attack...
