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FCC probe
FCC   |  5 comments

FCC to Probe Wireless Industry, Putting Carriers and Device Makers in Hot Seat

BY Clay Dillow
Relevancy Score: 100
Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 11:42 AM

Months of grumbling by consumer and trade groups and whispers of a possible FCC probe have culminated in exactly that, as the Federal Communications Commission voted yesterday to launch a broad investigation into the wireless ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  1 comment

FCC Embraces Net Neutrality, Enforces It On ISPs

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100
Mon Sep 21, 2009 at 10:28 AM

The FCC is embracing rules that enforce Net neutrality on ISPs, and in a surprisingly open way.READ»

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CHANGE.GOV   |  Comment

Rebooting the FCC

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 96
Wed Jul 22, 2009 at 12:33 PM

Proposed changes to the way the nation's media watchdog does its business will mean more transparency for citizens--and bad news for secretive consumer-electronics companies.READ»

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BUSH   |  9 comments

Bush Condemns Free National Wi-Fi

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 80
Thu Dec 11, 2008 at 5:07 PM

In another nod to his alleged "free-market" principles, President Bush has expressed disapproval of the free nationwide Wi-Fi proposal being considered by the FCC and Congress. It's an inauspicious time to decry helpful...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

Free Speech and Censorship in Online Communities

BY David Teten
Relevancy Score: 76
Thu Sep 11, 2008 at 8:36 PM

Is free speech an absolute right in online communities? Yes, but community owners have the right to establish and enforce codes of conduct.READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

White Space Gold Rush

BY Guy Smith
Relevancy Score: 72
Wed Nov 26, 2008 at 5:33 PM

The FCC has created the next big technology gold rush, literally out of thin air. Chip and mobile technology mavens are the first folks who will strike the new mother load, but others will follow. In between existing television ...READ»

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D-TV   |  1 comment

Your Antenna TV Is Dead in Two Days

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 66
Wed Jun 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM

Lest you had forgotten, antenna TV is being forcibly retired by the FCC in favor of a hard-wired digital connection that will offer better picture and sound. Earlier this year, the transition deadline--the date that antenna TV would ...READ»

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GOOGLE   |  1 comment

Google Voice Slapfight: AT&T, Sex Chats, and Some Hot FCC Action

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 66
Thu Oct 29, 2009 at 1:38 PM

Google's public policy blog admits that Google Voice blocks certain numbers. AT&T says this would be illegal were Google treated like any other telecom. But Google claims that if it doesn't engage in blocking, its service will ...READ»

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FCC   |  6 comments

Four Ways to Fast-Track 4G, Says FCC

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 65
Wed Oct 7, 2009 at 2:17 PM

Today FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski took to the stage at CTIA and outlined his agency's plan to handle the welter of wireless transmissions coming in the next decade. The goal: 4G, as fast as possible. According to Mashable, the ...READ»

MEDIA   |  5 comments

Old Media Wants Its Piece of the Pie

BY Lynne d Johnson
Relevancy Score: 62
Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 3:00 PM

Traditional media companies, such as the Tribune Co., NBC Universal, and CBS told the FCC yesterday that its restrictions on who can own what media property where have to be eased if newspapers and broadcast outlets are to survive in ...READ»

RE:CON F2C 2005   |  Comment

Beyond the Freedom to Connect

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 62
Wed Mar 30, 2005 at 1:56 PM

After the lunch break at Freedom to Connect, Jeff Jarvis, proprietor of BuzzMachine interviewed First Amendment Attorney Robert Corn-Revere. Their wide-ranging conversation addressed how legal precedents in the broadcast media world ...READ»

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ANALOG TV SWITCH OFF   |  Comment

Obama, FCC Chief Clash Over Analog TV Switch-Off

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 60
Mon Jan 12, 2009 at 3:55 AM

Late last week, President-elect Barack Obama made a particularly public call for a delay to the February digital TV switch-over date. His main concerns are inadequate funding of the public awareness program and problems with the ...READ»

Microchip Technology
CONSUMER PRODUCTS   |  1 comment

Dell Ink-less Printer Revealed by FCC

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 56
Mon Sep 29, 2008 at 9:49 PM

Thanks to the enthusiasts who peruse the FCC's filings website, we now know of a Dell [DELL] branded Bluetooth printer that may be coming out soon that's a little different from most: it doesn't use ink. The device looks from images ...READ»

RE:CON F2C 2005   |  Comment

What's Incumbent upon Incumbents?

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 55
Thu Mar 31, 2005 at 11:50 AM

After a short coffee break, Freedom to Connect participants reconvened for a panel discussion moderated by Kevin Werbach, former editor of Release 1.0 and an assistant professor of legal studies at the Wharton School, University of ...READ»

GOOGLE   |  Comment

Is AT&T Right to Attack Google Voice?

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 53
Mon Oct 12, 2009 at 1:17 PM

The FCC is trying to understand why AT&T is fighting Google Voice. When all is said and done, will they find that AT&T is justified? Google claims that AT&T is trying to get legislators to treat Google Voice just like ...READ»

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NET NEUTRALITY   |  Comment

3G Networks Start to Whine About FCC's Net Neutrality Rules

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 53
Tue Sep 22, 2009 at 9:21 AM

Only yesterday the FCC's chairman spoke up about net neutrality rules, and already the big U.S. 3G broadband providers are beginning to shake their rattles, cry out loud and demand that people listen: Net neutrality is bad, they ...READ»

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WIFI   |  1 comment

Microsoft Building One-Mile Wi-Fi

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 50
Thu Aug 27, 2009 at 11:58 AM

Despite protestations from the Bush administration, the FCC succeeded last year in making a certain chunk of the nation's TV and radio spectrum--dubbed "white space"--available to unlicensed broadcasters. That meant that companies ...READ»

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BUSH   |  Comment

FCC Cancels Whitespace Free Wi-Fi Meeting

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 50
Mon Dec 15, 2008 at 6:48 AM

First George W. expressed his disapproval of the future-thinking nationwide free Wi-Fi service, and now the FCC has simply cancelled a meeting that was scheduled this week to discuss the issue.The December 18th meeting was due to be ...READ»

FCC Starts Up Its Radio White Space System, New Wireless Tech En-Route
WHITE SPACE   |  Comment

FCC Starts Up Its Radio White Space System, New Wireless Tech En-Route

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 50
Tue Dec 1, 2009 at 8:42 AM

After a year of dithering, controversy and retro-thinking government meddling, the FCC has finally begun the process of enabling new whitespace broadband Wi-Fi devices. Good news. But if it makes you scratch your head, then let us ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Rescue Squad

BY Anni Layne Rodgers
Relevancy Score: 50
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:41 AM

Dubbed "the rescue squad" because it has won so many high-profile, high-stakes, high-speed cases for American big business, Gibson, Dunn Crutcher explains how it operates -- and wins -- with efficiency, flexibility, and speed.READ»

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LENOVO   |  Comment

Lenovo to Release 3G Netbook

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 49
Thu Apr 16, 2009 at 3:05 AM

A Lenovo netbook with a nine-inch screen is making its way through FCC approval as we speak, according to several blogs. And unless Lenovo is populating a seriously redundant product line, this one probably has a new trick up its ...READ»

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ANALOG   |  Comment

How Congress Can Avoid Delaying the Digital TV Transition

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 48
Mon Jan 19, 2009 at 3:08 PM

Democrats in the Senate have introduced a bill to delay the nation's transition to digital television from February to June. Senate Republicans have blocked the bill, saying a deadline extension would confuse consumers and delay ...READ»

HUMOR   |  Comment

Any Fool Thing


Relevancy Score: 47
Tue Aug 19, 2003 at 5:15 PM

Satirist Scott Ott has an amusing take on the FCC's decision to repeal its ban on AOL incorporating video into its Instant Messenger product and "any other fool thing AOL wants to try."READ»

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COMPUTER   |  Comment

Sony Teases With Revolutionary New Laptop: Is It A Vaio Netbook?

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 46
Mon Dec 22, 2008 at 6:21 AM

Dell's apparently ultra-thin laptop Adamo teaser campaign from last week is joined by an even more intriguing one from Sony. It bears little more than a swishly-photographed Vaio logo on a shiny-looking black device, and the words "On ...READ»

SALES + MARKETING   |  Comment

Do-Not-Call List No Longer on Hold?

BY Heath Row
Relevancy Score: 41
Mon Sep 29, 2003 at 5:50 PM

The back-and-forth waffling seems to be over. President Bush signed the do-not-call list into law today, paving the way for the FTC to establish the directory as planned -- and the FCC to enforce penalties because of recent federal ...READ»

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