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June 22, 2010

18:55
Scotland Yard Investigates Complaint About Google
This headline is presented in partnership with:Police are investigating a privacy group's complaint that Google broke the law by collecting data from wireless networks, joining several other law-enforcement bodies across the globe that are conducing similar probes. read more
18:52
Locking Handsets to Networks Could Be Banned in Canada
This headline is presented in partnership with:Canadian politician Bruce Hyer has tabled a law in the Canadian Parliament that would make it illegal to lock mobile phones to a specific network for phones sold outside of contract, and would force networks to unlock subsidized phones once they are out of contract. read more
15:24
Apple collecting, sharing iPhone users' precise locations
Apple is now collecting the "precise," "real-time geographic location" of its users' iPhones, iPads and computers. read more
15:22
Cuba reports little Internet and telecom progress
Cubans' ability to communicate with one another and the world remained well below the norm for the Caribbean and Latin America in 2009. read more
15:20
ABC, CBS, Fox Affiliates OK Comcast-NBCU
On June 22, the ABC, CBS and Fox affiliate associations gave their blessing to the Comcast-NBCU merger with a major proviso: that the final deal include as "binding conditions" six points that the affiliate groups say are "consistent with an understanding reached with Comcast" by NBCU. read more
15:17
Baker: Inventory First, Then 'Win-Win'
A Q&A with Federal Communications Commissioner member Meredith Baker. read more
15:16
Must Carry Proves To Have Staying Power
The must-carry rules have dodged another bullet. read more
15:15
Google Sued by Frontier Communications Over Patent
Google was sued by Frontier Communications Corp. and accused of infringement of a new patent for enhanced telephone services. read more
15:12
Blackwell to Lead FCC's Tribal Broadband Initiatives
Geoffrey Blackwell will return to the Federal Communications Commission will lead the FCC's efforts to work with Native Nations and carry out the National Broadband Plan's recommendations for bringing broadband to all Native communities. read more
15:09
FCC's Interoperability Center Advisory Committee
The Federal Communications Commission's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau has appointed twenty members to the Emergency Response Interoperability Center Technical Advisory Committee. read more
15:08
Comcast/NBC merger: should FCC require network neutrality?
In comments about the proposed Comcast-NBC merger filed at the Federal Communications Commission, Public Knowledge says that it doesn't like the merger, but can see it moving forward under various conditions... like network neutrality. read more
15:07
McCormick: US broadband still the most advanced at the global level
At the Roadmap to Broadband Adoption conference hosted by Broadband for America, the US Internet Industry Association, and NetLiteracy, USTelecom President Walter McCormick identified the regulatory process as a potential roadblock to broadband innovation. read more
15:05
Cost Still Major Factor in broadband Adoption
Consumer Research Director for the Federal Communications Commission John Horrigan led a panel on broadband adoption at the Roadmap for Broadband Adoption conference sponsored by Broadband for America. read more
15:04
CBS: We're In The (Retrans) Money!
CBS chief financial officer Joe Ianiello made it plain at an SNL Kagan conference last week: When it comes to retransmission consent, broadcast networks are taking the cake. read more
15:02
The Gulf Disaster Becomes a Beltway Story
Coverage of the Gulf oil disaster took a decidedly political turn as the story entered its ninth straight week among the top news events. read more
15:00
Joint Strategic Plan to Combat Intellectual Property Theft
Now, more than ever, we need to protect the ideas, artistry, and our reputation for quality, provide our businesses with the incentives to make each new product better, reduce crimes related to intellectual property infringement and keep dangerous counterfeits out of our supply chain to protect our citizens. Strong intellectual property enforcement will help us to accomplish that. read more
14:55
Obama Administration Aims to Protect Identities in Cyberspace
The Obama administration on June 25 plans to release the latest draft of its strategy for identification and authentication in cyberspace. read more
14:54
The Battle Is Raging for Control of the Internet -- and Big Corporations May Come Out on the Losing Side
A battle is raging for control of the Internet and it is not taking place in Washington. Scores of cities, fed up with the recalcitrance and outright arrogance of their providers and Washington's lack of action are taking their information future into their own hands by building their own high-speed networks. read more
14:52
AT&T, Verizon join Wi-Fi roaming group
AT&T and Verizon Wireless have joined an organization that ensures roaming among mobile operators' Wi-Fi networks. read more
14:48
The Real Shakedown to Apologize for
If Barack Obama's extraction of $20 billion from BP was -- as Rep Joe Barton (R-TX) called it -- a "shakedown," then what would Barton call the $14.4 million he has extracted during his career from oil and gas interests, electric utilities, the health sector, chemical manufacturers, finance and all the other industries forking over cash to him? read more