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On July 16, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced elements of the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 (S. 3605) his committee is contributing to a bill that is a joint effort of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. read more

For years, the Lifeline program has provided qualified consumers with a discount on monthly charges for their primary home phone line, even if it's a cell phone. And the Link-Up program has lowered the cost eligible consumers pay for setting up new phone service at their home, including cell phone service. Now, with broadband becoming increasing essential to communications, the Federal Communications Commission is asking if these programs should be modernized to subsidize Internet connections and devices. On July 15, Benton Foundation, the Office of Communication, Inc. for the United Church of Christ, Access Humboldt, and Center for Rural Strategies filed comments with the FCC how best to approach this modernization. read more

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has urged key senators to reach an agreement quickly on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill that he could take to the floor as early as September. read more

On July 16, the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced completion of an initiative with the Internet Corporation... read more

On July 16, San Mateo Superior Court Judge Clifford Cretan granted an application by the San Mateo County District Attorney's office to withdraw the controversial warrant it obtained to search the house of Gizmodo.com journalist Jason Chen. read more

Google acquires companies all the time, little startups with a bit of helpful technology or a nice patent or a few engineers Google wants. The July 16 acquisition of Metaweb should not be grouped in with those relatively small other purchases: Metaweb's technology could change the way Google Search works. read more

Consumer Reports is not satisfied with Apple's apology, which includes providing a free case to any iPhone 4 owners who want one. read more

More than 550 years after Johannes Gutenberg printed 180 copies of the Bible on paper and vellum, new technologies as revolutionary as the printing press are changing the concept of a book and what it means to be literate. read more

Corporate America's long list of "Policy Burdens Inhibiting Growth" include several regulations in place or in motion at the Federal Communications Commission. read more

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received thousands of comments in a proceeding on how strictly it should regulate broadband services. read more

A long look at Jared Cohen, the youngest member of the State Department's policy planning staff, and Alec Ross, the first senior adviser for innovation to the secretary of state. read more

The Federal Communications Commission, fresh off it's July meeting, announced the agenda for August 5. The FCC will consider... read more

On July 15, the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing to discuss cyber attack attribution—determining the identity or location of an attacker or an attacker's intermediary—and how attribution technologies can affect the anonymity and privacy of Internet users. read more

Earlier this week, Google released tools designed to help non-programmers build their own apps on the Android platform. The move is consistent with Google's strategy of boosting worldwide consumption of mobile data -- and with that, mobile advertising. read more

In comments filed at the Federal Communications Commission, the Media Access Project says affordable access to telecommunications services by low-income households plays a key role in achieving social justice goals. read more

What does the Android mobile operating system meansto Google? read more

Draft rules for allocating Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Community Service Grants (CSGs) to public television stations recommend a new wave of incentives for mergers and other joint operations. read more

Mississippi Public Broadcasting dumped the popular NPR show "Fresh Air" and its host Terry Gross , citing "recurring inappropriate content." read more

Now that the initial hoopla attendant to the release of the Second Circuit's Fox decision has quieted down, let's take a gander at legal scenarios that might be in store for us. read more

Now that the initial hoopla attendant to the release of the Second Circuit's Fox decision has quieted down, let's take a gander at legal scenarios that might be in store for us. read more