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May 13, 2010

19:14
Subcommittees approve funds for cybersecurity
The House Armed Services Terrorism Subcommittee approved its share of the fiscal 2011 defense authorization measure, adding funds and program initiatives to bolster cybersecurity. The subcommittee added more than $20 million to cybersecurity programs, most of which went into research for near-term and far-out solutions to the use of the Internet and other "new media" to spread radical messages and recruit potential terrorists. read more
19:13
Bloggers Look to Score Partisan Political Points off of Disasters
In many weeks, there are stark differences between the social and mainstream media news agendas. But last week, the same two stories that dominated the traditional press—the attempted bombing in New York's Times Square and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico -- also drew the most attention in the blogosphere. read more
19:11
FCC Allows Comments on Tribune License Transfers
On April 28, 2010, the Tribune Company filed sixteen Applications for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station License jointly with applications seeking consent to assign certain broadcast auxiliary, satellite earth station, private land mobile, private fixed microwave, and CARS licenses. read more
19:10
The Big Lie About The FCC's Third Way To An Open Internet
The Big Lie isn't called the Big Lie for nothing. It's put before the public by organizations with comfy-sounding names, repeated endlessly in ads and columns and blog posts and tweets by groups and politicians - many of whom receive support from those the Big Lie favors. Here's the current case in point. read more
14:36
Recap of House Oversight Hearing on Promoting Broadband Adoption and the National Broadband Plan
The House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet held the fourth in a series of hearings addressing issues raised in the National Broadband Plan. The hearing examined recommendations in the National Broadband Plan for increasing broadband adoption, including ways to ensure that all Americans are able to subscribe to broadband and ways to educate consumers about broadband's benefits. read more
14:35
FCC's Genachowski: We're At The 'Pre-Beginning' With Third Way
Facing a tough, cable industry crowd, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski tried to convince the audience his week-old "third way" proposal shouldn't freak them out. read more
14:34
Carriers Hate Network Neutrality Because They Want to Double-Dip Revenue
Why don't telephone and cable companies like network neutrality? This is a fight all about money and how many times the industry can charge for what is essentially the same service. read more
14:32
US to push China on indigenous innovation
A top trade official signaled the White House planned to push Beijing this month on rules that some say prevent U.S. tech companies from selling products to the Chinese government. read more
13:41
Boucher: Privacy bill will not inhibit advertising, new draft due in June
Rep. Rich Boucher (D-VA) on Thursday stressed his new bill to rein in Web advertisements based on consumers' Web browsing histories is not an attempt to "inhibit responsible targeted advertising." read more
13:39
Levin not rattled by regulation fight
Even though a federal court decision against the Federal Communications Commission in April called into question the commission's authority to regulate Internet companies, Blair Levin, the former head of the agency's broadband task force, said much of it would ultimately remain intact. read more
13:37
FTC's Leibowitz: Network Neutrality Rhetoric Overheated On Both Sides
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz told cable operators and programmers in Los Angeles Wednesday that he supported everything Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is doing on the network neutrality front, which would include trying to reclassify broadband transmissions under Title II common carrier regulations. read more
13:35
Wisconsin Health Information Exchange Law
A new bill just signed into law is expected to boost the creation of a statewide health information exchange in Wisconsin. read more
13:34
White House cyber security plan to cite e-health
The White House has begun developing a strategy for securing online transactions and stemming identity fraud that pays particular heed to the importance of building a trusted arena for electronic healthcare transactions. read more
13:30
What Comcast Really Needs From NBC Universal
Brian Roberts, chairman/chief executive officer of Comcast says he doesn't want to "Comcast-ize" the company. He could use some help in marketing, though. read more
13:28
Culture + Technology Usage = The Perfect Storm
Hispanics have an extremely positive view of the technology and, once they get their hands on it, they use it and love it. read more
13:27
One in Four US Households Are Landline-Free
Nearly 25% of households in the U.S. have given up landlines for cell phones. read more
13:25
Rep. Eshoo: Cybersecurity requires clear reporting methods
Still missing from the federal government's cybersecurity efforts is a simple, effective mechanism for private firms to report breaches of their systems, Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) said. read more
13:22
Toward a Federal Cybersecurity Research Agenda: Three Game-Changing Themes
The National Coordination Office for Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) requests input from the public regarding the Federal cybersecurity game-change research and development agenda. read more
13:19
Hacker Nation: China's Cyber Assault
A decade before Operation Aurora—China's recent hacking spree of at least thirty-four Western companies—the Chinese government attempted to seize American computer code the old-fashioned, imperial way: by edict. read more
13:14
How to Become an Internet Freedom Warrior
How to become an Internet freedom warrior: Get seriously worried about the Internets. Surround yourself with social media gurus who don't know anything about foreign policy but have a gazillion Twitter followers... read more