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June 21, 2010

08:32
Rep Barton says 'sorry' to AT&T, too, activists charge
After an apology to BP stoked anger on both sides of the aisle and put his ranking member status on the House Energy & Commerce Committee at risk, a liberal advocacy group charged Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) with apologizing to a few other corporate giants: Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T. read more
08:30
The National Broadband Plan Needs the Third Way
It no longer makes sense to assume that consumers view broadband connectivity and the additional services delivered by the provider as functionally integrated and inseparable. read more
08:29
The re-assertion of America in ICT
It's become conventional wisdom in academia, politics, and the press that America has fallen behind in electronic communications. Where once America ruled supreme, bestowing the Internet on the world, it is now an also-ran. Whether in broadband Internet or in mobile communications, America is barely edging out Slovenia. This may have been true for a brief period, but is it still true? And why is this story line taken up with such relish? read more
08:27
In NBC-Comcast Deal, Quiet Concerns
The owners of local stations are worried that if Comcast owned NBC, its market power would hurt competing stations and drive down the prices that those cable companies pay to retransmit local programs, potentially reshaping the local TV landscape. read more
08:26
Telstra in A$11bn broadband deal
Telstra and Canberra broke their impasse on the government's A$43bn (US$37 billion) high-speed broadband network on June 20 when the Australian telecommunications group agreed an A$11bn deal that will see it fold its equipment into the network. read more
08:24
On Web Video, Captions Are Coming Slowly
Closed-captioning is mandatory on television, but not for TV programs on the Internet. read more
08:23
Congress should balance privacy, innovation
It's a fact of life for Internet surfers and social network users that companies such as Google and Facebook may know more details about their personal interests than their families do. That's fine as long as users don't mind. But those who want to protect their privacy should be able to do so — easily. read more
08:22
Facebook's quitters passionate about privacy, Web's potential
Facebook still has plenty of friends. Even amid last month's firestorm, which forced executives to hastily revamp the site's privacy settings, the social-networking juggernaut has held steady in membership and traffic. read more
08:21
Health Bill Was a Focus for Liberal Talk Show Hosts
A new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism finds that health care was a "much bigger topic" for liberal hosts like Keith Olbermann and Ed Schultz than for conservative hosts like Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity. read more
08:19
Increasingly, nonprofits fill a need for investigative reporting
Investigative reporting is increasingly being outsourced. read more
08:17
Ink Gushes in Japan's Media Landscape
For years, the online newspaper JanJan News mounted a scrappy challenge to Japan's blandly conformist press, offering articles written by readers who took on taboo subjects like whaling and the media's collusion with the government. But the site never attracted enough readers or advertising and was finally forced to shut down most of its operations three months ago. read more
08:16
Wanted: Young cyberexperts to defend Internet
Nationwide campaigns to steer youthful techies into careers defending the Internet are gaining steam. read more
08:15
Cartoons can tilt kids' food choices
Kids think snacks taste better when popular cartoon characters such as Shrek and Dora the Explorer are plastered on the packages, a study shows. Nutrition experts have long argued that such images shouldn't be used to market junk food to kids, especially given the childhood obesity epidemic. read more
08:14
Holding off on new meters would be smart
Pacific Gas & Electric's new smart meters have been disastrous. read more

June 17, 2010

07:23
Federal Communications Commission set to reconsider framework for regulating broadband
The Federal Communications Commission is scheduled to vote Thursday to begin taking public comments on three different paths for regulating broadband. read more
07:21
High-Speed Internet Rules Might Prove Costly
Proposed regulation of high-speed Internet service providers by the U.S. government could cost the economy at least $62 billion annually over the next five years and eliminate 502,000 jobs, according to a study released by New York University Law School. read more
07:20
Upton Calls FCC's Title II Plan a "Blind Power Grab"
Rep Fred Upton (R-MI), a former chairman of the House Communications Subcommittee, has weighed in strongly against the Federal Communications Commission's classification of broadband transmissions as a Title II service subject to some of those common carrier regulations. read more
07:18
Why US Tech Policy Needs Silicon Valley's Input
The enormous economic impact of Silicon Valley's edge and cloud companies isn't adequately reflected in the policy debates taking place in Washington (DC). read more
07:16
Verizon: Comcast P2P blocking was wrong, we won't do it
Verizon isn't a fan of the FCC's proposed "third way" approach to network neutrality rules, and the company's top policy people have suggested that the Internet needs an entirely new "policy framework." Such a framework will require massive wrangling in Congress, so in the short term, Verizon has partnered with Google and others to find a "consensus" framework for the short-term. read more
07:15
New Illinois law relaxes phone regulations
Telephone companies operating in Illinois will face fewer regulations, and consumers could face higher prices under a measure Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL) signed into law June 15, a move supporters said will encourage investment in broadband and wireless technologies. read more