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June 1, 2010

07:13
Political ads are tough sell for image-conscious corporations
All over the country, corporate CEOs and trade groups are asking their lawyers the same question: How can we get our companies involved in this political election season without leaving tracks? read more
07:12
Advertisers like new fall TV schedule
Advertisers in the coming days will make billion-dollar bets on the TV networks' new fall schedules — and this time around, they actually like the script. read more
07:11
TV makers think outside the box
With Google and Intel leading a charge by technology companies to change the face of television, the slow-moving industry is being forced into a radical rethink of its business model. read more
07:10
Compromise offer by Google on data
Google will this week offer a compromise with European data protection authorities, which are demanding that the Internet company hand over data it intercepted from private WiFi connections. read more
07:08
Google ditches Windows on security concerns
Google is phasing out the internal use of Microsoft's ubiquitous Windows operating system because of security concerns. read more
07:06
Yahoo to turn subscribers' e-mail contact lists into social networking base
Yahoo plans to announce Tuesday that it is jumping into social networking by using its massive population of e-mail subscribers as a base for sharing information on the Web. read more
07:05
FCC ups the ante for children's TV commercial overages
The Federal Communications Commission has ratcheted up the fines for broadcast television stations that violate limits on advertising during programming aimed at children. read more
07:03
911 program could ease ER problems
Hoping to ease crowded emergency rooms and trim ambulance runs, Louisville Metro Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has launched a program that aims to screen low-priority calls and divert patients from hospitals into more appropriate health care. read more

May 31, 2010

12:56
FCC questions inclusion of wireless in redefinition of broadband
When the Federal Communications Commission begins its push for clearer authority over broadband services, one area of the fast-growing industry may not be included: wireless. read more
12:54
Republican House members protest FCC broadband proposal in force
Nearly every Republican member of the House signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission protesting a plan to redefine broadband Internet access as a telecommunications service. read more
12:53
They don't speak for all minorities on Network Neutrality
In the Network Neutrality debate, several leading civil rights organizations have come down heavily against net neutrality, as have some members of the Congressional Black Caucus. Do not assume that they speak for all people of color or for all low-income individuals in urban or rural areas. read more
12:51
Broadband Mapping Extension, Funds for Additional Broadband Efforts
The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that state governments and other existing awardees in its State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program may seek funding for various initiatives to help their communities compete in the digital economy and for up to three additional years of broadband mapping work. read more
12:49
Be Wary Of FCC Spectrum Invite
The Federal Communications Commission is inviting broadcasters and others to FCC headquarters in Washington on June 25 for a daylong Broadcast Engineering Forum to discuss a proposal to take back a large swatch of TV spectrum and its implications for broadcasters. This could be a great opportunity. read more
12:48
Cities should stay out of broadband
Cities shouldn't be getting into the Internet and cable-TV business. read more
12:46
Conyers Looking For Answers on Privacy
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI) has sent letters to Google and Facebook expressing concern about whether the two companies are doing enough to protect users' privacy. read more
12:45
Broadband Has Turned Our Homes Into Glass Houses
We're adding broadband connections to our televisions, our phones, our reading devices and our game consoles these days, to the point that we expect such connections in almost everything we own. But while connectivity is awesome 90 percent of the time, it's also scary because it can turn what were once private habits such as reading a book or answering email into something social — in some cases, without us knowing. read more
12:44
House Approves COMPETES Act
The House approved -- by a 262 to 150 vote -- the COMPETES Reauthorization Act to provide $85.6 billion over five years for science research and education. read more
12:41
House Backs Tax Increase for Venture Capital
The House of Representatives passed a bill that would raise the taxes that venture capitalists and other investment managers pay on carried interest — their share of the profits from a successful start-up investment. The Senate will vote on the bill after the Memorial Day recess. read more
12:39
House cybersecurity overhaul included in Defense authorization bill
An amendment to the Defense authorization bill, expected to pass in the House on Friday, would push through committee efforts to update information security requirements for agencies and establish a separate cybersecurity office in the White House. read more
12:37
Facebook is the most popular website in the world, Google says
More people visited Facebook than any other website, Google announced this week after releasing its findings on the top 1,000 sites in the world. read more