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As businesses increasingly try to figure out how to use social networking tools in the enterprise, an IT governance group has released a ranking of the top five risks social media poses to companies. read more

The New York Times Company believes your application named 'Pulse News Reader' infringes The New York Times Company's rights." read more

The era of the Web browser's dominance is coming to a close. And the Internet's founding ideology -- that information wants to be free, and that attempts to constrain it are not only hopeless but immoral -- suddenly seems naive and stale in the new age of apps, smart phones, and pricing plans. What will this mean for the future of the media -- and of the Web itself? read more

In the wake of the unprecedented boom in mobile broadband, pressure is building around the world for governments and regulators to act quickly and decisively to the frantic demand for more spectrum. read more

The "crisis" in journalism is not about audiences abandoning news organizations for "newer, shinier, digital models," but figuring out how to monetize a growing appetite for information and a continuing interest in holding government institutions and others to account. read more

The fight over open access to the Internet has turned into a public relations war and a political football in Congress. read more

During a April 28, 2010 meeting, the HIT (Health Information Technology) Standards Committee's recommendations focused on standards for governance, funding and infrastructure of controlled vocabularies, value sets and vocabulary subsets to be used primarily to further interoperability between providers and the systems they deploy as defined by the various stages of Meaningful Use Objectives. This Public Notice invites public comment on the recommendation at the Committee's next meeting on June 30, 2010. read more

Twitter is looking for a government liaison to serve as a point person for the company in Washington (DC). read more

One critic likened cable TV giant Comcast to a plantation, while another pointed to the BP oil spill disaster as what could happen when companies escape tough regulatory scrutiny. Then an influential congresswoman dropped a bomb by hinting that Comcast had tried to buy her support for one of the biggest media deals in history. read more

In February 2009, as part of legislation to revive the economy, Congress provided tens of billions of dollars to help doctors and hospitals buy equipment to computerize patients' medical records. But the eligibility criteria proposed by the Obama administration are so strict and so ambitious that hardly any doctors or hospitals can meet them. read more

The Central Intelligence Agency and the military use drones to wage long-distance war against insurgents, with pilots in the United States pressing the missile-firing buttons. But as commanders in Afghanistan mass drones and U-2 spy planes over the hottest areas, the networking technology is expanding a homefront that is increasingly relevant to day-to-day warfare. read more

A shortage of electronics parts is curbing sales at telecommunications-equipment makers, forcing them to scramble for supplies as manufacturers that slashed production fail to restore capacity fast enough. read more

The folks who gather early every morning in the West Wing office of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel have something new in common these days. Practically everyone has an iPad -- or will have one very soon. read more

The White House is directing agencies to develop plans for trimming at least 5 percent from their budgets by identifying programs that do little to advance their missions or President Obama's agenda. read more

Leading mobile phone operators have lost their bid to overturn a European Union cap on the roaming fees they can charge customers when they travel overseas. read more

The Chinese government announced topics it censors on the Internet, including material which may damage "state honor and interests" or "subverts state power." No organization can "produce, duplicate, announce or disseminate information" on topics which may be "against the cardinal principles set forth in the constitution," or which may "instigate ethnic hatred," jeopardize "state religious policy," or spread "superstitious ideas." read more

In a letter to Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) Julius Genachowski, former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and two deputies said the FCC's proposal to auction off a valuable block of spectrum to commercial bidders "seriously shortchanges the first responder community and simply will not give these vital public servants adequate spectrum to do their jobs when it matters most, during times of crisis." read more

The Tribune Company modified the description of its reorganization plan on June 4. Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey directed Tribune to change the description of how it treats holders of bridge loans. read more

The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announces the availability of the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) testing and evaluation report and NTIA's intent to proceed with the final stages of DNSSEC deployment in the authoritative root zone. read more

Taking a page from the Australian broadband playbook, New Zealand has decided not to sit around while incumbent DSL operators milk the withered dugs of their cash cow until it keels over from old age. Instead, the Kiwis have established a government-owned corporation to invest NZ$1.5 billion for open-access fiber to the home. read more