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Right out of the gates, Facebook is staying mum about what went on during its all-hands-on-deck company privacy meeting late on Thursday. Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes said, "We had a... read more

Google will have to pay mobile ad startup AdMob $700 million in cash if the Federal Trade Commission rejects the deal. read more

If you've got a smart phone — and many people do these days — you can quickly log on to the Federal Emergency Management Agency's new mobile Web site, a guide to emergency preparedness and response, and get answers. read more

Global market research firm Informa Telecoms & Media predicts that global television advertising will be up 3.7% to $116 billion this year. read more

The US International Trade Commission will investigate complaints by Apple that Eastman Kodak violated its patents related to digital imaging devices and software, the latest dispute in a long-standing patent... read more

Broadband networks are often likened to the railways of the new economy, but they're actually much more important than that. They are also the printing presses, the telephone lines and the broadcast networks. So it's no surprise that the mother of all fights has just broken out in Washington over who should control them. read more

For many Americans, cellphones have become irreplaceable tools to manage their lives and stay connected to the outside world, their families and networks of friends online. But increasingly, by several measures, that does not mean talking on them very much. read more

It sounded like a good call. To combat organized crime, especially the phenomenon known as "virtual kidnapping," the Mexican government ordered the owners of every cellphone in the country to register their names, numbers and addresses. But in a remarkable mass protest, even under threat of service interruption, millions of Mexicans are refusing to submit their personal data, for a very Mexican reason: They don't trust the government. read more

Automobiles, which will be increasingly connected to the Internet in the near future, could be vulnerable to hackers just as computers are now, two teams of computer scientists are warning in a paper to be presented next week. read more

Objections to Tribune Company's Chapter 11 disclosure statement flooded into the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on Thursday, complicating the company's chances of winning a judge's approval of the document at a key hearing May 20. read more

Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said matters related to his business in China are "stable" two months after the company shut its site there amid a standoff with the... read more

The Federal Communications Commission will hold an Open Meeting on Thursday, May 20, 2010. The FCC will consider... read more

The Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced that it will provide an opportunity for certain state and local governments to apply for broadband stimulus funding to support public safety projects. read more

Hundreds of community groups and local residents from across the country are urging the Federal Communications Commission this week to strengthen local democracy, media diversity and public safety by supporting the nation's largest network of community-based media organizations -- public, educational and government (PEG) access cable TV centers. read more

House Science and Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) blasted what he described as a "cynical" motion to recommit offered by Republicans and passed on a 292-126 vote to legislation that would reauthorize a law aimed at doubling basic research funding at key science agencies with the hope of boosting U.S. competitiveness. read more

The online advertising market is showing signs that it's returned to a growth trajectory. read more

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS announced the establishment of a Diversity and Innovation Fund of $20 million to be spent over two years to support the PBS' National Program Service (NPS). read more

Scotland and the Netherlands both invest significantly more federal money per student in information and communications technologies (ICT) than the United States, and they both view ICT as essential to classroom teaching and learning and in developing 21st-century skills, a delegation of education technology advocates discovered during a recent visit to the two countries. read more

A group of Northeastern University student researchers have developed an automated emergency alert system to help elderly people in sudden need of medical attention. Under the direction of Charles DiMarzio, an associate professor in the departments of electrical and computer engineering and mechanical and industrial engineering, the students created the technology for a wireless wrist device that automatically alerts emergency responders should the gadget detect a sudden change in the user's vital signs or speed of movement, as from a fall. read more

A House committee as early as next week plans to vote on legislation that would overhaul federal cybersecurity by creating permanent cyber czar and White House chief technology officer positions, as well as possibly tying security performance to pay. read more