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June 7, 2010

17:55
911 Technology Problems Plague First Line of Response
Recordings of 911 calls gone awry have been played repeatedly by broadcast media and published verbatim by print media. Sometimes blamed on outdated technology, other times on the call-taker, these phone calls highlight two of the common problems associated with 911. read more
17:54
HHS tailors EHRs for children
Electronic health record (EHR) systems should be enhanced to deal with the needs of people such as children and victims of domestic violence. read more
17:52
Consumer privacy groups petition Congress
A newly released draft of a consumer privacy bill has prompted privacy-advocacy groups to call for the inclusion of more-stringent requirements that they view as necessary for adequate consumer-data protection. read more
17:50
New breed of newspaper owners writing a different story
The newspaper industry is starting to meet its new bosses -- the hedge funds and banks that are moving in as rich family owners and button-down executives move out. read more
17:49
Dear AT&T: Soon We'll All Be Data Hogs
With the expected surge in video applications for wireless devices, we'll all be data hogs soon enough. read more
17:47
Australian Police Probe Google's Street View Service
This headline is presented in partnership with:Australian police are probing Google's Street View mapping service for possible breaches of data-security laws, two weeks after the nation's communications minister criticized the company's methods. read more
17:43
Canada May Relax Foreign-Investor Limits on BCE, Rogers
This headline is presented in partnership with:On June 7, the Canadian government said that the country's large telephone companies such as Bell Canada and Rogers Communications may be covered by new rules that will make it easier for foreigners to invest in Canada. read more
13:32
FTC Corrects Misinformation on Journalism Initiative
The FTC has not endorsed the idea of making any policy recommendation or recommended any of the proposals in the discussion draft. Recent press reports have erroneously stated that the FTC is supporting and proposing some of the public comments. read more
13:31
FTC Draft Plan to "Save Journalism" Drawing Scrutiny; Raising Concern
Some of those raising a stink about the Federal Trade Commission future of journalism draft include ... read more
13:21
The FTC Confuses Newspapers With Journalism as it Seeks New Media Tax
The Federal Trade Commission "discussion draft paper" on the future of journalism suggests that online advances must be hobbled, taxed and maybe even reversed -- because they hurt the newspaper industry. read more
13:21
The FTC Confuses Newspapers With Journalism as it Seeks New Media Tax
The Federal Trade Commission "discussion draft paper" on the future of journalism suggests that online advances must be hobbled, taxed and maybe even reversed -- because they hurt the newspaper industry. read more
13:18
National broadband: De-bottlenecking or doubling down?
It's front-page news every day: the private sector profit motive wrestling with political will and choices. Is National broadband -- to the tune of 100 Mb/s download speeds for almost everyone -- a natural end point for the country's future competitive infrastructure (so just be patient) or is it a basic citizen's right that is being inefficiently withheld due to telco incompetence and greed (so let's implement Big Bang now)? read more
13:15
FCC Should Abandon Third Way And Support Congressional Reform
The Federal Communications Commission should abandon its push for a "third way" on telecom regulation and instead get behind the push for a Congressional update of the Communications Act. read more
13:11
Hawaii Announces New Broadband Mapping Partners
Early last year, Hawaii's Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs was given a $1.9 million grant for its mapping initiative. Rather than conduct all of the mapping internally, the department has chosen to partner with the New America Foundation, the University of Hawaii and BroadMap. read more
13:08
Comcast, NBCU Commit to Adding Independent Nets with Minority Backers
On June 7, Comcast and NBC Universal announced a series of new and/or expanded diversity commitments. read more
13:06
State investigating Google's use of private data
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is investigating whether Google illegally collected data from personal and business wireless computer networks for its mapping service. read more
13:05
The Battle Over the Next-gen Open Smart Grid
Will the smart grid eventually follow the path of the Internet with truly open standards? Several up-and-coming companies are betting that the answer will be a resounding "yes" and are in the process of looking to sign up utilities and customers that want to embrace the open-standards smart grid vision. read more
12:51
Why We Need to Transform Television
Television has not yet actualized its potential nor realized its responsibility to humankind. read more
12:44
The Regulatory Challenge
A Q&A with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. read more
07:43
Hooked on Gadgets, and Paying a Mental Price
Scientists say juggling e-mail, phone calls and other incoming information can change how people think and behave. read more