July 2007
FCC Votes for Auction Rules
Jul 31, 2007 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved rules for the upcoming 700 MHz auction and, as this Associated Press report outlines, Read More
FCC's Open Meeting Underway
Jul 31, 2007 | After a delay of about 3 1/2 hours, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) kicked off its meeting about the rules Read More
The Obviousness Ruling's Impact on Patent Cases
Jul 31, 2007 | An article in today's The Wall Street Journal explores how the Supreme Court's April ruling on the obviousness of patents Read More
EU Takes Next Step in Intel-AMD Case
Jul 29, 2007 | According to the International Herald Tribune, "in a case reminiscent of their legal battle with Microsoft, European Union antitrust regulators Read More
New Report on Internet Censorship
Jul 27, 2007 | The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which includes 56 member countries in Europe, Central Asia and North Read More
Mark Your Calendars for February 17, 2009
Jul 26, 2007 | There's been a lot of buzz surrounding what rules the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to use for auctioning off Read More
Privacy as Control?
Jul 24, 2007 | While the challenge of protecting individual privacy on the Web is nothing new, the issue is particulary tricky for social Read More
N.C. Age Verification Bill and MySpace
Jul 24, 2007 | While the Senate Commerce Committee held its hearing on Internet safety earlier today, the state legislature in North Carolina had Read More
Hearing on Internet Safety
Jul 24, 2007 | The Senate's Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology held a full committee hearing this morning about protecting children on the Read More
Today's YouTube Debates
Jul 23, 2007 | As the Democratic presidential candidates prepare for today's CNN-YouTube debate in Charleston, S.C., the focus isn't only on what they Read More
Search and Privacy
Jul 23, 2007 | Following announcements by Google and Ask.com last week, News.com reports that "the major search engines are racing to outdo each Read More
Ask.com Introducing New Privacy Controls
Jul 20, 2007 | The Associated Press is reporting that Ask.com, the search engine owned by InterActivCorp, will launch a feature called AskEraser later Read More
Commerce Committee Backs Broadband Bill
Jul 20, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, chaired by Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-HI) announced today that the full committee unanimously voted in Read More
Google's Own Letter to FCC
Jul 20, 2007 | We just wrote about AT&T exec Jim Cicconi's letter to FCC Chairman Martin supporting the proposed rules for the upcoming Read More
ATT Supports Chairman Martin's Proposal
Jul 20, 2007 | AT&T senior executive vice president Jim Cicconi announced his company's support for FCC Chairman Kevin Martin's proposed rules to allow Read More
Verizon Wireless in Patent Deal with Broadcom
Jul 20, 2007 | There's a new twist in the Broadcom-Qualcomm patent dispute, which led to the announcement of a ban on U.S. importation Read More
Judiciary Votes for Patent Reform Act
Jul 19, 2007 | The U.S House Judiciary Committee yesterday voted in favor of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, a move that this Read More
Harry Potter and the IP Leak
Jul 19, 2007 | At the same time that moviegoers are heading to the theaters to see the fifth Harry Potter film (to the Read More
EU Picks Among Competing Mobile TV Standards
Jul 18, 2007 | As expected, the European Commission yesterday announced that it is endorsing Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) as the preferred standard for Read More
Made in Taiwan
Jul 18, 2007 | There's an interesting article in The New York Times called "Silent Hands Behind the iPhone" about the role Taiwan is Read More
Corporate Computer Recycling
Jul 17, 2007 | We've previously written about articles, like this one, that explain how consumers can recycle their computers to reduce e-waste. But Read More
Groups Oppose Antipiracy Request
Jul 16, 2007 | According to News.com, 11 consumer groups submitted comments jointly to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today, including Public Knowledge, the Read More
The Fame Game
Jul 16, 2007 | As Warner Music and imeem demonstrated last week, the convergence that is bringing Hollywood and Silicon Valley together (sometimes, at Read More
Education Outsourcing?
Jul 16, 2007 | Esther Dyson, whose Release 0.9 blog is available at The Huffington Post, published a post yesterday called "Outsourcing Man Bites Read More
EU Considers Single Mobile Video Standard
Jul 16, 2007 | The International Herald Tribune reports that the European Commission is expected to announce this week that it is backing a Read More
Op-Ed Warns of RFID "Scare Tactics"
Jul 13, 2007 | Earlier this week, Jim Sheire of NXP Semiconductors wrote this op-ed in the San Jose Mercury News in response to Read More
House Members Concerned About Qualcomm Ban
Jul 12, 2007 | In a follow-up to our post about the International Trade Commission's (ITC) ban on U.S. importation of new 3G Qualcomm Read More
Warner Music and imeem Redefine "Courtship"
Jul 12, 2007 | As business models collide, some interesting alliances are being forged between established Hollywood leaders and technology upstarts. The latest example Read More
FCC Auction and Open Access
Jul 11, 2007 | Both sides of the open access debate have been making their case in the media, in front of Congress, in Read More
Video Twofer (Courtesy of Jonathan Schwartz)
Jul 11, 2007 | Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz points to two videos in his latest blog post that focus on the future of Read More
Google on EU's Data Retention Directive
Jul 11, 2007 | At Google's policy blog, the company's global privacy counsel Peter Fleischer writes about privacy concerns surrounding data retention laws in Read More
The USPTO Wants You!
Jul 10, 2007 | That's the message from the Peer-to-Patent community review project organized by New York Law School in conjunction with the U.S. Read More
Is Virgina's BB Strategy a Model to Follow?
Jul 9, 2007 | GigaOm's Om Malik points to the state of Virginia's ambitious efforts to deliver broadband to all state businesses by 2010 Read More
TPS Advisors on TV
Jul 7, 2007 | Two of Tech Policy Summit's advisors,** James Fallows of The Atlantic Monthly and New America Foundation and Dr. Robert Atkinson Read More
Q and A with Verizon's CTO
Jul 6, 2007 | Verizon's CTO Mark Wegleitner fields questions about his company's $18 billion investment in FiOS in this Q&A at News.com. Verizon Read More
The iPhone and SW Design in Silicon Valley
Jul 6, 2007 | On Monday, News.com's Charles Cooper asked a rhetorical question in his column: "Could the iPhone have been invented anywhere but Read More
"YouTube Election"
Jul 6, 2007 | A new Associated Press (AP) story looks at the role online video is playing, and may yet play, in the Read More
Belgian Court Requires ISP to Enforce Copyright
Jul 5, 2007 | A court in Belgium has ordered that an ISP named Scarlet Extended SA must install technology to prevent its customers Read More
"Chindia's" Future?
Jul 5, 2007 | Tom Doctoroff, head of China's JWT Shanghai advertising agency, writes at The Huffington Post about "Chindia" and the likelihood of Read More
Copyright Dispute Over Virtual Property
Jul 4, 2007 | There's news today of another legal battle involving Second Life, the virtual world created by San Francisco-based Linden Lab. As Read More
WSJ:Silicon Valley Startups "Sour" on India
Jul 4, 2007 | Yesterday's Wall Street Journal (sub required) featured an article called "Some in Silicon Valley Begin to Sour on India" that Read More
Steven Levy on U.S. Broadband
Jul 2, 2007 | In this recent Newsweek article, Steven Levy writes about the current state, and the future, of broadband in the United Read More
