August 2007
Rough Week for Muni Wi-Fi in Several Cities
Aug 31, 2007 | The Associated Press and The Wall Street Journal (sub required) are among those running stories today about the state of Read More
YouTube's UK Music Deal
Aug 30, 2007 | According to a Reuters report in News.com, Google-owned YouTube has signed a deal with MCPS-PRS, a British organization that represents Read More
Innovation and Net Infrastructure
Aug 29, 2007 | Last Friday, outspoken blogger/entrepreneur/NBA team owner Mark Cuban published a post called "The Internet is Dead and Boring" that declares Read More
News.com Interview with MPAA Exec
Aug 28, 2007 | News.com interviewed Dean Garfield, evp and chief strategy officer for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) about his organization's Read More
Update: Video of Schmidt's Speech
Aug 24, 2007 | Earlier this week, we wrote about remarks that Google CEO Eric Schmidt delivered at the Progress & Freedom Foundation's Aspen Read More
MySpace and MTV Hosting Presidential Chats
Aug 23, 2007 | There's further evidence that the digital age has taken hold of the '08 elections: according to the Associated Press, News Read More
Google's Policy Priorities, and the FCC Auction
Aug 22, 2007 | Google's Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt delivered the closing keynote at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's (PFF) annual Aspen Summit Read More
FCC Auction Planned for Jan. 16
Aug 21, 2007 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a public notice on Friday, seeking comment on its plans for the much-anticipated 700 Read More
Universal's DRM Test Begins, Amid Watermarking Concerns
Aug 21, 2007 | Today is the day that Universal Music Group (UMG) starts its 23-week experiment of selling music without digital rights management Read More
UPDATE: Sony Plans Free E-Recycling Program
Aug 20, 2007 | U.S. consumers "create" millions of tons of electronic waste each year, most of which ends up in landfills. It's an Read More
M2Z Seeks Court Help with FCC Decision
Aug 16, 2007 | It's been less than three weeks since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced its rules for the upcoming 700 MHz Read More
Professors Call for Code of Conduct on Net Censorship
Aug 15, 2007 | Professors Jonathan Zittrain of Oxford and John Palfrey* of Harvard have written an open letter to members of the technology Read More
Will an "Exaflood" Slow Net Traffic?
Aug 15, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal (sub required) published a story yesterday about whether or not the Internet's infrastructure is reaching its Read More
Time for a Muni Wi-Fi Reality Check?
Aug 14, 2007 | Last year, we blogged about the various plans to develop municipal Wi-Fi networks in cities around the U.S., including Anaheim, Read More
Google, Microsoft and Your Digital Health
Aug 14, 2007 | In today's New York Times, Steve Lohr writes about how tech titans Google and Microsoft hope to revolutionize the healthcare Read More
Universal Tests DRM-Free Waters, Skips iTunes
Aug 13, 2007 | Since Steve Jobs' released his now-infamous "thoughts on music" letter in February, in which he called on the big four Read More
EU Creating Telecom Uber-agency?
Aug 13, 2007 | Telecom regulation in the 27-country European Union is anything but simple. As the International Herald Tribune (IHT) describes, "with national Read More
Video Startup Sues First
Aug 10, 2007 | While the Viacom-Google lawsuit is the mother of all copyright disputes at the moment given the $1 billion Viacom wants Read More
Watching for the White Spaces
Aug 9, 2007 | A number of media outlets and bloggers have written this week about the fact that, on the same day it Read More
CDT Compares Search Firms' Privacy Plans
Aug 8, 2007 | The D.C.-based Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has released a report today called "Search Privacy Practices: A Work in Read More
Update: Administration Upholds Qualcomm Ban
Aug 7, 2007 | As we've previously blogged about, Qualcomm had been hoping that the Bush administration would overturn the International Trade Commission's (ITC) Read More
Music Publishers Join Suit Against YouTube
Aug 7, 2007 | The list of those suing Google's YouTube over alleged copyright infringement just got a little longer, with the National Music Read More
Survey Says: Should Texting While Driving Be Illegal?
Aug 6, 2007 | According to Reuters, a recent survey of 2,049 American adults found that 89 percent of respondents believe that sending text Read More
T-Mobile Appeals Class-Action Suit
Aug 6, 2007 | On Friday, WIRED reported on the status of a class-action suit against wireless carrier T-Mobile USA. The plaintiffs in the Read More
Nokia to Use Microsoft's DRM for Mobile Content
Aug 6, 2007 | At the same time that some companies like Apple and Amazon.com are taking steps to sell DRM-free music to consumers, Read More
Congress Passes Competitiveness Bill
Aug 3, 2007 | Congress has voted in favor of competitiveness legislation that many tech industry associations have been backing. Both the House and Read More
CCIA's "Defend Fair Use" Campaign
Aug 2, 2007 | Know those warnings that you see at the start of a DVD or hear during an NFL game, informing you Read More
The Day After: Reactions to FCC Auction Rules
Aug 1, 2007 | Not surprisingly, there's been a mixed reaction to yesterday's Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision on the 700 MHz auction rules. Read More
A Sea Change in Privacy?
Aug 1, 2007 | We've pointed to a number of news stories lately about data privacy, like this one about how search companies are Read More
