September 2007

Om Malik on Facebook's Week
Sep 28, 2007 | Om Malik weighed in on the reports earlier this week that Microsoft (or another suitor like Google) may be investing Read More

Senate Hearing on Small Businesses and Broadband
Sep 27, 2007 | The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), held a hearing yesterday on Read More

How Big Are Investments in Clean Tech?
Sep 26, 2007 | Big. Very big. According to a press release issued today by Ernst & Young and Dow Jones VentureOne, worldwide venture Read More

How India is Outsourcing Outsourcing
Sep 25, 2007 | The New York Times takes a look at how leaders in the Indian outsourcing market like Infosys and Tata Consultancy Read More

Are Reports of Muni WiFi's Demise Premature?
Sep 25, 2007 | That's the question asked in an article published today in News.com. After a spate of recent setbacks, the prospects for Read More

Startup Listens to VoIP Calls to Serve Ads
Sep 24, 2007 | The Associated Press ran a profile of a new startup called, of all things, Puddingmedia, which has developed a new Read More

Google and UK Wireless Auction
Sep 21, 2007 | As the Federal Communications Commission prepares for the January auction of the 700 MHz spectrum here in the U.S., regulators Read More

Prince vs. YouTube and eBay?
Sep 20, 2007 | Legendary performer Prince wants YouTube and eBay to do more to prevent copyrighted material from appearing on their sites without Read More

What's the Impact of the EU's Ruling Against Microsoft?
Sep 19, 2007 | According to reports in the International Herald Tribune and Computerworld, Monday's ruling by the European Court of First Instance against Read More

Registration Open for Tech Policy Summit '08
Sep 18, 2007 | We've officially kicked off the registration process for the 2nd annual Tech Policy Summit, which will take place March 26-28, Read More

What Would Marley Do?
Sep 14, 2007 | Reuters news service reported yesterday that Verizon Wireless was going to stop allowing customers to use ringtones, ringbacks and photos Read More

Update: Yahoo!'s Virtual Debate Site
Sep 13, 2007 | As we mentioned yesterday, Yahoo!, Huffington Post and Slate hosted a virtual Presidential debate featuring the eight Democratic candidates. Moderator Read More

Appeals Court Stays Qualcomm Ban
Sep 13, 2007 | There's a new twist in the ongoing Broadcom-Qualcomm patent dispute that had resulted in a ban on importation of new Read More

The Virtual Presidential Debate and Mashups
Sep 12, 2007 | Yahoo!, HuffingtonPost and Slate are jumping into the Presidential debate mix this week by hosting a virtual debate with the Read More

Barack Obama Gets LinkedIn
Sep 12, 2007 | It's no secret that the Presidential candidates vying for the top spot in the 2008 election have been using social Read More

Closer Look at Peer to Patent
Sep 12, 2007 | A recent article in The Economist takes a look at Peer-to-Patent, the pilot project between the New York Law School Read More

Another Update: Senate's Patent Reform Bill
Sep 12, 2007 | As we mentioned yesterday, the patent reform bill that passed in the House on Friday is just one piece of Read More

Update: Patent Reform Passes House
Sep 11, 2007 | As expected, the House of Representatives acted on patent reform legislation on Friday. By a 220-175 vote, the House approved Read More

Senators Introduce Bill to Regulate Cell Phone Contracts
Sep 11, 2007 | Senators Amy Klobucher (D-MN) and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) announced a new bill called the Cell Phone Consumer Empowerment Act of Read More

Apple in the Spectrum Auction?
Sep 10, 2007 | BusinessWeek has raised the intriguing, if improbable, possibility of iPod/iTunes/iPhone maker Apple joining the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction that Read More

DOJ's Opposition to Net Neutrality
Sep 7, 2007 | The debate over whether or not the federal government should mandate network neutrality made headlines again yesterday when antitrust lawyers Read More

Republican Debate to Focus on Economy
Sep 6, 2007 | CNBC, MSNBC and The Wall Street Journal just announced that they're teaming up to host the first  2008 Republican presidential Read More

DHS Secretary Talks to Congress about Real ID
Sep 6, 2007 | DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff was on Capitol Hill yesterday to speak with the House's Homeland Security committee, chaired by Rep. Read More

Kid-Friendly Technology and Regulation
Sep 5, 2007 | Progress and Freedom Foundation senior fellow Adam Thierer, who has authored a book about online child safety called "Parental Controls Read More

Update: FCC Rejects Wireless Broadband Request
Sep 4, 2007 | As we wrote about a couple of weeks ago, wireless broadband startup M2Z Networks had been waiting for the Federal Read More

House Set to Vote on Patent Reform
Sep 4, 2007 | Now that the August recess is over and Congress is back on Capitol Hill, eWeek offers a look at some Read More