October 2007
ICANN Rejects WHOIS Privacy Changes
Oct 31, 2007 | According to the Associated Press, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) voted today to "defer long-simmering questions on Read More
U.S. Ranks 1st in Overall Global Competitiveness
Oct 31, 2007 | Earlier today, the World Economic Forum, the international nonprofit known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, released the results of Read More
FCC Bans Exclusive Cable Agreements in Apartments
Oct 31, 2007 | The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) held an open meeting this morning in which it unanimously approved a rule prohibiting cable operators from continuing Read More
Update: AOL Launches Privacy Education Program
Oct 31, 2007 | In an update to our earlier report on Internet do-not-track lists, AOL announced this morning that it's launching its own Read More
Broadband Bills Advance in Congress
Oct 31, 2007 | Two broadband-related bills passed committees in the U.S. House and Senate yesterday. In the House, the Energy and Commerce Committee approved Read More
Privacy Advocates Want Internet "Do-Not-Track" List
Oct 31, 2007 | The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hosting a two-day workshop this week to investigate consumer protection issues related to online behavioral advertising, the practice of Read More
Bipartisan Cyber Security Group to Advise Next President
Oct 30, 2007 | According to News.com, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) plans to create a bipartisan commission on cyber security comprised of over Read More
Internet Tax Bill Ready for President's Signature
Oct 30, 2007 | Earlier today, the House of Representatives voted 402-0 to extend the moratorium on Internet taxes for another seven years and Read More
CDT, Others Fight Child Online Protection Act
Oct 30, 2007 | The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) and 17 other organizations collaborated on a "friend of the court" brief that CDT submitted Read More
Mapping Broadband in the U.S.
Oct 30, 2007 | The U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce is scheduled to hold an open markup session today in which it will review proposed Read More
WSJ: Google-powered Phones in '08?
Oct 30, 2007 | Speculation about Google's desire to develop its own mobile phone, dubbed the gPhone, has been running rampant for most of the Read More
Sen. Obama Vows to Make Net Neutrality a Presidential Priority
Oct 29, 2007 | According to News.com, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) told an online audience today that, if elected, he will make Read More
ICANN's Plans for New Top-Level Domains
Oct 29, 2007 | As we wrote about earlier today, the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is holding a public meeting in Read More
Software Entrepreneur Turns to Electric Cars
Oct 29, 2007 | Silicon Valley is famous for its innovation, and a key part of its culture of success is a willingness to Read More
Tech Coalition Keeps Fighting for Immigration Reform
Oct 29, 2007 | "The demise of comprehensive immigration reform does not change [or] reduce the urgency for congressional action this year on skilled immigration Read More
Notification of Data Breaches
Oct 29, 2007 | For at least a few more days, it is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and one of the key policy priorities for Read More
New Video Site Lets Users Share Popular Shows
Oct 29, 2007 | After a great deal of hullabaloo, and an estimated $100 million, the new online video site by News Corp. and Read More
Vint Cerf Ending Tenure as ICANN Chair
Oct 29, 2007 | The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit that oversees Internet governance issues like the assignment of domain and IP Read More
Making Tech Policy Everybody's Business
Oct 29, 2007 | We decided to get involved in tech policy in early 2006 because we were convinced that, despite years of hard Read More
Politicizing the Bain-3Com-Huawei Deal?
Oct 26, 2007 | Since 3Com announced its buyout by private equity firm Bain Capital in September, there's been a growing controversey over the Read More
Senators Call for Hearing on Content Blocking Claims
Oct 26, 2007 | The Associated Press is reporting that Senators Byron Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) have written a letter to Senate Read More
ICANN Meeting Considers Privacy of Domain Reg Data
Oct 26, 2007 | The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is preparing for its 30th international public meeting in Los Angeles Read More
How Peer-to-Patent Could Benefit From Sun Lawsuit
Oct 26, 2007 | A couple of days ago, in a blog post about Sun Microsystems' legal battle with NetAppliance, Sun's CEO Jonathan Schwartz Read More
Pirates Get "American Gangster" Before Opening
Oct 26, 2007 | CNBC ran a brief segment about the fact that pirated copies of Universal Picture's new Denzel Washington film "American Gangster" Read More
PK's Copyright Reform Proposal
Oct 26, 2007 | Gigi Sohn, president of nonprofit advocacy group Public Knowledge (PK), has long been outspoken about her organization's work to reform Read More
Editorial: Education Shortage is a Myth
Oct 26, 2007 | Improving math and science education has been a core issue for U.S. tech companies who see a need for more Read More
Senate Votes to Ban Net Taxes for 7 Years
Oct 26, 2007 | The Senate voted last night in favor of extending the Internet tax moratorium for another seven years, despite widespread efforts Read More
Vonage Does It Again; Makes Deal with Verizon
Oct 25, 2007 | Vonage is the Energizer bunny of the communications industry. Our evidence: In April, news broke that the VoIP startup had Read More
Patents.com Poised For Its Debut
Oct 25, 2007 | The startup watchers at TechCrunch are reporting that a new company called Patents.com will be launching in a few Read More
SanDisk Says 25 Companies Violated Patents; Seeks Ban on Imports
Oct 25, 2007 | Flash memory maker SanDisk issued a news release yesterday stating that is had filed three patent infringements suits against 25 Read More
New Anti-Piracy Agreement; May Help Fight Fake Chips
Oct 25, 2007 | Earlier this week, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab announced that the United States and a number of key trading partners Read More
Vote for the Top 10 "Wireless Moments"
Oct 25, 2007 | CTIA, the wireless industry association, is hosting an online poll that allows you to rank the top 10 moments in Read More
CTIA Wireless Stats and Policy Priorities
Oct 25, 2007 | Today is the last day of CTIA's Wireless I.T. and Entertainment extravaganza, which is billed as the "world's largest data Read More
Should EU Mandate a Single Mobile TV Standard?
Oct 25, 2007 | This summer, we wrote about the European Commission's decision to endorse a single standard for the emerging mobile TV market Read More
Microsoft and Facebook Strike a Deal
Oct 24, 2007 | It seems to be another case of you lose some, you win some for Microsoft. Hot on the heels of Read More
Microsoft Ends EU Appeals
Oct 24, 2007 | The major news services have just announced that Microsoft has formally ended its appeals of the European Commission's antitrust decisions Read More
Zogby/463 Internet Poll: Not Your Parents' Survey
Oct 24, 2007 | 463 Communications has released the results of its latest Zogby/463 Internet Attitudes Poll. The survey is designed to shed light Read More
AP Tests of Comcast Raise Net Neutrality Questions
Oct 24, 2007 | Last Friday, the Associated Press (AP) published an article that has become a new centerpiece in the ongoing debate about Read More
Patent Reform Debate Still Underway
Oct 24, 2007 | It's been over six weeks since the House of Representatives passed the Patent Reform Act of 2007, and the focus Read More
CTIA's Largent Responds to Mossberg
Oct 23, 2007 | Steve Largent, President and CEO of wireless industry association CTIA, has written an open letter to Wall Street Journal columnist Read More
Creating "Green-Collar" Jobs
Oct 23, 2007 | We recently wrote about the massive amount of venture capital funding in the clean tech sector: $1.1 billion in the Read More
Bloggers in Italy Fight Proposed Regulations
Oct 23, 2007 | A popular Italian blogger named Beppe Grillo blew the whistle on a proposed law that would require bloggers in Italy Read More
Hollywood Writers Seek "New Media" Royalties
Oct 23, 2007 | The Wall Street Journal (sub required) ran a story yesterday about the looming possibility of a labor strike among Hollywood Read More
Treasury Secretary Talks China
Oct 23, 2007 | Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered a keynote this morning about America's economic ties with China at a D.C. conference on Read More
Radiohead's Digital Download Experiment
Oct 22, 2007 | Earlier this month, British band Radiohead made waves (and news) when they announced that they'd severed ties with Capitol Records Read More
Walt Mossberg: "Free My Phone"
Oct 22, 2007 | Walt Mossberg takes aim at the cell phone industry in his latest blog post at AllThingsD.com, the companion site to Read More
WSJ: Google's Lessons on Doing Business in Brazil
Oct 19, 2007 | The front page of The Wall Street Journal features an article about Google's social networking site Orkut that reads as Read More
Net Censorship in China
Oct 18, 2007 | There are several reports in the news today about China blocking, and in some cases unblocking, access to Web sites. Read More
Senate Hearing On Cell Phone Regulations
Oct 17, 2007 | The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing this morning to discuss whether or not the wireless industry is doing Read More
House Votes to Extend Ban on Net Taxes
Oct 15, 2007 | Despite calls for a permanent ban on Internet taxes, the House of Representatives voted 405-2 today in favor of Read More
I Don't Know But I Been Told...
Oct 15, 2007 | The Associated Press is reporting that Led Zeppelin is finally going digital. Starting November 13th, fans of the band will Read More
Gravel Visits Google
Oct 12, 2007 | While we continue to stick to our mantra that this site and our Tech Policy Summit conference are strictly Read More
TechNet Leaders Gather at Summit in Berkeley
Oct 12, 2007 | Industry group TechNet held its annual Innovation Summit on the UC Berkeley campus yesterday. As in previous years, PBS Read More
How Green are the Presidential Candidates?
Oct 11, 2007 | The team at the cleantech-focused Earth2Tech blog (an offshoot of GigaOm) has been sizing up the Democratic and Republican Read More
ITC Launches Disk Drive Investigation
Oct 11, 2007 | According to Computerworld, the U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating allegations that five leading computer manufacturers have violated patents Read More
Internet2's High-Speed Network Gets Speedier
Oct 10, 2007 | While many of us hope for ever-faster connections to the "commercial Internet," the researchers and students with access to Read More
Republicans Debate Economic Issues
Oct 10, 2007 | CNBC, MSNBC and The Wall Street Journal hosted a Republican presidential debate yesterday in Dearborn, Michigan that focused on Read More
Some People Complain, Others Sue
Oct 9, 2007 | While Apple's stock hovers around its 52-week high of over $167 a share, not everyone is feeling love for Read More
Digital Music News Abounds
Oct 9, 2007 | TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington wrote a post last week titled, "The Inevitable March of Recorded Music Towards Free," in Read More
Vonage and Sprint Make a Deal
Oct 8, 2007 | Vonage settled its patent dispute with Sprint Nextel, agreeing to pay Sprint approximately $80 million to license over 100 Read More
Microsoft Launches HealthVault
Oct 4, 2007 | Microsoft launched a new Web site today designed to offer consumers a free service for organizing and sharing their Read More
Tracking the Candidates Online
Oct 3, 2007 | TechPresident.com is a relatively new site about "how the candidates are using the Web, and how the Web is using Read More
Silicon Valley, D.C. Ranked "Techiest" Cities
Oct 2, 2007 | Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 American Community Survey, Computerworld reports that Silicon Valley is the most Read More
RIAA Jury Trial to Begin in Minnesota
Oct 1, 2007 | Jury selection will be held tomorrow in a Minnesota court case, Virgin v. Thomas, that Wired is calling "the nation's Read More
EU Opens Antitrust Investigation of Qualcomm
Oct 1, 2007 | According to Computerworld, the European Commission has launched an antitrust investigation of mobile chip maker Qualcomm, following complaints from Nokia, Read More
