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Article | 9/04/2013 Rural carriers complain about broadband obstacles

Rural telecom and broadband providers in the U.S. face big challenges in connecting their most remote customers, as the U.S. Federal Communications Co...

Article | 5/04/2013 Lawmakers to again push Internet freedom resolution

U.S. lawmakers want to make it clear that they're against a takeover of the Internet by the U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union and member go...

Article | 4/04/2013 Tech groups protest anti-China provision in US budget resolution

A little-publicized provision in a U.S. government budget resolution that largely prohibits four agencies from using Chinese-made IT products could ba...

Article | 4/04/2013 German court invalidates Apple slide-to-unlock patent

A German court has invalidated an Apple patent for the slide-to-unlock feature on mobile phones, according to a published report.

Article | 3/04/2013 Privacy group calls for changes in CISPA cyberthreat sharing bill

U.S. lawmakers need to make significant changes to a controversial cyberthreat information sharing bill because the legislation could be used to give ...

Article | 3/04/2013 US NIST: Industry should lead creation of cybersecurity framework

The U.S. government agency leading an effort to create a voluntary cybersecurity framework for companies operating critical infrastructure wants to he...

Article | 2/04/2013 FTC's robocall-blocking contest yields tech winners

Two people will share a US$50,000 prize from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for the best idea to block illegal robocalls from reaching the owners o...

Article | 1/04/2013 Trade groups look for uses for recycled CRT glass

An electronics and a recycling trade group are looking for ways to reuse recycled cathode ray tube (CRT) glass from computer monitors and television s...

Article | 1/04/2013 Appeals court says Aereo streaming TV service doesn't infringe

Streaming television service Aereo does not appear to infringe the copyrights of over-the-air TV stations, and a request from several stations to shut...

Article | 26/03/2013 Former CIO at Foundry Networks charged with insider trading

A former CIO and vice president at networking hardware vendor Foundry Networks has been charged with insider trading in conjunction with the company's...

Article | 26/03/2013 Activists decry computer crime proposal

A proposal in the U.S. Congress to strengthen the penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a "giant leap in the wrong direction" for digital r...

Article | 25/03/2013 ICANN's trademark clearinghouse to launch Tuesday

As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers launches a new trademark clearinghouse on Tuesday, businesses that own trademarks should co...

Article | 23/03/2013 US senate passes Internet sales tax proposal

The US Senate has overwhelmingly passed a nonbinding proposal to allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sellers that have no presence within th...

Article | 21/03/2013 Senators add Internet sales tax amendment to budget resolution

A group of U.S. senators have offered a nonbinding amendment to a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution allowing states to collect sales taxes on Interne...

Article | 21/03/2013 Bills would require police to get warrants for mobile phone location

A group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced legislation that would require law enforcement agencies to get court-ordered search warrants before obtaining...