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• Article | 25/05/2012 FCC ruling on 800MHz band a boon for Sprint

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a rule change for part of the 800MHz band at a meeting on Thursday, opening the door for Sprint Ne...
• Article | 24/05/2012 Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after re...
• Article | 24/05/2012 Lawmakers call on DOJ to reopen investigation into Google Wi-Fi spying

  Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to reopen its investigation into Google's snooping on Wi-Fi networks in 2010 after re...
• Article | 24/05/2012 GAO: US gov't IT reform slower than claimed

  The efforts of U.S. President Barack Obama's administration to streamline and improve the government's IT systems aren't proceeding as quickly as offi...
• Article | 24/05/2012 Google to offer mapping and other software in Syria

  Google is now allowed under U.S. export control rules to offer downloads in Syria of its mapping software Google Earth, photo sharing software Picasa,...
• Article | 23/05/2012 Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

  U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort ...
• Article | 23/05/2012 Obama orders agencies to optimize Web content for mobile

  U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered all major government agencies to make two key services available on mobile phones within a year, in an effort ...
• Article | 23/05/2012 Study: Patriot Act gives US government no special acess to cloud data

  An often-repeated concern that the U.S. Patriot Act gives the U.S. government unequaled access to personal data stored on cloud services is incorrect,...
• Article | 23/05/2012 VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC

  A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm ...
• Article | 22/05/2012 Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users

  Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing ...
• Article | 22/05/2012 FTC appoints privacy advocate as adviser

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has hired Paul Ohm, a privacy advocate and critic of current online privacy practices, as a senior privacy adviser f...
• Article | 21/05/2012 EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

  Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues th...
• Article | 21/05/2012 Certain HTC smartphones released to US carriers after passing customs inspections

  Taiwanese smartphone vendor High Tech Computer said on Sunday certain models of its newest smartphones have passed U.S. Customs and are being released...
• Article | 21/05/2012 EU offers Google a chance to avoid fines over four antitrust concerns

  Google has "a matter of weeks" to address four antitrust issues identified by European Union antitrust regulators. If Google addresses these issues th...
• Article | 21/05/2012 Pakistan's block on Twitter over blasphemous content reversed

  Pakistan late Sunday reversed a block on Twitter in the country over material it considered anti-Islam, the country's interior minister said.