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Article | 1/05/2013 Senator introduces legislation targeting patent trolls
A U.S. senator has introduced legislation allowing the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to review and invalidate controversial patents challenged by t...
Article | 1/05/2013 Obama nominates Wheeler as new FCC chairman
U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated telecom trade group veteran Tom Wheeler to be the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commissio...
Article | 30/04/2013 Limiting bidding on spectrum auctions could be costly, study says
If the U.S. Federal Communications Commission limits the participation of the largest mobile carriers in upcoming spectrum auctions, it could cost the...
Article | 30/04/2013 Intel backs SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel
Intel has backed SoftBank's bid for Sprint Nextel, citing that the deal would bring needed competition in the wireless space in the U.S.
Article | 30/04/2013 Detector finds smuggled cellphones even without batteries or SIM cards
Turning off cellphones or even locking them in metal boxes won't be enough to keep them hidden with a new phone detector introduced on Monday.
Article | 26/04/2013 Senate delays vote on Internet sales tax until May
The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an Internet sales tax until May, after a handful of senators blocked lawmakers from voting on the legislation th...
Article | 25/04/2013 Senators stall vote on Internet sales tax for now
A handful of lawmakers have stalled the U.S. Senate from voting on legislation that would require large Internet and catalog sellers to collect state ...
Article | 25/04/2013 Civil rights coalition says EU data protection bill threatens citizens' rights
A coalition of international civil liberties organizations on Thursday said that some of the proposed changes to Europe's data protection laws would s...
Article | 25/04/2013 Senate committee limits government electronic surveillance
A U.S. Senate committee has approved legislation that would give more privacy protection from government surveillance for data stored in the cloud.
Article | 25/04/2013 EU parliament committee votes against air passenger data sharing bill
European politicians are at loggerheads following a vote in the European Parliament on Wednesday that rejected proposals to store information on airli...
Article | 25/04/2013 US lawmakers plan sweeping review of copyright
A key U.S. lawmaker has unveiled plans for a comprehensive review of the laws surrounding copyright in the United States to determine whether they are...
Article | 24/04/2013 Senator rips self-regulatory do-not-track efforts
The U.S. online advertising industry has not lived up to a promise to stop the online tracking of Internet users who ask advertisers to do so, a senio...
Article | 24/04/2013 North Carolina auditor: 84 state-run IT projects well over budget, schedule
Scores of IT projects being conducted by North Carolina's government are racking up higher-than-expected costs and going far beyond their planned sche...
Article | 24/04/2013 US DOT: Auto makers should disable in-dash electronics when cars are moving
Automobile makers should prevent drivers from using their in-vehicle electronic devices to browse the Internet and send text messages while their vehi...
Article | 23/04/2013 Huawei: US market no longer focus for its carrier business
After facing a congressional battering over security concerns, Huawei's carrier networking group is no longer focused on the US market, and instead ex...