News tagged with commission
Google Voice service blocks fewer than 100 numbers
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. says its free messaging and calling service, Google Voice, blocks calls to fewer than 100 phone numbers likely to be adult chat lines and free conference call services.
Google expands availability of its free voice mail
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. wants to answer your mobile phone calls when you can't or just don't want to talk.
Six net neutrality principles proposed
Oct 26, 2009 |
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the U.S. voted last week to start a process to formulate rules that could force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to uphold six principles that would preserve ...
FCC votes to begin crafting 'net neutrality' rules
Oct 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.
First White Spaces Network Brings Broadband Internet to Rural America
Oct 21, 2009 |
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For the first time in the U.S., unused TV broadcast channels freed up by the transition to digital TV are being used to wirelessly deliver high-speed Internet connectivity to business, education and community users. These ...
As Google, AT&T feud simmers, a partnership waits in the wings
Oct 20, 2009 |
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It's not often that phone sex lines and Benedictine nuns enter into debates on telecommunications industry regulation, but AT&T Inc. and Google Inc. are making it happen.
Top tech firms back open Internet in FCC letter
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other leading Web and technology companies expressed support Monday for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) efforts to ensure an open Internet.
Singer death column sparks Twitter rage
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Britain's press watchdog said Monday it had received a record 21,000 complaints about a newspaper column on the death of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately after critics used Twitter to brand the article ...
Book scanning prompts review of EU copyright laws
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The European Commission said Monday it may revise copyright law to make it easier for companies like Google Inc. to scan printed books and distribute digital copies over the Internet.
Hurdles remain as FCC ponders Internet data rules
Oct 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- With Democrats in charge in Washington, supporters of so-called "net neutrality" rules seem poised to finally push through requirements that high-speed Internet providers give equal treatment to all ...
Mum's the word at Vegas blogging convention
Oct 17, 2009 |
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For years, the stereotypical blogger was a geek yammering on about the latest technoglogy or a celebrity-obsessed scribe dishing about Paris, Lindsay and Madonna.
Patent challenges reduce pharmaceutical innovation and productivity, researchers say
Oct 15, 2009 |
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The development of new and innovative pharmaceuticals is being stifled by a U.S. law and successful patent challenges that embolden generic competition, according to an article published in this week's issue ...
Interoperability overdue for instant messaging
Oct 15, 2009 |
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You would think it was crazy if your cell phone could call only people with phones on the same network. But we put up with that absurd situation when it comes to instant messaging -- and have for years. Worse, there's little ...
Apple director Levinson leaves Google's board
Oct 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google Inc. said Monday that Arthur Levinson has resigned from the Internet search leader's board, averting a potential showdown with government regulators over his overlapping job as a director for ...
FCC clears deep-sea fiber-optic cable linking Asia, California
Oct 09, 2009 |
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has given the green light for a trans-Pacific fiber-optic cable funded by an international consortium that includes Google. The new cable, expected to be carrying data traffic by ...
