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Grant Gross is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
Doctor sentenced to 33 years in prison for child porn
Nov. 25, 2008
A Florida family practice doctor has been sentenced to 33 years and nine months in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, the latest in a long line of child pornography cases brought by the U.S. ...
FTC asks Supreme Court to review Rambus antitrust case
Nov. 24, 2008
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene in a case in which the agency accused memory-maker Rambus of anticompetitive behavior in deceiving a standards-setting body.
U.S. needs more broadband competition, expert says
Nov. 21, 2008
By some measures, the U.S. broadband market is healthy -- prices have fallen, speed has increased and millions of people have become customers in recent years. But customer choices are still limited, and prices could ...
Google, others call for new broadband, energy policies
Nov. 20, 2008
The U.S. government may be poised to reverse course on its market-only approach to rolling out broadband and a smart electricity grid to all corners of the country, advocates said Thursday.
Group: Gov't should provide cybersecurity incentives
Nov. 19, 2008
President-elect Barack Obama needs to take a new approach to cybersecurity, with government providing incentives for private businesses to adopt security measures, a cybersecurity group said.
More groups call for national broadband strategy
Nov. 19, 2008
Iraq War veteran Randy Hickman had a better Internet connection while deployed than he does at his home in rural Alabama.
Google's Schmidt: Innovation must come first
Nov. 18, 2008
The U.S. government needs to pump billions of dollars into alternative energy efforts, broadband infrastructure and research in an effort to rebuild the nation's economy, Google's CEO said Tuesday.
SEC files insider trading charges against Mark Cuban
Nov. 17, 2008
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed insider trading charges against Dallas entrepreneur Mark Cuban, after he allegedly sold 600,000 shares in an Internet search engine based upon insider knowledge.
NetWitness releases free version of security software
Nov. 17, 2008
NetWitness, a vendor of networking threat-analysis software, is offering a free version of its NetWitness Investigator package by download, the company said Monday.
Groups ask Kentucky court to reverse domain seizures
Nov. 14, 2008
Three civil liberties groups have filed a petition asking a Kentucky court to reverse a judge's ruling that could lead to the seizure of 141 domain names related to gambling Web sites.
Congress to push for net neutrality legislation
Nov. 13, 2008
The U.S. Congress will push for net neutrality legislation next year, even though the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has acted against broadband providers that it found to block or slow Web content, an adviser ...
CTIA drops lawsuit against FCC's open access rules
Nov. 13, 2008
A mobile phone trade group has dropped a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Communications Commission challenging the commission's rules requiring so-called open access rules on a block of valuable spectrum auctioned ...
LCD makers settle price-fixing charges, agree to fines
Nov. 12, 2008
Three electronics manufacturers -- LG Display, Sharp and Chunghwa Picture Tubes -- have agreed to plead guilty and pay a combined US$585 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of liquid crystal ...
Groups to launch e-waste certification program
Nov. 10, 2008
Two environmental groups, the Basel Action Network and the Electronics TakeBack Coalition, will launch an electronic-waste accreditation and certification program that will prohibit shipping toxic e-waste overseas, the ...
Report: Microsoft takes aim at Verizon Wireless search
Nov. 07, 2008
Microsoft is making a pitch to be the default search provider on Verizon Wireless mobile phones, in an effort to steal the business from rival Google, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal Friday.
FCC seeks more comment on telecom reforms
Nov. 06, 2008
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has decided to seek more comment on proposed changes to two programs, the Universal Service Fund and intercarrier compensation, that have been controversial for years.
DOJ opposition scuttled Google deal, Yahoo says
Nov. 05, 2008
The U.S. Department of Justice was planning to block Google's proposed advertising deal with Yahoo, leading to Google's announcement Wednesday that it was backing out, according to Yahoo.
E-voting: What will it take for a smooth election?
Nov. 05, 2008
Tuesday's U.S. election may not be long remembered for widespread problems with voting systems, but there were at least scattered reports of problems with touch-screen or optical-scan voting machines, many compounded by ...
US FCC approves rules allowing white-space devices
Nov. 05, 2008
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to approve rules that would allow new broadband devices to operate in unused television spectrum.
Tech groups applaud FCC white spaces vote
Nov. 05, 2008
Barack Obama wasn't the only big winner in the U.S. on Election Day. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's decision late Tuesday to allow new kinds of broadband devices to operate in unused television spectrum ...
U.S. voters elect Obama
Nov. 05, 2008
Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, has been elected the first African-American president of the U.S., news organizations declared late Tuesday night. Obama seems to have reached the necessary 270 electoral ...
FCC looks to overhaul telephone subsidies
Nov. 03, 2008
Universal Service Fund (USF) reform at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission hasn't commanded as much attention as the recent debate about the so-called spectrum white spaces.
FCC puts off decision to reform universal service
Nov. 03, 2008
U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has postponed votes scheduled for Tuesday that would have overhauled intercarrier compensation and rural telephone subsidies under the Universal Service Fund ...
E-voting groups are watching a handful of states
Nov. 03, 2008
Pamela Smith, a longtime critic of electronic voting machines, is worried more about long lines on Tuesday, election day in the U.S.
Doctor sentenced to 33 years in prison for child porn
Nov. 25, 2008
A Florida family practice doctor has been sentenced to 33 years and nine months in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, the latest in a long line of child pornography cases brought by the U.S. ...
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