Infrastructure
Japan's SoftBank Plans to Invest $100 Billion in U.S. Projects
Trump has used the weeks since the election to promote his policies, negotiate with foreign leaders and try to strike deals.
Crypto
State Auditor Talks Montana Crypto Pioneering
A strong tech sector has put Montana on the crypto pulse, says state auditor
EFF
Electronic Frontier Foundation Names Intellectual Property Team
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Monday formally named the members of its new intellectual property litigation team, bringing on board Yahoo’s senior legal director for copyright and an entertainment attorney from the law firm of Loeb & Loeb in Chicago.
Intellectual Property
Google, Microsoft, Obama Admin team Up To Fight Drug Counterfeiters Online
The Obama administration, alongside a group of 11 key technology companies on Tuesday unveiled a new non-profit group aimed at cracking down on online “pharmacies” that sell fake drugs. “Trafficking in counterfeits is not victimless,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder at the White House Intelle
Copyright
Don’t Turn YouTube Into The Boob-Tube, Plead Its Users
SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2010 – A group of individuals who have successfully used YouTube to gain prominence in their fields on Friday jumped into the legal fight between media giants Viacom and Google to persuade a federal district court judge that YouTube is a legitimate tool rather than a tool used
Broadband's Impact
Turkey Wants To Be The Internet Gatekeeper For Its Citizens
WASHINGTON, November 30, 2009 – Turkey’s government is working on a project that would give every child a designated email address at birth, according to reports coming from the country’s state news agency late Monday. Turkey is also looking to develop a homegrown Internet search engine to address g
Wall Street Journal
Agenda for FTC Workshop of Fate of Journalism Features Murdoch and Huffington
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released the agenda and speakers for its upcoming workshop, “From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” The workshop has been organized to consider the emerging issues of an increasingly internet oriented society. As more con
Advanced Energy
United Kingdom Defines Carbon Neutrality for the First Time
WASHINGTON, November 15, 2009 – The government of the United Kingdom defined the term “carbon neutral” this month after holding a public consultation on the subject. The Department of Energy and Climate Change, which was established in 2008 [http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/about/about.aspx],
Broadband's Impact
Internet Phone Calls to be Legalized In United Arab Emirates
A technology that allows a user to make phone calls using a broadband internet connection instead of an analog phone line could soon become legal in the United Arab Emirates for the first time in years, according to an Arab news web site [http://business.maktoob.com/20090000384794/UAE_VoIP_legal_by_
Smart Grid
Net Neutrality Step Aside, Carbon Neutrality Is Moving In
WASHINGTON, November 9, 2009 – While some tech companies have sought to reduce their carbon footprint in the world, a number of them have been reluctant to do this. Instead, they have been buying into environmentally-friendly projects meant to offset their carbon emissions. While technology companie
FCC
Commentary: Rights of Providers Shouldn't Outweigh Rights of Users
WASHINGTON, September 23, 2009 – Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s announcement of his intention to codify the commission’s 2005 Internet Policy Statement into actual, enforceable federal regulations using a valid legal process drew expected reactions from the usual par
Broadband's Impact
Google CEO Says the Future Belongs to ‘Cloud Computing’
High-speed Internet connections, social networks, and “cloud computing” make it possible to “live a lot of your lives online,” said Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
Broadband's Impact
CEO: Microsoft-Yahoo Will Bring Competition to Media Business
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said Tuesday that his company’s attempt to acquire Yahoo was an effort to bring greater competition to the media business and the advertising industry.
