The White House is urging Congress to enact a new "privacy bill of rights" that would provide clearer guidelines to online users and businesses about...
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An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight change...
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It's called "regulation by merger condition." And at the Federal Communications Commission, it's a problem that has become epidemic. As part of a dra...
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Some Americans would pay less for digital purchases from iTunes, Amazon.com, and other online stores in the future, if a bill that two U.S. senato...
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Italy has closed its antitrust investigation into Google after the company modified news and advertising provisions there.
The issue arose in 20...
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Oracle is seeking billions of dollars in damages from Google in a lawsuit that accuses the search giant of infringing on patents related to Java.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining "security measures, passwords,...
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Rep. Tom Price, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, said yesterday that this week's elections will provide "an opportunity for ...
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This was the message displayed after U.S. authorities seized the domains of the online poker sites.
Several founders of the three largest Int...
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Amazon has shut down its affiliates program in Connecticut and Arkansas over the controversial issue of collecting state taxes.
The company announ...
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An advocacy group has filed a complaint with the FCC that argues Verizon Wireless shouldn't be allowed to block tethering apps that let people co...
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In "1984," George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, protagonist Winston Smith is ...
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Oh, yes, you all take your iPads everywhere with you. You love them. They are so simple even a child can use them without a manual.
But not everyone...
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The biggest social-networking site in the world broke with many of its online brethren today when it issued a statement saying that it will not ban...
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The Federal Communications Commission is expanding its familiar emergency alert system notifications sent over TV and radio to now include mobile pho...
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AUSTIN, Texas--U.S. Sen. Al Franken wants tech savvy entrepreneurs to keep pushing Congress to protect Net neutrality.
Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)...
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Internet backbone provider Level 3 is accusing cable giant Comcast of violating Net neutrality principles as it takes public a dispute over networ...
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commentary News that researchers have "discovered" hidden files on the iPhone that store geolocation data of approximate locations the devices pass ...
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The chairman of the House oversight committee wants more information from the Federal Communications Commission about how commissioner Meredith Attwe...
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Net neutrality advocates in Washington have long insisted that eventual government regulations would be simple and easy to understand. Public Knowle...
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