Data is often only as good as the tools used to help people understand what it means.
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The Federal Communications Commission is a step closer to approving the $37 billion joint venture between Comcast and General Electric's NBC Universa...
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Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below.
There was good news yesterday for Internet intermediaries and other cloud-computi...
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The Do Not Call list easily tops the list of the Federal Trade Commission's popular successes, with one official joking that that it became "the m...
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Google and the state of Connecticut have reached an agreement that won't force a courtroom showdown over Google's Wi-Fi spying scandal.
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A diagram from the suit demonstrating how the tech companies allegedly reached agreements on hires and compensation.
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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today introduced a revised version of a controversial bill that would give the Department of Justice and individuals new p...
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Google, eager to strengthen its patent portfolio for a better chance in legal battles, is in the running to acquire 6,000 patents and patent applica...
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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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Congressional Republicans are starting to condemn the Obama administration for not doing enough to curb WikiLeaks.
In a calculated affront to of...
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President Obama this evening will call for a wealth of new federal spending on biomedical research, information technology, and clean energy technol...
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Google&39's proposed acquisition of travel software company ITA Software could face a DOJ review.
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Google is facing yet another challenge over privacy rights--this one to be played out in a Spanish courtroom, starting tomorrow.
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President Obama will make an appearance in the San Francisco Bay Area this week to meet with technology industry lead...
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Sometimes, all of Google's wonderfully intrusive inventions can come in useful.
I am moved, you see, more than usual by a story in SkatterTech of a m...
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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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The number of U.S. patents awarded jumped significantly from 2009 to 2010 among the 10 companies that got the most.
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The incoming chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee says WikiLeaks should be officially designated as a terrorist organization.
Rep. Pe...
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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.
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The FBI has seized a server in Texas as part of its hunt for the groups behind the pro-WikiLeaks denial-of-service attacks launched in December agai...
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