Heads up, Skype. Shortly after releasing software for audio and video chat as an open-source project called WebRTC as open-source software, Goog... read more »
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WikiLeaks encountered another round of criticism in Washington political circles today as the two senators who head the Senate Intelligence Commit... read more »
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Intellectual Ventures, founded by former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Nathan Myhrvold, filed three patent infringement lawsuits today again... read more »
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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... read more »
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Twitter has just hired its first employee in Washington, D.C. The microblogging site confirmed today that Adam Sharp, currently an executive produ... read more »
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Netflix has been sued by the National Association of the Deaf for failing to offer closed-captioning on enough of its streaming content. In a laws... read more »
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STANFORD, Calif.--President Obama is planning to hand the U.S. Commerce Department authority over a forthcoming cybersecurity effort to create an In... read more »
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson at Mobile World Congress 2011 (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET) AT&T, facing major regulatory scrutiny of its $39 bill... read more »
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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... read more »
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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... read more »
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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... read more »
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Google spent more money in Washington in 2010 as it tried to make its case while fending off federal regulators. Doing business in the nation's ... read more »
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Florida has officially banned jurors from tweeting. New jury instructions adopted by the Supreme Court of Florida, which judges will pass along to... read more »
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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... read more »
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Somehow, with all the strange, otherworldly people standing for office in American elections Tuesday, one ballot measure has not received quite the e... read more »
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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. ... read more »
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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... read more »
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In a sign that the new airport screening procedures may be altered, two key politicians told the Transportation Security Administration today that t... read more »
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled 36 graphic cigarette warning images, 9 of which will make their way to cigarette pack... read more »
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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... read more »
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