The chairman of the House oversight committee wants more information from the Federal Communications Commission about how commissioner Meredith Attwe... 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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Modern CEOs live on airplanes. But in stepping down from the CEO role to become executive chairman, Eric Schmidt's travel schedule is about to go int... 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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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... read more »
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The Federal Communications Commission last week asked a federal court to dismiss lawsuits filed by cell phone service providers Verizon Communication... read more »
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WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was granted bail today by a London judge, but prosecutors said they will appeal the decision. In a media-mobbed... read more »
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Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below. The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments in Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a cas... read more »
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Add the Federal Communications Commission to the list of legal headaches for Google caused by its Wi-Fi spying debacle. The Wall Street Journal ... read more »
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Whistle-blower site continues to face heavy criticism and a criminal probe, while founder Julian Assange, sought by Swedish authorities, remains in h... read more »
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Lawmakers want answers from Apple after a report was published this week that showed that iPhones and iPads track and store users' location inform... read more »
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