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FCC urged to forgo AWS-3 conditions
Two key House Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission not to attach conditions to advanced wireless services-3 spectrum and to forgo approval of final rules for that band until after the 700 MHz ...
Lawmakers Ask FCC to Nix Free Internet Plan
Two senior Republicans warn that proposed conditions for a new spectrum auction will drive away bidders.
Yahoo/Google Proposal: Questions Arise at House Subcommittee Hearing on Wednesday
With the proposed Yahoo/Google advertising partnership in the news, some on Capitol Hill have expressed concerns about the Internet being vulnerable to a lack of competition.
NebuAd Rebuffed By Additional ISPs Due To Privacy Issues
One week after Charter Communications voiced concerns about controversial behavioral targeting company NebuAd, two other Internet service providers appear to be distancing themselves from the company.
Petroleum reserve filling halted
A technician inspects a pipeline valve at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Bryan Mound near Freeport, Texas.
Another ISP Delays Using Behavioral Targeting System
You are here: ClickZ Home News Another ISP Delays Using Behavioral Targeting System A week after Charter Communications backpedaled on plans to implement NebuAds' controversial behavioral tracking and ad ...
Calls growing in Congress to restrict oil speculation / Democrats...
Pension funds, Wall Street banks and other large investors that have no intention of taking delivery of fuel have increasingly pumped money into contracts for oil and other commodities as a hedge against ...
Charter Suspends Plan To Sell Customer Data to Advertisers
Charter Communications, the big cable company, said Tuesday that it is suspending its plan to sell data about its customers' Web surfing to an advertising company.
Media & Marketing -- Advertising: Charter Delays Plan for Targeted Web Ads
In May, Charter, the country's fourth-largest cable operator by subscribers began sending letters to some customers saying that it would be partnering with ad-targeting company NebuAd.
ISPs still considering tracking Web use
By PETER SVENSSON The Associated Press Thursday, June 26, 2008; 7:34 AM NEW YORK -- Although a large Internet service provider has backed away from technology that tracks subscribers' Web use in order to ...
Reps. Barton, Dingell to introduce legislation that aims to spur...
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair John Dingell and ranking member Joe Barton on Tuesday plan to introduce a bill that would promote the adoption of a nationwide electronic health record system, ...
Charter delays NebuAd rollout after outcry
What a little Congressional attention can do! Today, Charter Communications said that it was scrubbing its current deployment plans for the NebuAd "Internet enhancement" service in which Charter's revenues ...
Texas Progressive Alliance Blog Round-Up: June 23, 2008
It's Monday, and that means it is time for another edition of the Texas Progressive Alliance's Weekly blog round-up. The round-up is compiled from posts submitted by member blogs.
Calls rise for crackdown on oil speculation 12:22PM ET
Lawmakers highlighted investors' role in rising oil prices Monday, pointing out that speculation in crude futures has nearly doubled since 2000.
Free Press/Public Knowledge Investigation Finds NebuAd Wiretaps Consumers and Hijacks Web Sites
Consumers are having their Web browsing intercepted and Web sites are having their computer code altered by NebuAd, a company that provides targeted advertising for Internet Service Providers , according to a ...
Lawmakers Express Concern Over Yahoo-Google Deal
Following months of fending off a Microsoft takeover, Yahoo announced last week that they had entered into a non-exclusive advertising agreement with Google.
Lawmaker Barton queries Yahoo on Google deal
The top Republican on the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee has sent a letter to Yahoo's chief executive expressing concern about the effect of Yahoo's deal with Google on Internet ...
The Technology Liberation Front
Rigid federal mandates hinder privacy technologies
Privacy laws threaten e-commerce innovation, as Wayne Crews and I argue in an op-ed in yesterday's San Jose Mercury News : Politicians have long used corporations as convenient whipping boys, and the technology ...
Waxahachie Post Office getting make-over
The U.S. Postal Service announced the Waxahachie Post Office will undergo a complete renovation and expansion.
Researcher Disqualifications on the Rise Despite Case Delays
The number of clinical-trial investigators overstepping their bounds has grown in the past few years.