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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 ...

Two senior Republicans warn that proposed conditions for a new spectrum auction will drive away bidders.

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.

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.

A technician inspects a pipeline valve at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Bryan Mound near Freeport, Texas.

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 ...

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 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.

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.

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Lawmakers highlighted investors' role in rising oil prices Monday, pointing out that speculation in crude futures has nearly doubled since 2000.

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 ...

Following months of fending off a Microsoft takeover, Yahoo announced last week that they had entered into a non-exclusive advertising agreement with Google.

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Postal Service announced the Waxahachie Post Office will undergo a complete renovation and expansion.

The number of clinical-trial investigators overstepping their bounds has grown in the past few years.