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Infotech & Telecom News
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October 2007
Beyond MySpace: Emerging Online Social Network Models
Social network sites can take widely differing security approaches. MySpace.com, for example, is an "open field" for social networking. Anyone may go ... (read more)
Social network sites can take widely differing security approaches. MySpace.com, for example, is an "open field" for social networking. Anyone may go ... (read more)
Carriers Sue Iowa Telcos over 'Traffic-Pumping'
AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and Qwest Communications International have filed lawsuits against 14 Iowa telecommunications companies--10 rural local exchange carriers ... (read more)
AT&T, Sprint Nextel, and Qwest Communications International have filed lawsuits against 14 Iowa telecommunications companies--10 rural local exchange carriers ... (read more)
Changes to Wiretap Law Stoke Controversy
Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the law that governs wiretapping of communications involving parties outside the country, have ... (read more)
Changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the law that governs wiretapping of communications involving parties outside the country, have ... (read more)
Chicago Scraps Muni Wireless; Houston's Plans Also on Hold
In late August the City of Chicago pulled the plug on plans to build a citywide municipal wireless system after failing to come to terms with prospective ... (read more)
In late August the City of Chicago pulled the plug on plans to build a citywide municipal wireless system after failing to come to terms with prospective ... (read more)
Cities Rewrite Their Wireless Stories
There's a certain amount of rewriting of history going on these days in municipal wireless circles. It is happening in numerous cities whose governments ... (read more)
There's a certain amount of rewriting of history going on these days in municipal wireless circles. It is happening in numerous cities whose governments ... (read more)
Congress Ponders Bills Promoting Telework by Federal Employees
Reflecting an effort to fight traffic congestion and conserve fuel in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Congress is crafting legislation that will direct ... (read more)
Reflecting an effort to fight traffic congestion and conserve fuel in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, Congress is crafting legislation that will direct ... (read more)
Court Strikes Down California Video Game Law
State efforts to regulate the sale of video games took another hit late this summer when a United States District Court in California granted a permanent ... (read more)
State efforts to regulate the sale of video games took another hit late this summer when a United States District Court in California granted a permanent ... (read more)
Europe's Prosecution of Microsoft Ignores a Changing Marketplace
Now that the European Union (EU) has ordered Microsoft to provide a special version of Microsoft Vista--one without a browser--nobody wants it, just as ... (read more)
Now that the European Union (EU) has ordered Microsoft to provide a special version of Microsoft Vista--one without a browser--nobody wants it, just as ... (read more)
How Carriers Game the System
Here's an explanation of how rural exchange carriers can work the regulated interconnection compensation rates to their advantage. Let's imagine three ... (read more)
Here's an explanation of how rural exchange carriers can work the regulated interconnection compensation rates to their advantage. Let's imagine three ... (read more)
Let Parents Regulate Kids' Video Games
In August, a U.S. District Court judge in San Jose ruled parents should be the ones regulating children's use of video games, overturning a 2005 California ... (read more)
In August, a U.S. District Court judge in San Jose ruled parents should be the ones regulating children's use of video games, overturning a 2005 California ... (read more)
Missouri Court Weighs Wireless Tax Proposal
A Missouri court reportedly is close to a decision on whether the state is entitled to some $500 million in taxes from wireless phone service providers. The ... (read more)
A Missouri court reportedly is close to a decision on whether the state is entitled to some $500 million in taxes from wireless phone service providers. The ... (read more)
Muni Wireless Withers in San Francisco
EarthLink Inc. may be fast losing interest in building San Francisco's municipal wireless network, analysts say, after the company in August asked the city's ... (read more)
EarthLink Inc. may be fast losing interest in building San Francisco's municipal wireless network, analysts say, after the company in August asked the city's ... (read more)
No Reason to Gush Over Japan's Telecom Model
I am old enough to remember the so-called "Japanese miracle" of the 1980s, and the subsequent bust, with a decade of recession and then little ... (read more)
I am old enough to remember the so-called "Japanese miracle" of the 1980s, and the subsequent bust, with a decade of recession and then little ... (read more)
North Carolina Considers New Law Requiring Age Verification on MySpace
North Carolina legislators are weighing the merits of a unique bill aimed at governing non-adult access to Internet social networking sites, including thorny ... (read more)
North Carolina legislators are weighing the merits of a unique bill aimed at governing non-adult access to Internet social networking sites, including thorny ... (read more)
October 2007 InfoTech & Technology News (PDF)
The October 2007 issue of IT&T News features reports on age verification laws for social networking sites and regulation of kids' video games. On page 1: ... (read more)
The October 2007 issue of IT&T News features reports on age verification laws for social networking sites and regulation of kids' video games. On page 1: ... (read more)
Opponents Slow Video Franchise Reforms
Alarmed by the prospect of cable franchise reform, opponents are twisting facts and employing false claims that locally produced news, programming, and ... (read more)
Alarmed by the prospect of cable franchise reform, opponents are twisting facts and employing false claims that locally produced news, programming, and ... (read more)
Report Tempers RFID Fears
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained widespread use, and attempts to regulate or ban such devices are premature, says a new report ... (read more)
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology has gained widespread use, and attempts to regulate or ban such devices are premature, says a new report ... (read more)
Social Networks Increase Their Online Security
Legislative efforts to make Internet social networking sites safer may be lagging the market's own incentives to do so, experts say. Social networking sites ... (read more)
Legislative efforts to make Internet social networking sites safer may be lagging the market's own incentives to do so, experts say. Social networking sites ... (read more)
Ticket Resale Laws Change Due to Internet
Sparked by the growing popularity of Internet auctions as a forum for ticketholders to find eager buyers, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) signed legislation ... (read more)
Sparked by the growing popularity of Internet auctions as a forum for ticketholders to find eager buyers, New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) signed legislation ... (read more)
UK Webcast Shows Value of New Approaches to Media
A professionally produced, live streaming video program in the United Kingdom may be an indicator of the future of media in the Internet age. "18 Doughty ... (read more)
A professionally produced, live streaming video program in the United Kingdom may be an indicator of the future of media in the Internet age. "18 Doughty ... (read more)
Wherever Ye May Roam ...
Wireless service providers must provide automatic roaming services to other carriers upon "reasonable request," the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ... (read more)
Wireless service providers must provide automatic roaming services to other carriers upon "reasonable request," the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ... (read more)
