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- Guns n Roses leaker faces prison time
- How he got ahold of them, he's not saying but LA blogger Kevin Cogill did get ahold and posted unreleased songs from a new Guns n Roses album, Chinese Democracy. Cogill awoke Wednesday to find five FBI agents hauling his ass into a federal district court, charged for...
- Tags: Bail, Agent, Judge, Skwerl, Real Estate, Public Relations, Blogging, Federal Government, Business Operations, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Internet, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- The Hatfields and McCoys of diabetes care
- The worse your diabetes the greater the risk you have to run to deal with it. Drop the weight, watch your diet, get some exercise and listen to your doctor. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Risk, Patient, Merck & Co. Inc., DPP-IV, GLP-1, Kliff, Federal Government, Marketing Research, Strategy, Government, Marketing, Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Joe Biden loves RIAA, DRM; hates encryption, George Bush
- Does Joe Biden have more in common with Metallica's Lars Ulrich than Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg? CNET colleague Declan McCullagh has a superb analysis of Dem. vice presidential candidate Joe Biden, who has an interesting (read: depressing) voting history when it comes to tech issues. ...
- Tags: George W. Bush, Declan McCullagh, Digital-rights Management, Presidential Candidate, RIAA, Vice, Encryption, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Federal Government, Professional Development, Peer To Peer (P2P), Security, Government, Career, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- FCC issues 'radical' order re: Comcast
- The FCC has released its formal decision PDF against Comcast, ordering it to stop throttling BitTorrent traffic. As Wired's David Kravets views it, it's an open invitation for ISPs to censor content – so long as they're protocol-agnostic about it. Calling the decision "vitriolic," Kravets says:...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Network, Comcast Corp., Internet Service Provider, Network Management, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Sales Force Management, Networking, Government, Internet, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Pleasant 'Dream' for HTC, Google: FCC approves
- The FCC has approved HTC's 'Dream' phone, which will now be the first Android-based handset to hit the market, InfoWeek reports. It will support T-Mobile's 3G network. (Let's see if it handles 3G better than Apple and AT&T.) Looks like it will have a "jog ball" (trackball?),...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Bluetooth, Federal Government, 3G, Wi-Fi, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- With FCC testing due soon, Google pushes white spaces
- Google launched Free the Airwaves, a public advocacy site dedicated to pushing for what product manager Minnie Ingersoll calls "Wi-Fi on Steroids," meaning TV white spaces. Google and numerous other high-tech companies are pushing for the FCC to allow unlicensed use of the white spaces, much as...
- Tags: FCC, Google Inc., Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Will the HTC Dream be an iPhone killer?
- Sure, we've heard about our share of iPhone killers including the Blackberry Thunder, Bold/9000, Samsung Instinct, Verizon Voyager, the list goes on. There are so many of them that I created a special category for them here at The Apple Core. If anything has a chance at catching the iPhone...
- Tags: FCC, Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., Federal Government, Cellular Phones, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Is your Nalgene bottle safe?
- Rather than argue directly with Canada, the FDA review ruled only that the quantities in which it occurs mean it's not dangerous. This may overturn a San Francisco ban on the substance. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Bottle, Chemical, Baby Bottle, Myers, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- T-Mobile 3G news heats up with HTC Dream and Samsung T919 rumors
- The rumors that T-Mobile may launch a Google Android device in September seem more and more plausible now with the details that Engadget found in the latest FCC documents PDF files. This FCC approval is for the rumored HTC Dream device. The operating system is not mentioned in the FCC...
- Tags: FCC, High Tech Computer Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., T-Mobile, Samsung T919, 3G, Federal Government, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- FBI, Dutch police crack the Shadow botnet
- The law-enforcement bodies have cracked a major botnet, asking antivirus company Kaspersky to help victims clean up the malware on their PCs. In a joint operation, the FBI and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit have cracked the Shadow botnet--thought to contain 100,000 PCs. Two...
- Tags: Kaspersky Lab, PC, FBI, Malware, Cyberthreats, Federal Government, Viruses And Worms, Government, Jo Best ZDNet.co.uk, botnet, security, Kasperky Lab, Spyware, Adware & Malware
- News items 2008-08-14
- FDA fake ad to test real ones
- Pending OMB approval, the agency would create a phony blood pressure pill, then run ads touting its benefits and risks in various ways, and finally test consumer responses to the ads. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: FDA, Advertisement, Federal Government, Government, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again
- Vint Cerf, one of the co-inventors of the underlying technology that makes the Web work, now Google's Internet evangelist, has issued a call for throughput-based pricing by ISPs. This in response to the Comcast ruling by the FCC, which ordered the cable carrier to stop interfering with certain kinds of...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Network, IP Television, Net Neutrality, Pricing Strategy, Carrier, Cerf, 6MBps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Federal Government, Internet, TVs, Pricing, Broadband Internet, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Government, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Telecommunications, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable
- Andrew Orlovsky delivers a scathing attack on the FCC decision against Comcast. Orlovsky's sources tell him the FCC's statement PDF was drafted and then redrafted after the vote, resulting in a self-contradictory document. But the evidence Orlovsky quotes for this alleged schizophrenia is contained not in...
- Tags: FCC, Commission, Comcast Corp., P2P, Andrew Orlovsky, Orlovsky, Martin, Orvolsky, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Neutrality gets an enforcement mechanism
- EFF Switzerland does for today's Internet consumer what the 500a did for yesterday's radio station manager. It gives you the tools needed to demand enforcement of government orders. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Radio, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Federal Government, Internet, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Law, Government, Marketing, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- FCC Chairman: It's Okay To Discriminate
- Maybe you thought that the Federal Commission Friday ordered Comcast to end "discriminatory network practices." After all, that's what the Commission said in its release following the agency's 3-2 ruling. But in his own statement on the matter, Chairman Kevin Martin said: ...
- Tags: FCC, Telephony, Chairman, Federal Government, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Government, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Would you give the Feds your computers?
- The Frederick News Post reported Sunday that FBI agents seized two computers from one of the Frederick County, Maryland, public libraries this weekend. Darrell Batson, director of Frederick County Public Libraries, said two FBI employees came to the downtown Frederick library either Wednesday or Thursday. The agents...
- Tags: Agent, FBI, Library, Computer, Federal Government, Real Estate, Government, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel
- Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Computer Science, Broadband, Computer, Intel Corp., Robots, Corporate Governance, Digital Cameras, Federal Government, Monitors & Displays, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- FCC slams Comcast but too little too late?
- The FCC formally voted to censure Comcast over torrent-blocking today. And the decision has stirred up plenty of controversry. The LA Times' Jim Puzzanghera called the decision a "warning shot to all Internet service providers that it would not tolerate discriminatory behavior." There will be no fine...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Management, LA Times, Internet, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Network Administration, Networking, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- FCC slaps Comcast's wrist over network neutrality; Sets precedent
- The Federal Communications Commission on Friday ruled 3-2 that Comcast overstepped its network management authority by blocking BitTorrent peer to peer traffic, but stopped short of fining the cable company. The move clarifies the boundaries a bit for other carriers and sends the message that the FCC enforces network neutrality...
- Tags: FCC, Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality, Network Neutrality Rule, Deborah Taylor Tate, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- FCC streaming server chokes amid critical Comcast ruling
- The Federal Communications Commission is meeting today to address whether Comcast did anything wrong by blocking BitTorrent. The problem: The Webcast of the meeting is blowing up the FCC server. I got in no problem initially, but as the meeting progressed and the Comcast issue came up...
- Tags: FCC, Comcast Corp., Server, Federal Government, Government, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
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