by beckersc | Jan 4, 2011 | Commentary |
On December 21st, the FCC passed a report and order designed to promulgate net neutrality. The Commission opens its report with three basic rules “grounded in broadly accepted Internet norms, as well as [its] own prior decisions”: i. Transparency. Fixed...
by Justin Blanset | Dec 13, 2010 | Commentary |
How is MasterCard like the Greensboro Woolworth’s? The diffuse Internet group Anonymous would have you believe they are very alike. In the past week, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been launched against MasterCard, Visa, and PayPal in the wake...
by anickow | Dec 13, 2010 | Commentary |
Yesterday, Net Neutrality advocates were outraged at accusations levied by Level 3 Communications Inc. against cable giant Comcast. Level 3 Communications Inc., a provider of fiber-based communications services that supports Netflix Inc.’s movie streaming...
by lacealex | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary |
In October, the International Telecommunications Union held its Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico. The ITU, an international organization operating within the UN framework tasked with addressing telecommunications issues, used the plenipotentiary...
by Jennifer Wertheimer | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary |
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Communications Commission is investigating whether Google broke federal laws when its Street View service collected personal data over wireless networks. Google has admitted that its street mapping cars picked up...
by vyc | Dec 1, 2010 | Commentary |
In November 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave clearance for Advanced Cell Technology (ACT), based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, to commence Phase I/II clinical trials of a new therapy for Stargardt’s Macular Dystrophy, an incurable form of...