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Boeing Spy Given 15-Year Prison Sentence

Accused spy will spend the rest of his life behind bars

An Open Door to Open Government

While most of Washington spent the weekend digging out of the snow, federal agencies were taking the next steps in making their work more transparent for the American people.

Microsoft Exec Calls For 'Driver's License For The Internet' from the what-a-bad,-bad-idea dept

It's been nearly ten years since we first heard the idea that there should be some sort of driver's license for the internet, and it's no less ridiculous a concept now than it was then. However, it's still brought up every now and then.

3D HDMI specification is set free

WHAT WITH PEOPLE flocking in their millions to see James Cameron's Avatar, 3D films are big on everyone's agenda.

Hands-on: new single-window mode makes GIMP less gimpy

Hands-on: new single-window mode makes GIMP less gimpy

Australian ISP iiNet Beats Back Hollywood

ISP not responsible for the online activity of customers...

NASA reboots, focuses on cheaper, sustainable exploration

Last October, NASA received a committee report that called existing planning "unsustainable." The agency couldn't even budget the money to deorbit the International Space Station as planned in 2016—itself a waste of the construction costs—and the vehicles needed for its plann …

Corporations are like people, but they're not

US law enshrines the idea that a corporation is an entity, an individual but the legislators obviously didn't really think this one through when it was enshrined in statute at the end of the 19th century.

Fujitsu: 'iPad? That's ours'

In addition to ignoring support for Adobe Flash, multitasking, and a few other niceties in its new iPad, Apple seems to have ignored one other important detail: it doesn't own the name "iPad." Fujitsu says it does.

Build privacy into national broadband policy says CDT

The Center for Democracy and Technology filed two sets of comments (1, 2) to the Federal Communications Commission regarding privacy concerns and expectations that will come along with a national broadband policy that they are currently stumbling towards.

History Orders Larry The Cable Guy Series

History has greenlit a new series, starring comedian Larry the Cable Guy, visiting historic sites.

Is This The Week AT&T Loses iPhone Exclusivity?

Magic 8 ball app says 'signs point to yes'

Schumer calls for hearings on SCOTUS decision

The Supreme Court's ruling striking down limits on corporate and union spending in elections is "un-American," Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Thursday.

AMC Picks Up Pilot Pair Production Will Begin On The Walking Dead, The Killing In Q2

AMC has ordered a pair of pilots, The Walking Dead and The Killing.

As Predicted, Comcast Usage Meter Expands

Beta enters additional Pacific Northwest markets...

Is the US increasingly a nation of psychoses?

A meta-analysis of studies that administered a test of psychological well-being to high school and college students has found a long-term increase in psychological problems within the US population.

RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser Steps Down, One Day After COO Resigns

Longtime RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has stepped down, just one day after the company announced the resignation of COO John Giamatteo.

Comcast wants "clear rules," even if it means net neutrality

Comcast wants clarity from the FCC at any cost, even if "clear rules" on network management enforce network neutrality.

Lawsuits: AT&T collects illegal taxes on Internet access

Over the last month, a series of federal lawsuits around the country have charged AT&T with illegally collecting "taxes" on wireless data plans. The suits, which all seek class action status, say that there are no such taxes.

Republican FCC Commissioners Love Metered Broadband

Not coincidentally just as Verizon makes another push for caps and overages...

Cost-benefit analysis: net neutrality makes economic sense

A new study warns that abandoning network neutrality could transfer billions of dollars from the most competitive sector of the Internet (online content) to the least (Internet service providers).

Comcast, FCC Head To Court Over Net Neutrality

Comcast still argues FCC had no authority to 'sanction' carrier for throttling..

FTC reminds us that storing data in the cloud has drawbacks

The Federal Trade Commission worries that consumers don't really understand the privacy implications to storing some of their most crucial data in the cloud, and it wants the FCC to think about such issues when finalizing its national broadband plan.

WTO: China violates int'l trade law by limiting media imports

A ruling from the World Trade Organization says that Chinese laws limiting media imports to state-controlled companies illegally restricts trade.

US Patent Office tightens the screws on software patents

A decision from a key panel at the Patent Office builds on last year's Bilski decision to place new limits on software patents. Just running some algorithm on a PC and claiming that you've built a patentable "machine" may not work any more.

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