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A group of 59 senators led by John Kerry , D-Mass., and Orrin Hatch , R-Utah, are urging the European Commission to move quickly to complete its investigation of Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems. In a letter to the commission, the senators expressed concern about Sun's "deteriorating ...
Hardware
Sun Microsystems
Republican FCC member Meredith Baker , who played a key role in shifting television broadcasters to digital spectrum, is open to taking some of those airwaves away and reallocating them for wireless broadband use. "I think that all ideas should be on the table," she said Monday during the ...
Mobile
FCC
It seems Sen. John Ensign , R-Nev., a member of the Senate Commerce Committee, has experienced one of the downsides of texting firsthand. In an interview with ABC's Nightline Monday night, Doug Hampton , the husband of the woman that Ensign has acknowledged having an affair with, said he found ...
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John McCain
The nation's health information technology coordinator announced Tuesday that his office will provide $80 million in grants to help in training skilled health information technology professionals who can work with hospitals, doctors and other providers in adopting health information technology. ...
Other
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will be hosting a conference Dec. 8-10 in Washington to examine how to protect consumers on the Internet. Many of the issues that will be discussed at the conference were examined in a new OECD report that found electronic commerce would ...
Online
Intel
Microsoft
The European Commission announced Monday that it has dropped its probe of Qualcomm over whether it was charging unreasonably high royalties for the use of its patented technology. "After an extensive four-year investigation into Qualcomm's practices, and despite the coordinated nature of the ...
Hardware
Most health officials worry about hackers stealing sensitive information such as an AIDS diagnosis from someone's electronic medical record -- but a technology manager for a health care system in the Pacific Northwest said Friday that it is just as likely the digital files could be a target of ...
Other
Just how dire is the looming spectrum shortage for mobile broadband devices such as smart phones and laptops? Interviewed this weekend on C-SPAN, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski described the situation this way: while the agency has taken steps to free up three times the amount of wireless ...
Mobile
FCC
As it continues to battle legislation that would require AM and FM radio stations to pay a new fee to performers and record labels, the National Association of Broadcasters Monday highlighted musical artists who acknowlege the imporatnce of radio to their careers. While musical artists have ...
Other
President Obama announced a new initiative Monday aimed at improving U.S. students' achievement in math and science over the next decade. The new "Educate to Innovate" initiative involves partnerships with leading companies, foundations, nonprofits and science and engineering societies aimed at ...
Other
Legislation that would renew for five years a law governing transmission of broadcast television signals via satellite services such as DirecTV and EchoStar moved a step closer to enactment Thursday when the Senate Commerce Committee approved its version of a reauthorization bill. The Satellite ...
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The Senate Commerce Committee backed legislation Thursday intended to eliminate restrictions on the operation of low-power FM stations. The bill ( S. 592 ), which passed on a voice vote, calls for scuttling a requirement that low-power stations be located more then three clicks away on both ...
Software
Bill Gates
Sen. Dianne Feinstein , D-Calif., wants the federal government to follow her state's lead in cutting the energy usage of power-hungry high-definition television sets. The California Energy Commission earlier this week approved a plan to cut the energy consumption of new televisions sold in the ...
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President Obama has nominated Walter Isaacson , who headed CNN from 2001-2003, to be the next chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors - an independent agency that oversees non-military international broadcasts by the federal government, including the Voice of America. Isaacson is ...
Hardware
Sony
The Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved by voice vote the nomination of Victoria Espinel to be the White House intellectual property enforcement coordinator. She most recently served as the founder and president of Bridging the Innovation Divide, a nonprofit foundation focused on ...
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski sits down with C-SPAN later this week to tape an interview for the network's "Communicators" series, with the segment airing on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. EST. The taping is planned for 3 p.m. Friday at the commission in the main meeting room. C-SPAN is expected to ...
Mobile
FCC
The House passed two small business bills by voice vote Wednesday that may spur technological innovation. The first, H.R. 3738 , would create a new early-stage investment program and authorize equity investment financing for small businesses. The bill calls for participating financiers to ...
Other
Information technology lobbying group TechNet has hired Rey Ramsey as the organization's new president and chief executive officer. Ramsey currently is chief executive officer of One Economy Corp., a global nonprofit that leverages the power of technology to improve the lives of low-income ...
Hardware
Paul Otellini
Intel
Eric Schmidt
The House Science and Technology Committee approved legislation Wednesday that would reauthorize and expand federal cybersecurity research programs. The bill ( H.R. 4061 ) would require federal agencies to develop, update, and implement a strategic plan for cybersecurity research and ...
Software
Bill Gates
The fourth annual Internet Governance Forum wrapped up Wednesday in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Among the major issues that the forum must tackle at its fifth meeting next year is whether to continue the forum, which was created following the United Nation's World Summit on the Information Society ...
