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Clearwire may slow WiMax build to cut funding gap
Submitted by Benton Foundation on December 1, 2008 - 8:47pmLast updated: December 1, 2008 - 8:48pm
Clearwire may build its high-speed WiMax wireless network more slowly than originally planned if credit markets do not improve by early 2010, Chief Executive Benjamin Wolff said. Clearwire said in May it planned a network that reaches about 140 million people by the end of 2010 using WiMax, an emerging technology that promises to blanket entire cities with high-speed wireless Internet services.
Mobile phones distract drivers more than passengers
Submitted by Benton Foundation on December 1, 2008 - 8:36amLast updated: December 1, 2008 - 8:37am
Mobile phone calls distract drivers far more than even the chattiest passenger, causing drivers to follow too closely and miss exits. Using a hands-free device does not make things better and the researchers believe they know why -- passengers act as a second set of eyes, shutting up or sometimes even helping when they see the driver needs to make a maneuver.
Two bids lodged for Australia broadband network
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 26, 2008 - 8:26amLast updated: November 26, 2008 - 8:26am
Australia has slower and more expensive Internet access than many developed countries and officials have warned it may become less competitive without faster, nationwide coverage. So the country adopted a plan to build the National Broadband Network (NBN) with $3 billion coming from the government.
Senators pushing for return of Fairness Doctrine
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 26, 2008 - 8:24amLast updated: November 26, 2008 - 8:25am
Bond's inaccurate look at the current debate over the Fairness Doctrine. Read at your own peril.
Apple sued over tech that helps iPhone surf Web
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 24, 2008 - 8:46pmLast updated: November 24, 2008 - 8:47pm
Apple Inc is the target of a lawsuit that claims a technology the iPhone uses to surf the Web infringes on a patent filed by Los Angeles real estate developer Elliot Gottfurcht and two co-inventors.
American youth trail in Internet access
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 24, 2008 - 8:36amLast updated: November 24, 2008 - 8:36am
Fewer young Americans have Internet access than their peers in the Czech Republic, Canada, Macao and Britain, a survey of 13 countries around the world showed. Among 12 to 14 year olds, 100 percent of British youth use the Internet, followed by Israel at 98 percent, the Czech Republic and Macao and 96 percent and Canada at 95 percent, according to the World Internet report by the Center for the Digital Future.
Mobile phones becoming more crucial to people
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 19, 2008 - 10:02pmLast updated: November 19, 2008 - 10:02pm
The International Communications Market report by the British regulator Ofcom said mobile phones are becoming more crucial to people, especially in emerging markets where growth is very strong. Some 216 million new mobile subscriptions were registered in Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2007, with China alone adding more new connections at 88 million than the total number of subscriptions in Britain.
Comcast DTV pricing response may bring fine: FCC
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 18, 2008 - 9:41pmLast updated: November 19, 2008 - 10:38am
Comcast could be fined for its inadequate response to a Federal Communications Commission request for information on cable company policies as they switch to digital signals, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said on Tuesday.
Unhappy people watch more TV
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 18, 2008 - 8:34amLast updated: November 18, 2008 - 8:35am
An extensive new research study has found that unhappy people watch more TV while those consider themselves happy spend more time reading and socializing. The University of Maryland analyzed 34 years of data collected from more than 45,000 participants and found that watching TV might make you feel good in the short term but is more likely to lead to overall unhappiness.
Will Obama's copyright czar help save the music?
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 15, 2008 - 5:24pmLast updated: November 15, 2008 - 5:25pm
In January, President Obama will appoint a copyright czar. That position -- officially known by the less glamorous-sounding title of intellectual property enforcement coordinator -- was created by the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act, signed in mid-October.
