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Jim Puzzanghera
Demand for wireless Internet paying off for schools
Submitted by Benton Foundation on May 20, 2008 - 8:09amAn ambitious plan to blanket the country with wireless Internet access has an unlikely beneficiary: public and private schools. For nearly 20 years, five California State University campuses in the Los Angeles area have banded together to broadcast live courses over public airwaves that were long ago set aside by the federal government for distance learning.
Hollywood taking sides in network neutrality debate
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 29, 2008 - 7:56amHollywood believes the Internet is the key to its future. But its constituents are again squabbling over how to get there. As in the recent television writers strike, the major studios are at odds with some members of the creative community over digital distribution.
Yahoo-Google test gets antitrust scrutiny
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 24, 2008 - 8:59amYahoo's short experiment with outsourcing some of its Web-search ads to Google has drawn scrutiny from antitrust regulators, the companies said Wednesday. Yahoo and Google said they had provided the Justice Department with unspecified information in response to questions about the two-week test, which was designed to explore how a possible collaboration could help Yahoo thwart Microsoft Corp.'s takeover bid.
Indecency cases stuck in legal limbo at FCC
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 14, 2008 - 7:27amAs federal judges consider pivotal cases about what constitutes offensive TV and radio broadcasts, an expletive might best describe the state of the federal government's enforcement of indecency rules. It's all bleeped-up.
Big audience for digital TV converters
Submitted by Benton Foundation on April 9, 2008 - 7:23amWith broadcast TV stations preparing to switch to all-digital signals early next year, about 5.3 million U.S. households have taken the government up on its offer of discount coupons for a gadget to ensure their sets will continue to get the picture.
