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Google pulls out of Yahoo advertising partnership
Submitted by Benton Foundation on November 5, 2008 - 9:47pmLast updated: November 6, 2008 - 12:26pm
Google and Yahoo have scrapped their Internet advertising partnership, abandoning attempts to overcome the objections of antitrust regulators and customers who believed the alliance would give Google too much power over online commerce.
FCC chairman faces growing pressure to delay votes
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 28, 2008 - 8:35pmLast updated: October 28, 2008 - 8:36pm
Nearly 75 members of Congress are urging the head of the Federal Communications Commission to delay next week's vote on a proposal to overhaul key pieces of telecommunications regulation, arguing that the matter should get public review.
Lawmakers urge FCC to allow comment on white spaces report
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 24, 2008 - 7:25amLast updated: October 24, 2008 - 7:26am
Reps Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Jon Porter (R-NV), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), William "Lacy" Clay (D-MO), Jim Cooper (D-TN), and Robert Brady (D-PA) have written the Federal Communications Commission asking the FCC to delay a planned Nov. 4 vote on a proposal to open up unused portions of the television airwaves known as "white spaces" in order to deliver wireless broadband services.
FCC chair eyes fallow TV airwaves for broadband
Submitted by Benton Foundation on October 15, 2008 - 7:26pmLast updated: October 16, 2008 - 8:09am
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin proposed opening up unused portions of the television airwaves known as "white spaces" to deliver wireless broadband service. The proposal is aimed at bringing affordable high-speed Internet connections to more Americans.
Congress set to weigh in on tech, telecom issues
Submitted by Benton Foundation on September 8, 2008 - 7:30amLast updated: September 8, 2008 - 7:32am
Technology and telecommunications issues will be on Capitol Hill's radar in the months ahead as lawmakers attempt to influence regulators at the Federal Communications Commission and frame the debate for next year's Congress.
Waxman wants to know how much AT&T, Verizon, others receive from Universal Service Fund
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 28, 2008 - 6:53pmLast updated: July 28, 2008 - 6:54pm
Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Monday sent letters to 24 companies seeking information about how much money they receive from the Universal Service Fund's high cost program and how they spend it.
Court affirms Child Online Protection Act unconstitutional
Submitted by Benton Foundation on July 23, 2008 - 7:17amLast updated: July 23, 2008 - 7:24am
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia agreed with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.
