Tag: Government

Payroll Tax Cut Bill Comes With Spectrum Auction Funding
Today, Washington passed the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, extending the Payroll Tax Cut and unemployment benefits. Part of this was the authorization of the FCC to...
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Google Earth Used To Doublecheck Government Data
Scientists are learning that Google Earth is a good way to verify government activity. "This shows the promise of Google Earth for collecting and verifying data, which means a f...
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FBI Enlists Makeup Vendors, Tattoo Shops For Help In War On Terrorism
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released a collection of 25 fliers to assorted businesses in order to help promote their "Communities Against Terrorism" campaign. The flier...
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FCC Providing Broadband To Poor Families Through Lifeline
The FCC is reforming and modernizing their Lifeline program that provides telephone service to poor families across the nation. On their...
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Megaupload Data Could Be Erased By Thursday
The Megaupload saga continues with the potential erasure of data on their servers. Data belonging to users of Megaupload could be deleted as soon as Thursday according to feder...
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Search Engines Given Code Of Practice
It looks like the copyright police are at it again. This time they are in a secret meeting with search engine companies making demand of them. In a document obtained by...
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MegaUpload Take Down Affecting Other File Lockers
The MegaUpload take down and resulting all out Internet war with...
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Consumer Watchdog Calls On European Commission To Block Google Motorola Deal
Consumer Watchdog is pushing to get the European Commission to block Google's acquisition of Motorola Mobility and to issue a formal complaint against Google's business practices....
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NASA’s Code Laid Bare
NASA’s code has now gone open source - cue homebrew rocket ships. Open source development is a great thing. With NASA opening a new open source software-dedicated Web site, it...
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Speaks Out Against SOPA / PIPA
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a message about SOPA and PIPA on Facebook today. He said: The intern...
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Google Has Given SOPA Author Lamar Smith $17K Since 2006
Google is protesting SOPA, but apparently the company has given the bill's author a t...
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Google’s Matt Cutts: It’s Time To Take Action On SOPA
Google has blacked out its logo in protest of SOPA. The company has also put up a blo...
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Google Wants You To Petition Congress Over SOPA / PIPA
As previously reported, Google has gone with a blacked out logo for SOPA Blackout Day...
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Google And Competition: Should The Government Be Regulating?
Google’s competitive practices have dominated the headlines this week, thanks to the company’s “Search Plus Your World” features (extensive integration of...
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Obama Administration Responds To Petitions Calling For SOPA Veto
While SOPA has been delayed, while "outsanding concerns" are addressed by repr...
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