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How Robber Barons hijacked the "Victorian Internet"
arstechnica.com — Ars revisits those wild and crazy days when Jay Gould ruled the telegraph and Associated Press reporters helped fix presidential elections. Is government supervision really the worst thing that can happen to a communications network? (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More…
FCC's plans take from Peter to pay Paul
news.cnet.com — The Federal Communications Commission is shaking up the communications market with bold initiatives to overhaul the $7 billion Universal Service Fund to help pay for universal broadband as well as a plan to reallocate wireless spectrum for new wireless broadband services. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More…
How the FCC might stop the Comcast-NBC merger
arstechnica.com — The Stop Big Media crowd is promising all-out combat against a proposed Comcast takeover of NBC Universal. The deal will have to pass muster with the FCC's always controversial media ownership rules, which are again in flux. We provide a refresher on how those rules have changed in the last eight years, and what it might mean for the merger. (Submitted by DiggUnderground) More…
Spain Mulls Legislation To Shutdown File-Sharing Sites
torrentfreak.com — While there is less will to penalize file-sharers in Spain, the same cannot be said about the sites that facilitate their downloading. Under current law, file-sharing sites of all types have flourished in recent years, but new legislation being mulled could close loopholes and allow them to be disconnected, without the need for a court order. (Submitted by xdvx) More…
Survey Says AT&T Customer Satisfaction Lowest in Industry
tech.yahoo.com — Brace yourselves, I have some bad news. The reports are in, and well, it doesn’t look good for you, AT&T. Seems while consumers are flocking to your service, they’re not exactly thrilled about it. (Submitted by nmffffd9) More…
After Massive Layoffs, SF Paper Sublets to Twitter Cofounder
sfgate.com — With a substantially reduced workforce, the San Francisco Chronicle has been left with a headquarters building far exceeding its needs. Now three technology companies, including one founded by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, have agreed to sublet the lower floors, the first steps in a broader plan to create "innovation incubation hub". (Submitted by hbyrne) More…
Spanish Government Destroys P2P and Basic Freedoms
gizmodo.com — The Spanish Government, one of the last bastions of legal peer-to-peer file sharing, has approved a law that will obliterate some of the most basic human rights, like freedom of speech and due process. All in the name of money. (Submitted by nouman1989) More…
Google Phone Could Mean Free Mobile Phone Service
livescience.com — Images of the new Google phone surfaced this week after months of rumors. It appears the phone is manufactured under the Google brand, will use an even newer version of Android than that of the Droid−the only Android phone running 2.0, and most important, may use VoiP service. (Submitted by Burento) More…
Social Media's Influential Android Geeks, Experts & Groups
androgeek.com — There are literally hundreds of Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and Google groups dedicated to discussing news, applications, features, marketing, and everything else related to Android. If you’re at all interested in pursuing this underdog of an operating system, be sure to follow some of the more popular. (Submitted by brazilianwinter) More…
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