"Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg used to bristle about how Apple was crowned a wireless success without earning the title. But with Apple announcing it sold 1 million 3G iPhone in just three days, the AT&T/Apple...
I know how they feel, I have had problems with AFNI too"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- More than 70,000 consumers complained about third-party debt collectors in 2007, but one Sacramento couple said they have good reason to bark about the bill they received.Steve Fanelli received a...
"Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a breakthrough compromise yesterday on a bill that would dramatically revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Most significantly, the draft legislation...
highlighted by VLOGZ | 4 wks ago | updated 4 wks ago 159 views | 1 comment
In a major concerted effort from the industry all three big intertent service providers have agreed to block hosting & access to child pornography sites. Industry has been divided on this for a long time....
highlighted by Sanjay Jha | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 235 views | 2 comments
"Goobergunchand other readers sent in word that Sprint, Time Warner, and Verizonhave agreed to block websites and newsgroups containing childpornography. The deal, brokered by New York Attorney General AndrewCuomo, occurred after Cuomo's office threatened the ISPs with...
Verizon, Sprint, and Time Warner Cable have all agreed to block access to Internet bulletin boards and Web sites across America that have any dealings with child pornography.I think this is a great idea, and hope...
highlighted by amyjudd | 6 wks ago | updated 6 wks ago 210 views | 1 comment
The headline for this post caught my attention this morning — not for any obvious reason, mind you — when it appeared above an article published by the Independent.The headline made me think about the way Paul Marcarelli, the 30-something actor from New York City...
"“Honestly, I’m just getting paid to hold someone’s seat,” said one person attending the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing in Boston last week (on 2008-02-25). “I don’t even know what’s...
highlighted by hungeski | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago 249 views | 0 comments
"The study examined the usage and characteristics of mobile broadband users through data collected from computers where Internet access via mobile broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) occurred. Mobile broadband employs cellular networks, where users pay subscriptions...
highlighted by mtippett | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago 286 views | 0 comments
"The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear a case to stop President Bush’s domestic warrantless wiretapping, and let stand a 2-1 Appeals Court ruling that threw out the case on a technicality—a catch-22.x20 The ACLU brought the case on behalf of some journalists,...
01/25/08, 9:30 AM PST - UPDATE 3: $3,203,378,820!
3:45 PM PST - UPDATE 2: At the end of round 2 we're up to $2,778,684,800!
11:30 AM PST - UPDATE 1: Round 2 of the bidding process is beginning.
... and it's going...
created by pwalmsley | 26 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago 338 views | 2 comments
"A user on HowardForums was able to capture some pictures of Verizon’s HTC Touch variant and leaked them out onto the net. Just posted yesterday are some pictures of the unannounced White HTC Touch for Verizon...
highlighted by mtippett | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 1172 views | 0 comments
It is significant that Sprint can lose this many customers given how difficult it is to unsubscribe to their service. This is a real measure of just how lousy they are:"NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp...
highlighted by mtippett | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 489 views | 0 comments
"“In August, I think it was … [National Intelligence Director] Mike McConnell came in and said, we have some new information. He didn’t tell me what the information was …” (2007-12-04)x60 President Bush...
highlighted by hungeski | 31 wks ago | updated 31 wks ago 330 views | 1 comment
"As the company has grown, its network infrastructure had become increasingly complex and costly to run. The number of disparate systems in place also made it difficult for Nuplex to roll out new applications to support its business objectives. The company therefore decided...