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US Ambassador Pleads: Stop Pirating Game of Thrones, It’s Stealing

There can be little doubt that Game of Thrones has turned out to be somewhat of an epic. The show has millions of fans all over the world but of course, not all of...

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Friday, April 26th, 2013 Net News No Comments

FCC proposes spectrum sharing, as mobile carriers give wary eye

On Wednesday, the Federal Communications Commission made good on its September promise to free up 100 MHz of spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band, mainly to be used for “small cell” sites. The range,...

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Thursday, December 13th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Hurt Locker studio asks indie ISP to cough up users’ IP addresses

One of Canada’s most well-known independent ISPs, TekSavvy, announced Monday that it had received a request on behalf of an American film studio for subscriber information on “a couple thousand” of its users. Voltage...

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Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 Net News No Comments

USPTO may invalidate another of Apple’s key multitouch patents

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a first Office action declaring all twenty claims of one of Apple's key multitouch patents invalid. The decision that was filed Monday isn't final, but...

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Friday, December 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Congress Demands United Nations Keep Hands off Internet

The House on Wednesday unanimously passed a Senate resolution calling on the United States to oppose the United Nations gaining control of the internet. The resolution vote by the House, which follows a similar...

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Wednesday, December 5th, 2012 Net News No Comments