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Tru2way plug-and-play digital cable support still AWOL
At the Consumer Electronics Show in January 2008, Comcast and Panasonic showed off a pair of "tru2way" devices that were harbingers of a brave new world, one in which two-way services over digital...FCC rescues 1-800-SUICIDE
You might be surprised by what the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authority over— protecting birds and DTV patents are on the list. Plus, it turns out that the FCC has a thumb...Week in tech: Chicken-Little-says-the-Internet-is-dying edition
One research group continues to claim that the "sky is falling" on the Internet thanks to high data growth rates and that network neutrality means the whole Internet could just "go away." Ars...Radio "pay to play" law ready for vote in House, Senate
The recording industry's bid to make radio pay more when it plays music lurched ahead yesterday as the Senate Committee on the Judiciary voted the Performance Rights Act (S. 379) out of committee...Ad group: FTC blog rules unfairly muzzle online media
The Federal Trade Commission's new "blogger rules" may be unconstitutional, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau. The IAB, one of the Internet's largest advertising organizations, published an open letter to the FTC Friday...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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