Kenneth Corbin

E-tailers have managed to post strong holiday sales numbers heading into Christmas this year. But that isn’t stopping the industry from squeezing every last bit of potential revenue from last-minute shoppers. Ecommerce-Guide has the story. The clock is ticking. There’s still time. But not much. With Christmas just a day and a half away, retailers […]

Complaints by users about Comcast’s efforts to throttle P2P bandwidth have now culminated in a class-action settlement, with the giant cable ISP agreeing to pay out a sum to impacted users. But left unresolved are the far pricklier issues of network neutrality and ISPs’ rights to manage their networks as they see necessary. Enterprise Networking […]

The claimants in the case receive $16 each, but the modest $16 million settlement is just a preview of more legal action to come over the ISP’s network management practices. Comcast has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit stemming from its alleged blocking of peer-to-peer traffic, agreeing to pay up to $16 […]

The White House’s lengthy, closely watched effort to select a coordinator for its cybersecurity efforts has culminated in the appointment of a former Microsoft and eBay security officer. eSecurity Planet has the story. Howard Schmidt shakes hands with the president in an official White House photoPhoto: Lawrence Jackson After a seven-month search, President Obama has […]

A new study has found double-digit growth in the percentage of adult Latino Americans using the Internet, an uptick that outpaced the Internet adoption rates of both blacks and whites. In 2008, 64 percent of Latinos were using the Internet, up 10 percentage points from the 54 percent reported in 2006, according to researchers at […]

Verizon Wireless is defending its decision to double the fees for consumers who cancel their service contracts early, telling federal regulators that the rate hike actually amounts to a net consumer benefit. Earlier this month, the Federal Communications Commission asked the leading wireless carrier to explain the increase, which, implemented in November, doubled the maximum […]

Compiling lists of search terms has become a favorite year-end ritual, with the tallies of our Internet curiosities reminding us of the year’s highs and lows, which celebrities commanded our attention, and the loudest pulses of the news cycle. Symantec’s OnlineFamily.Norton division has put together a different kind of search index. Looking just at the […]

The CTIA, which represents the wireless technology industry, recently held a meeting with reporters to briefly discuss the events of this year and look ahead to next year’s top priorities. With a new, technology-savvy administration in the White House, it might enjoy some progress, but nothing is a given. Enterprise Networking Planet was at the […]

No stranger to security woes, Twitter found itself under attack again Thursday night. Twitter says it’s working to figure out what happened and who’s responsible. eSecurity Planet has the details. Twitter has fallen victim to yet another security breach, with hackers identifying themselves as member of the “Iranian Cyber Army” knocking the site offline for […]

Google is reportedly in talks to acquire Yelp, an online hub for consumer reviews of local businesses, for around $500 million. Talks of the deal were first reported on the tech blog TechCrunch Thursday evening. If the rumors are to be believed, the deal would be the latest vote of the confidence for the opportunities […]

A coalition of 10 privacy and consumer advocacy groups is calling on federal regulators to take action against Facebook and force the leading social network to restore some of the privacy controls that were recently changed in a massive site-wide overhaul. The groups, led by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), filed a complaint today […]

It’s been nearly a year since Congress set aside $7.2 billion for broadband projects. Today, the officials administering the programs made the first awards for network build-outs. Enterprise Networking Planet reports on how much money the government is sending out the door, who’s getting it, and how soon the rest of the money will be […]