Kenneth Corbin

Lawyers for the Federal Communications Commission on Friday filed a motion with the D.C. Circuit Court seeking the dismissal of Verizon’s lawsuit challenging the net neutrality rules the agency adopted in December. The FCC is asking the court to throw out Verizon’s challenge, and a subsequent lawsuit filed by wireless firm MetroPCS, on procedural grounds. […]

In trouble spots around the world, where protesters take to the streets to protest a repressive regime, it is not uncommon for authorities to crack down on Internet access, targeting social sites like Facebook and Twitter in an effort to disrupt the demonstrations. But Egypt is taking it to a whole other level. Ahead of […]

Amazon had set the bar pretty high. Analysts panned the retail giant’s fourth-quarter results after the markets closed on Thursday, even though the firm posted a record sales period during the all important holiday season. But Amazon’s $12.95 billion in net sales weren’t enough, and the stock tumbled more than 10 percent in after-hours trading. […]

The hacktivists took it on the chin today, with word from London that British authorities arrested five people connected with the group “Anonymous,” which had been linked to attacks against financial companies that terminated service to Wikileaks following the release of a cache of secret U.S. documents. Anonymous has most recently been linked to attacks […]

In his annual State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, President Obama outlined a broad agenda for reinvigorated U.S. innovation and competitiveness in a transforming global economy. And at the center of that vision are a host of proposals that tout the importance of the tech sector, ranging from […]

President Obama’s State of the Union address to the nation covered many topics, but some tech watchers took particular note of the emphasis on innovation. Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) seized on President Obama’s message of innovation and economic competitiveness in the State of the Union address to plug the patent-reform legislation he introduced […]

The friction between privacy advocates and law enforcement authorities’ need for access to data to investigate Internet crimes was on full display at a House subcommittee hearing this morning. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle seemed sympathetic to the appeal from a top Justice Department official for more reliable access to the records of […]

As users continue to flock to Twitter, and the quirky microblogging utility carves out its place in the theater of new-media communications, advertisers are taking notice. And Twitter is helping them along, with plans to open up a self-service ad platform later this year, building on its early efforts offering product promotions. Research firm eMarketer […]

When the Federal Communications Commission voted in December to enact its first binding net neutrality rules, a legal challenge was widely expected. But most observers didn’t think it would come so soon. Verizon Communications, which had harsh words in response to last month’s order, has filed a lawsuit with the D.C. Circuit Court seeking to […]

For IT companies, doing business in China is a double-edged sword. The market is enormous, and growing exceedingly quickly. But then again, China is also known as a hub for pirating software and numerous other forms of intellectual property. But this week, in a state visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged that his […]

The numbers usually command the headlines from companies’ quarterly earnings releases. Not this time. Google did indeed turn in a strong fourth quarter, with revenues in the final period of 2010 spiking 26 percent over the same period in 2009. But casting a long shadow over the company’s financial performance was the bombshell announcement that […]

There is a strain of thought that sees the Internet as an agent of isolation, that as people spend more and more time online, their personal relationships decay apace. That view is not echoed in a new study from the Pew Internet Project, which has found that the Internet, far from keeping people alone in […]