Kenneth Corbin

WASHINGTON — On the technology front, one of the more ambitious undertakings of the Obama administration has been the promise to migrate the federal government’s sprawling computing infrastructure to the cloud. Here at the AlwaysOn DC conference, a panel of private-sector technologists knee-deep in the effort praised the administration for its effort while also noting […]

The digerati had only the briefest of windows to digest the titanic news that Microsoft had inked a deal to incorporate posts from Twitter into its search results when another bomb went off. That’s right, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has essentially the same deal. “We are very excited to announce that we have reached an agreement […]

WASHINGTON — A proud congressman presided this morning over the public unveiling of the first high-speed broadband network to run on TV white spaces, the slivers of spectrum that sit between television stations. “You are seeing today the first signal that is generated from white spaces I’m told anywhere in the world,” said Rick Boucher […]

Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) reported a more than three-fold profit increase in the third quarter, easily topping analysts’ expectations. The Web pioneer, which has seen its balance sheet suffer amid the advertising slowdown, today said it enjoyed a third-quarter profit of $187 million, or $0.13 per share, up from $54 million, or $0.04 a share, in […]

Beginning with the February economic stimulus package, the Obama administration has made it clear that the digitization of medical records is a high priority. But converting people’s most sensitive personal information into the digital format inevitably brings privacy concerns in tow, and a new study has called attention to just how significant the challenge may […]

It’s no secret that the downturn in online advertising has been unkind to Yahoo’s balance sheet, but some analysts are hopeful that the worst may be over. The Web pioneer is due to report its third-quarter earnings tomorrow after the close of the market, shedding more light on what industry observers hope is a resurgent […]

WASHINGTON — In some ways, this is a nervous time for the wireless industry. Amid the meteoric rise of smartphones, app stores and consumer dependency on mobile broadband service, the Federal Communications Commission is taking a close look at the industry in a move that many fear will bring new burdensome regulations and ultimately harm […]

The principal trade group representing the online advertising industry is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind the rules it recently announced that would require bloggers to make disclosures about the companies and products they endorse. In a letter to FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz, IAB President and CEO Randall Rothenberg argued that the guidelines […]

On the heels of a solid financial performance that topped analysts’ expectations for the third quarter, Google is poised to ramp up its rate of acquisitions and begin hiring more aggressively to support its growth. “We’re open for business in making strategic acquisitions both large and small,” CEO Eric Schmidt said today on a conference […]

Search giant Google today reported its third-quarter financial results, topping analysts’ expectations and suggesting that the online advertising sector has begun to rebound. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) said that net income for the period rose to $1.64 billion, or $5.13 per share, up from $1.29 billion, or $4.06 per share, in the year-earlier period. Excluding special […]

The discussion of broadband and health care often turns on issues like the efficiencies to be gained through electronic medical records and telemedicine. But a new study from a Washington think tank has gone a step further and linked the adoption of broadband with lower rates of depression among the elderly. How much lower? Twenty […]

A new study commissioned by the Federal Communications Commission has identified open access networks as a key factor in spurring competition and driving down prices for broadband service. The study, conducted by researchers at Harvard University’s Berkman Center, drew on an analysis of other industrialized nations’ broadband markets and a myriad of literature on the […]