Kenneth Corbin

AT&T’s decision to open its 3G wireless network to calls from VoIP provider Skype came as a significant concession to the growing number of government officials and advocacy groups pushing for Net neutrality rules for wireless providers. Still, the move seems unlikely to derail the momentum for greater regulation of the wireless sector that is […]

For all the talk of emerging models that could breathe new life into the flagging news industry, Google’s CEO only sees one answer: better ads. Eric Schmidt sat for an on-stage interview this afternoon at a conference in Washington hosted by the Atlantic showcasing newsmakers and prominent journalists titled, appropriately, “The First Draft of History.” […]

WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration continues its efforts to shore up the nation’s digital infrastructure, the lead agency that coordinates with the private sector on network security has secured funding to hire as many as 1,000 cybersecurity experts. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano made the announcement this morning at an event to mark the […]

A bill to protect users from inadvertently sharing files through peer-to-peer networks is headed to the House floor after clearing the Energy and Commerce Committee today in a markup session. The Informed P2P User Act would require file-sharing network providers, such as Limewire, to provide clear and meaningful notice before making the files on users’ […]

With the Federal Communications Commission marching through nearly three-dozen workshops planned to gather information for its national broadband plan, it was only a matter of time before the agency took on cybersecurity. FCC officials heard suggestions from an array of experts in academic, public and private sectors of the broadband community about how to address […]

Google has moved a step closer to finalizing its purchase of On2 Technologies, a firm specializing in video-compression technology that figures to improve the quality of its online video content. The search giant announced today that the Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have each granted an early termination of the waiting period required under […]

The Federal Communications Commission settled in for its monthly meeting this afternoon, a marathon session devoted to updating the commissioners on the agency’s work in developing a national broadband strategy. The agenda, which included 21 presentations and more than 150 PowerPoint slides, was a dramatic reminder of just enormous the task facing the agency is. […]

The U.S. Secret Service has opened an investigation into an online poll that appeared on Facebook over the weekend asking users whether they thought President Obama should be assassinated. The poll, created through a third-party application on the popular social networking site, posed the question: “Should Obama Be Killed?” Users were offered the choice of […]

Social news service Reddit is in the process of recovering from a worm that pummeled the site with malicious comments. The cross-site scripting (XSS) worm emanated from the account of a user with the handle “xssfinder,” who discovered that Reddit wasn’t consistently filtering out JavaScript when a user moused over a link. Xssfinder developed a […]

Source: Xerox Xerox said this morning that it has entered into an agreement to purchase Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), an outsourcing and data-management firm, for $6.4 billion in cash and stock. With the acquisition, Xerox (NYSE: XRX) looks to improve efficiencies through ACS’ workforce-automation expertise. Specifically, ACS (NYSE: ACS), which bills itself as the world’s […]

At a House oversight hearing on the Federal Communications Commission last week, Doris Matsui (D-Calif.) [announced her plan](/government/article.php/3839651) to introduce a bill to reform the agency’s subsidy program for providing low-income Americans with telephone service to include broadband. On Thursday, she made good on that promise. The Broadband Affordability Act would expand the FCC’s Universal […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has scored a victory in its [ongoing crusade](/government/article.php/3779006/Watchdog+Group+Takes+On+Telecom+Immunity+Law.htm) to wrest information from telecoms about their involvement in the government’s warrantless wiretapping program. On Thursday, a federal judge in San Francisco ordered the government to disclose lobbying records detailing the telecom industry’s efforts to press for immunity about their participation in the […]