Kenneth Corbin

Yahoo is set to report its first-quarter of earnings after the market closes today, marking the first period under the leadership of Carol Bartz and an earnings report widely expected to bring news of a new round of layoffs. Like many Web firms, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has taken a hit as the economic downturn has […]

The team commissioned by President Obama to conduct a sweeping evaluation of the government’s cybersecurity activities has completed its report, which it is in the process of submitting to the White House for review. The two-month review, which scrutinized the programs in place to protect the nation’s digital infrastructure throughout the government and into the […]

President Obama today announced his choice for the nation’s first chief technology officer, bringing a months-long guessing game to an end with a pick that virtually no one saw coming. Aneesh Chopra, Virginia’s Secretary of Technology, landed the job. In his weekly Internet and radio address, Obama said the new position aims to “promote technological […]

WASHINGTON — Of all the items on the fast-growing wireless industry’s policy agenda, none might rank higher than spectrum reform. Here at the National Press Club, Georgetown University’s Center for Business and Public Policy hosted a day-long conference on wireless technologies, lining up academics, business figures and government officials to expound on where the industry […]

Yesterday brought another splendid reminder of how loudly the broadband vanguard can roar when service providers start messing with the Internet. Bowing to a groundswell of populist outrage, Time Warner Cable has dropped plans to expand trials of a usage-based pricing plan for its Internet service. The company put out a press release Thursday charmingly announcing that […]

WASHINGTON — The lead attorney for Verizon Wireless today called on policymakers and members of Congress to rethink their approach to public safety and open up a coveted section of the airwaves to wireless carriers on a local and regional basis. Here at the National Press Club, Verizon Wireless General Counsel Steve Zipperstein outlined a […]

Today brought another splendid reminder of how [loudly the broadband vanguard can roar](/infra/article.php/3815591/Time+Warner+Cable+Broadband+Pricing+Fight+Rages.htm) when service providers start messing with the Internet. Bowing to a groundswell of populist outrage, Time Warner Cable has dropped plans to expand trials of a usage-based pricing plan for its Internet service. The company put out a press release today charmingly […]

In every recession there are companies that seem almost immune. Almost. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today reported the first quarterly drop in revenue in the company’s 10-year history, posting $5.51 billion in total revenues, off 3 percent from the mark of $5.7 billion the search giant turned in the previous quarter. Amid a frosty ad market, […]

With YouTube debates in the primaries and massive social networking campaigns, anecdotal evidence abounded that the 2008 election was a jump-off for the political Web. Now there are some numbers to confirm. The Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that 55 percent of all adult Americans — and 74 percent of all Internet […]

The head of the cable association has come out swinging against what he describes as kneejerk criticism of Time Warner Cable’s plan to expand trials of a usage-based pricing structure for its Internet service. In a blog post today, Kyle McSlarrow, president and CEO of the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, blasted the media-reform group […]