Kenneth Corbin

Embattled startup NebuAd has confirmed its plans to shelve a controversial ad-targeting system that collects and analyzes people’s Web-browsing activities gleaned from their ISPs. The about-face follows a high-profile congressional inquiry into the privacy implications of the practice begun this summer, which has since seen many of NebuAd’s ISP clients drop the service. In an […]

After receiving a precedent-setting rebuke from the Federal Communications Commission for its “discriminatory and arbitrary” network management practices, Comcast is now suing in an attempt to overturn the order. The nation’s largest cable provider today filed an appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Comcast alleges that the FCC overstepped its […]

We know that any analysis of the media coverage politicians receive invariably raises the question of bias. The unapologetically liberal media is a favorite talking point of the right, while Democrats loudly deride outlets such as the Drudge Report and the right-wing talk radio contingent. It’s a polarized world out there. Peering into how that […]

Hurricane Gustav’s blown over, New Orleanians are streaming back into their home city, and the Republican National Convention is back in full swing after a subdued beginning. Last night, all eyes were on Sarah Palin, John McCain’s controversial pick for vice president, and, like last week in Denver with the Democrats, the Web is ablaze […]

*Updated to add NebuAd’s response.* Scott McNealy famously quipped, “Privacy is dead. Get over it.” Perhaps, then, what we’re seeing in the case of NebuAd is privacy taking vengeance from beyond the grave. The company that tracks people’s Web surfing habits from Internet service providers to serve targeted ads has lost its CEO, Bob Dykes, […]

Amid a spate of antigovernment protests, the Thai government is aiming to shut down 400 Web sites that it claims are threats to national security and social order and has advised ISPs to restrict access to another 800. Thailand’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry identified more than 1,200 Web sites that violated the 2007 […]

Alaska Gov. Sarah PalinSource: Alaska Governor’s Office Web site UPDATED: When a presidential candidate names a relatively obscure politician as his running mate, there is an inevitable period of acclimation in which the public learns about where the individual stands on the issues, meets the family and, typically, hears the juicy details of a scandal […]

Google is jumping into the browser wars with both feet today with the launch of its new open source Web browser, called Google Chrome. The new browser takes elements from Mozilla Firefox as well as Apple’s Safari Web browser to deliver what Google hopes will be an optimized Web experience. The Chrome browser will have […]

In an effort to shore up its search and e-commerce businesses in Europe, Microsoft today announced that it will acquire Greenfield Online, a research firm that operates shopping comparison sites, for about $486 million. Greenfield, based in Connecticut, owns Ciao.com, a popular shopping portal in Europe, where Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is looking to expand its […]

When a page appeared on Facebook featuring acclaimed Hollywood writer Aaron Sorkin introducing himself to the community and explaining that he had been commissioned to write a movie about the creation of Facebook for Sony Pictures, one might be forgiven for thinking the whole thing smacked of a hoax. But it’s not. Sony confirmed to […]

Long a favorite target of right wing talk radio, the liberal media might not be so liberal after all, according to a news analysis from data-services provider LexisNexis. Since early July, once it was clear which candidate would carry his party’s banner in the upcoming presidential election, LexisNexis has been comparing the media coverage of […]

Bowing to requests from wireless carriers, the Federal Communications Commission has agreed to postpone its plans to move forward with a controversial initiative to create a family-friendly network that would provide free Internet access to nearly all Americans. The tension arises from T-Mobile’s claim, supported by its fellow carriers, that the spectrum the FCC would […]