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Groups representing motion picture studios, record companies and music publishers filed their long expected appeal Thursday of an April Los Angeles district court ruling that cleared file-swapping services Grokster and Morpheus of copyright infringements occurring on their networks. The appeal claims the court “dramatically departed from well-established copyright law.” The groups are asking the U.S. […]

Steve Largent, a former Oklahoma congressman and NFL Hall of Fame member, will replace Tom Wheeler as president and CEO of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) effective in November. Largent, a Republican, served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995-2001. He was the vice-chairman of the Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee and […]

EDS has won a contract worth potentially $860 million to develop a nation-wide IT infrastructure and telecommunications service called HUD Information Technology Services (HITS). The contract includes a one-year base period and as many as ten additional option years. Under the terms of the contract, EDS will provide IT services to 18,000 HUD users in […]

WASHINGTON — The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has issued more than 1,000 subpoenas in its wide-ranging crackdown on illegal file-sharing, according to information released Monday by U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman (R.-Minn.). The RIAA says the subpoenas were issued for only the most prolific of file swappers. The RIAA provided the information as part […]

Northrop Grumman Mission Systems (NGMS) and Carlson Wagonlit Government Travel (CWGT) have been awarded a 10-year, $450 million contract to provide Web-based travel management for the federal government. According to the General Services Administration (GSA), the deal is expected to cut up to 50 percent of federal travel management costs. E-Travel, one of President Bush’s […]

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) says currently available Internet blocking or filtering technology protection measures have the capacity to meet the needs of schools and libraries to comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and to assuage the fears of free speech advocates. In a new report issued Friday, the NTIA recommends […]

Bill Scannell, a former journalist turned political activist who helped put a serious dent in the government’s first efforts at implementing the controversial Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS II), is launching a new website aimed at further derailing the program. In late July, the Department of Homeland Security issued new guidelines for the program […]

The North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), the organization responsible for keeping electricity flowing throughout the U.S. and Canada, said Friday morning it still does not know the cause of the largest blackout in U.S. history, but predicted the vast majority of utility customers would have power restored by the end of the day. “There’s […]

The current legal battle unfolding between Internet service providers (ISPs) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a classic case of technology outracing the best intentions of lawmakers, according to Sarah Deutsch, vice president and associate general counsel for Verizon. In a case both sides readily agree is ultimately headed to the Supreme […]

AOL Time Warner is predicting weak advertising sales for the rest of the year in both its online service and cable TV divisions. As a result, the company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday, operating revenue will also slow. According to its quarterly Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) report, AOL Time Warner said the predicted […]

An estimated $85 billion in large federal IT contract awards over the next three years show a strong potential opportunity for all technology vendors regardless of company size according to a report by Reston, Va.-based Input. The report says three technology areas are common denominators across the largest upcoming IT acquisitions: IT security, enterprise integration […]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a suit charging Mercury Marketing of Delaware and its principal owner, Neal D. Saferstein, with contempt of court for continuing to bill consumers for Internet-related services without consumers’ authorization. The FTC has asked the court for a hearing and for a temporary order to halt the illegal billing […]