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Qwest Communications International and TKC Communications plan to build a high-speed network for secure communications among NASA facilities throughout the United States. Under the terms of a $7.2 million deal with the space agency, the two companies will construct a network that will provide a range of very-high-bandwidth services — with some connections capable of […]

The U.S. Census Bureau will for the first time offer businesses the option of completing their reporting requirements online effective Dec. 31. The Bureau’s economic census is taken every five years and businesses will be required to submit answers via mail or Internet by Feb. 12. Firms in more than 1,000 industries will be asked […]

The FBI and Terra Lycos are teaming up in an effort to capture one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives. In what the FBI calls a “groundbreaking technological initiative in law enforcement,” Lycos will feature information and a likeness of James “Whitey” Bulger in banner ads across its global network. Previously, the government’s Ten […]

A San Jose, Calif., jury will final arguments Thursday morning in one of the most closely followed copyright trials in recent years. The first defendant ever charged with criminal violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Russian software firm ElcomSoft is facing five counts of circumventing the copyright protections in Adobe Systems eBooks. The […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) continued its push to free more spectrum for unlicensed wireless use Wednesday afternoon by seeking public comment on a proposed rule permitting unlicensed transmitters to operate in additional frequency bands. Calling current rules that allow unlicensed transmitters to operate on frequencies shared with licensed services a “tremendous success,” the commissioners […]

The entertainment industry’s relentless war on piracy took two new turns this week with the Secret Service cooperating with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in a New York City raid and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) filing a lawsuit against eight EBay sellers allegedly offering pirated DVDs on the popular auction […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) began proceedings Wednesday afternoon that could ultimately result in doubling the available spectrum for high speed wireless local networks. In a process that will take more than a year, the agency launched a Notice of Inquiry concerning the possibility of permitting unlicensed transmitters to operate in additional frequencies below 900 […]

The defense rested Tuesday afternoon in the criminal case against ElcomSoft with its last witness delivering some of the most effective testimony for the Russian software firm. Federal prosecutors have charged ElcomSoft with five counts of violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with its program that circumvents the copyright protections in Adobe Systems eBooks. […]

Fueled by aggressive spending and an ongoing PC replacement cycle, the federal government enjoyed the strongest third quarter growth performance in the entire PC market. According to IDCs U.S. PC Public Sector Tracker, the number of PCs shipped to the federal government more than doubled from the third quarter of last year. The biggest driving […]

The government’s criminal case against Russian software firm ElcomSoft resumed Monday with programmer Dmitry Sklyarov testifying that he knew a program he wrote to bypass the copyright protections in Abode’s Adobe Systems’ eBooks might be a violation of U.S. copyright laws. However, he added, the program was legal in Russia. The trial in San Jose, […]

EchoStar has agreed to pay Hughes Electronics Corp. $600 million in cash as part of a settlement to immediately terminate the proposed merger between the nation’s two largest satellite television providers. The companies dropped the merger because of opposition by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). As a result of […]

The Network Reliability and Interoperability Council (NRIC) VI, chartered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to focus on homeland security issues such as the sustainability of public telecommunications networks in the event of a terrorist attack or national disaster, met Friday to begin reviewing some 300 industry best practices ranging from increasing physical security at […]