Roy Mark

Consumer Internet usage in the United States is increasingly broad but still relatively shallow, according to a new report issued today by the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Pew conducted the survey through a random telephone survey late last year. The results show that 88 percent of online Americans say the Internet plays a […]

The operators of one of the most notorious pop-up ad schemes of last year have agreed to discontinue their practices in a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). According to the FTC, Anish Dhingra and Jeffrey Davis, doing business as D Squared Solutions, used the Windows Messenger Service feature, typically used to provide system […]

The promise of ultra wide band (UWB) products under the Christmas tree could actually become a reality this year with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) approval of Freescale Semiconductor’s XS110 chipset for commercial multimedia use. UWB-enabled devices hold the promise of wireless, short-range, high-speed data transmissions fully capable of supporting broadcast-quality video. Analysts envision television […]

UPDATED: The world of viruses finally reached out and touched handheld computers Thursday with Symantec and Kaspersky Labs reporting a backdoor Trojan horse program that can take control over a mobile device. The program, known as Backdoor.Brador.A, attacks PDAs running the Windows CE operating system. Once installed, the program activates when the PDA is restarted […]

There seems to be no dispute that Internet telephony should be available to law enforcement officials armed with legal warrants. Both Congress and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) have said the emerging technology must be surveillance friendly. Voice over IP providers have repeatedly said they don’t wish to be known as the terrorists’ telephone system […]

WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved rules Wednesday to prohibit marketers from sending unsolicited messages to wireless phones and other devices without the express consent of a consumer. The new opt-in rules implement the wireless provisions of the Can Spam Act passed by Congress late last year. The exceptions to the rules include […]

WASHINGTON — Internet telephony should be subject to traditional wiretap laws, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said today. The preliminary decision will force Voice over IP providers to comply with the same law enforcement rules as telephone carriers. In its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the FCC voted 5-0 that the Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement […]

A top CeBIT America official denied Tuesday that the 2005 show has been cancelled and said it is likely another announcement on the fate of the trade fair will be made later this week. The third edition of the business-to-business trade show was scheduled for June in New York City. On Monday, the U.S. subsidiary […]

WASHINGTON — Internet telephony pioneer Jeff Pulver pulled no punches today in criticizing last week’s vote by the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee vote to allow states to continue regulating Voice over IP services. Pulver, participating in a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) roundtable on IP regulations, called the vote a “bizarre, last-minute procedural maneuver” and vowed […]

WASHINGTON — Cost savings methods to conserve IP addresses and security precautions are potential stumbling blocks to the deployment of IPv6 which, ironically, is designed to provide a far greater number of addresses and better security than the current IPv4. “There are things called network address translation (NAT) boxes, which are, in part, a side […]

First Avenue Networks, a wireless broadband leasing company, hopes to parlay its recent acquisition of Teligent’s 24GHz licenses by acquiring even more spectrum in today’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) auction. The company will be competing against Lynch 3G Communications and Napoleon Communications for 880 licenses in 176 geographically specific areas. The 24GHz band is primarily […]

A Florida husband and wife team operating a green card lottery immigration scam has been sentenced to jail and their eight Web sites shut down. In addition to the criminal actions, the defendants were hit with a $2.2 million fine for consumer redress. John Romano of Fort Lauderdale was sentenced to 37 months in prison […]