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Although the Federal Communications Commission was dealt a body blow April 6 when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the agency’s legal authority to regulate broadband providers, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said April 8 the agency was moving ahead to implement many of the provisions of the recently announced […]

The Federal Communications Commission said April 28 in a blog posting that the April 6 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit throwing out the FCC’s decision to regulate Comcast’s online management “may affect a significant number of important [National Broadband] Plan recommendations.” The FCC released its National Broadband […]

Former FCC Chairman Michael Powell warned network neutrality advocates not to overstep in response to an April 6 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit throwing out the FCC’s move to regulate Comcast’s online network management practices. “The court’s recent ruling that the Federal Communications Commission did not properly […]

The space Discovery’s crew began unloading the Leo nardo Multipurpose Logistics Module, relocating the cargo from Discovery’s payload bay to a port on the Harmony node at 12:24 a.m. EDT Thursday. The Italian-built module’s more than 17,000 pounds of cargo includesfour experiment racks along with the final private crew quarters.This is the final roundtrip to […]

Discovery Commander Alan G. Poindexter completed a tricky, nose-over-tail 360-degree maneuver just before docking with the International Space Station early April 7. The maneuver was necessary, since Discovery’s Ku-Band antenna system was knocked out upon takeoff April 5.Earlier in the flight, the Discovery crew attempted once again to activate the shuttle’s Ku-Band antenna to no […]

It’s almost a cliche that even if an appeals court appears to ask tough questions about an issue, it rarely translates over to a decision. Such was not the case Jan. 8 when the U.S. Court of Appeals heard Comcast’s appeal of the 2008 Federal Communications Commission ruling that the cable broadband provider violated the […]

Citrix Systems announced April 6, “NASA has incorporated Citrix XenDesktop with high-definition HDX technology into the recently launched Crew Support LAN, which provides astronauts on the International Space Station … with direct, private access to familiar desktop applications and Websites from any location, including outer space.”The announcement continued, “Astronauts simply connect their laptop to a […]

The Department of Health and Human Services April 5 released $144 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. Most of the funding will go to universities, community colleges and major research centers to advance the widespread adoption and meaningful use […]

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dealt network neutrality a serious blow April 6, ruling that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to order Comcast to cease and desist throttling of BitTorrent traffic in 2008. Comcast accepted the order but appealed the decision to the courts.In 2005, […]

A spectacular predawn launch of the space shuttle Discovery on one of the last manned missions to the International Space Station had NASA officials glowing. The 6:21 a.m. EDT liftoff of Discovery went off without a hitch.Mike Moses, chair of the Mission Management Team, said it was “a spectacular launch and picture-perfect countdown.” He outlined […]