Roy Mark

Despite lavish praise from the Democratic majority on the House Communications, Technology and the Internet Subcommittee over the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the RUS (Rural Utilities Service) distribution of broadband funding, at least one Republican has found reason to grumble about the process. Out of $7.2 billion allocated by the Stimulus Act, To […]

Avaya introduced this week a new set of unified communications designed to improve the quality of patient care while increasing ROI and savings. The new solutions allow health care companies to address key processes such as care coordination and patient flow, and helps ensure their efficient operation. According to IDC, global IT spending in health […]

Details of January’s attacks on Google and other companies by allegedly China-based hackers are continuing to emerge. George Kurtz, CTO of antivirus software maker McAfee, on March 3 said the hackers stole valuable source code, breaking into the computers of employees with privileged access.Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond wrote in a blog post Jan. […]

The Obama administration’s plans to mothball the space shuttle fleet at the end of 2010 would be derailed by legislation introduced March 3 by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX). Under Hutchinson’s bill, U.S. manned spaceflight would continue until at least 2013.Four more shuttle missions are planned in 2010, with the last flight currently targeted for […]

The dispute between China and Google over recent attacks on its networks expanded on two fronts March 2 with the search giant suggesting to Congress the issue should be brought before the World Trade Organization, while Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is threatening to introduce legislation that would slap civil or criminal liabilities on Internet companies […]

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will be working the halls of Congress and the Obama administration this week to promote the Startup Visa Act of 2010, which would grant green cards to immigrant entrepreneurs who bring new companies to the United States, if they can demonstrate funding from U.S.-based investors. The legislation, introduced last […]

International Space Station’s New Room with a View by Roy Mark Fiery Nighttime Launch Endeavour lights up the night sky as it lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. With only four missions left to the ISS before NASA mothballs the shuttle fleet, the liftoff also marked the last […]

Software developers would be required to clearly inform users when their files are made available to other peer-to-peer users under legislation introduced Feb. 24 by Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and John Thune, R-S.D. The legislation comes just one day after the Federal Trade Commission notified nearly 100 organizations Feb. 23 that the use of P2P […]

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Bold 9700 scores the highest among popular smartphones for exposing users to the highest legal levels of cell phone radiation, according to the latest 2010 Environmental Working Group ranking. Following the Bold 9700 are the Motorola Droid, the LG Chocolate and Google’s HTC Nexus One.The rankings still put the phones well […]

Despite claims to the contrary, many tech firms are using H-1B visas to fill temporary positions and not as a pathway to permanent citizenship, according to a new study by the Economic Policy Institute. “Some H-1Bs and L-1s visa holders do make it to permanent residence, but many employers never plan to sponsor employees for […]

The space shuttle Endeavour and its six-member crew are expected to return to Earth Feb. 21 after a successful 14-day mission in which astronauts installed the last major component of the International Space Station. Endeavour undocked from the ISS shortly before 8 p.m. EDT on Feb. 19. After a fly around the ISS, the shuttle […]

The Federal Communications Commission approved rules Feb. 18 enabling “schools that receive funding from the E-rate program … to allow members of the general public to use the schools’ Internet access during non-operating hours.” According to the FCC, “This action will leverage Universal Service Funding to serve a larger population at no increased cost to […]