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U.S. House Democrats released the results of their yearlong investigation of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin’s handling of the agency. Although the report found Martin guilty of the “most egregious abuses of power, suppression of information and manipulation of data,” the probe stopped short of accusing Martin of breaking any laws. The report-Deception and […]

Again pledging his commitment to technology, President-elect Barack Obama said Dec. 6 that investing heavily in computers and broadband connections for schools and hospitals will be part of his immediate economic recovery plans after he takes office Jan. 20. Obama pledged during his weekly address over the radio and the Internet to make the single […]

Broadcom added to its combo family of chips Dec. 8, announcing the chipmaker has integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi, FM and Bluetooth on a single silicon die. The integration allows mobile phones to support more media and data applications without impacting size or battery life. Since most handheld devices lack the space, battery power and processing power […]

The new Symbian Foundation Initiative welcomed six new members Dec. 4 and promised to have a preliminary version of its royalty-free mobile operating system ready for review in the first half of 2009 and to have distributions available under the Eclipse Public License by June 2010. Nokia, the global leader in mobile handset sales, announced […]

In November, just hours before the government planned to file an anti-trust lawsuit accusing Google of engaging in monopolistic behavior through its advertising deal with Yahoo, the search giant pulled the plug on the transaction. According to Sanford Litvack, the outside counsel hired by the Department of Justice to investigate the deal, “We were going […]

Nokia Siemens Networks has delivered on its March promise to double Enhanced Data for Global Evolution network speeds by completing the world’s first mobile Downlink Dual Carrier EDGE end-to-end call. A software-based solution, the breakthrough is capable of data speeds to 592K bps on existing EDGE-capable GSM networks. With speeds approaching 3G networks, Nokia Siemens […]

Don’t look for Google to be joining the Future of Privacy Forum any time soon. The FPF is yet another Washington coalition purporting to serve consumers’ best interests, fancying itself as a champion of online privacy issues. “FPF will seek to bring transparency to online data practices,” the FPF site states. “Our plan is to […]

If it were legal, would it still be a jailbreak? The Electronic Frontier Foundation is requesting a Digital Millennium Copyright Act exemption for cell phone users who jailbreak, or hack, their mobile devices to run third-party applications from sources other than those approved by the phone maker.The DMCA prohibits circumventing DRM (digital rights management) and […]

In the immediate days after the election of Barack Obama, technology leaders, academicians and consumer groups can’t seem to hold enough meetings, roundtables, Web seminars and conference calls to push their ideas to the administration in waiting. If there is one area of universal agreement among the groups, it is that high-speed Internet connections for […]

Clearwire and Sprint Nextel Dec. 1 formally closed their $14.5 billion merger deal to combine the two carriers’ 4G wireless Internet businesses into a nationwide WiMax network. The deal also includes a combined $3.2 billion investment by Comcast, Intel, Time Warner Cable, Google and Bright House Networks. To complete the merger, Sprint Nextel turned over […]

Assembling a team of telecom lawyers with deep roots at the FCC Federal Communications Commission, technology industry leaders, academics, financial experts and former government officials, President-elect Barack Obama named his technology, innovation and government policy reform working group Nov. 25. Heading the group will be telecom analyst Blair Levin, Google’s Sonal Shah and former IAC/InterActiveCorp […]

Let’s face it: New electronics can be expensive, and these days who can afford that? Nevertheless, this holiday season offers a number of affordable gadgets for the tech junkies-not to mention those who tend to kiss bumpers when parking and those who struggle to remember passwords-on your shopping list. Smartphones from Apple, RIM and T-Mobile […]