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FCC Chairman Kevin Martin laid down some markers April 22 on what the agency is considering as appropriate broadband network management practices. And, no thanks, he told a U.S. Senate panel, the FCC doesn’t need any additional help from Congress in enforcing network neutrality. “I do not believe any additional regulations are needed at this […]

Chip maker Broadcom expanded its switching portfolio April 22 to include enterprise-class gear for 802.11n Wi-Fi networks. The system can be used for stand-alone access managed by a wireless switch or controller running Broadcom’s unified wireless switching software. Broadcom promises that the integrated platform-combining the company’s silicon and software-will provide manufacturers with cost savings and […]

WASHINGTON — Comcast is throttling more traffic than it has previously admitted, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told a U.S. Senate panel April 22. Martin also told lawmakers it appears Comcast broadband customers are not free to access all content on the Internet, including the ability to fully use peer-to-peer networks. Martin’s comments come […]

Motorola is investing in VirtualLogix, which develops virtualization software allowing for cell phones to run multiple operating systems. With the undisclosed investment April 21, Motorola joins Atlas Venture, Cisco Systems, DFJ Esprit, Index Ventures, Intel Capital and Texas Instruments as investors in VirtualLogix. Click Here to Watch the Latest eWEEK Newsbreak Video. Earlier this month, […]

On any random day, more than 114 million items are listed for sale on eBay. More than 6 million new items are listed every day through 39 trading platforms worldwide. Craigslist, while smaller in scope and localized to individual markets, is another site of brisk sales of almost any imaginable item. Unfortunately, the two sites […]

Silicon Valley lawmaker Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., marked tax week with the introduction of federal legislation to impose a five-year moratorium on any additional state or local wireless taxes. The bill would not apply to taxes or fees aimed at subsidizing emergency 911 services. On average, consumers currently pay 15.19 percent in federal, state and local […]

The political polls have been notoriously wrong throughout this election season. Caller ID, do-not-call lists and increasing migration away from land-based phones have all conspired to make it more difficult for traditional pollsters to do their thing. Since no one else has gotten it right, Civic Science, a Pittsburgh software company, has jumped into the […]

The White House isn’t the only government office bungling its document management responsibilities, according to a new report that claims there is an “appalling lack of progress” in moving federal agencies to electronic record keeping. Instead, CREW (Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington) said April 16 that the government is clinging to “outdated, inefficient […]

If nothing else, Comcast’s announcement of its latest new best P2P friend earned the nation’s largest cable company and Pando Networks, two-year startup with backing from Intel, a place at the table April 17 when the FCC holds an open hearing on Comcast’s network management practices. Comcast and Pando said April 15 that they plan […]

A year after a gunman at Virginia Tech killed 32 fellow students and himself, academic officials have scrambled to deploy emergency alert systems featuring consolidated voice, text messaging and e-mail. Anxious administrators fretting over faculty and student safety have spent millions on mass notification alerts. Now, if only students would use the systems. “Enrollment [in […]

Ten years ago, Congress enacted laws instructing the Internal Revenue Service to allow the electronic filing of federal income taxes, setting a goal of 80 percent of returns filed electronically by 2007. The IRS responded by outsourcing the task to software companies and other electronic originators who collect more than $1 billion in fees to […]

Public advocacy groups renewed their call April 14 for Federal Communications Commission action to prohibit wireless carriers from exerting undue influence on the provisioning and delivery of text messages addressed by short code. Verizon and AT&T responded by claiming the groups are misrepresenting the issue and new regulations are unwarranted. Short codes, or SMS (short […]