Nov 14 Planes mimic cellphone towers to collect data By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is collecting data from thousands of cellphones through high-tech gear deployed on airplanes that mimics communications towers, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Continue reading
Nov 10 President Obama urges FCC to ban paid internet ‘fast lanes’ By Anne Flaherty, Associated Press In a statement released by the White House Monday, the president called for an "explicit ban" on such deals. Obama also said that federal regulators should reclassify the Internet as a public utility under Title II of the 1934 Communications… Continue reading
May 19 Sprint will pay $7.5 million in record settlement over Do-Not-Call list By Justin Scuiletti Telecommunications company Sprint will pay $7.5 million in a record settlement after the Federal Communication Commission said the company failed to honor consumer requests to be spared from unwanted telemarketing calls. Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch Tech Giants Verizon, Microsoft Make Long-Term Bets on a More Wireless Future Tech Giants Verizon, Microsoft Make Long-term Bets on a More Wireless Future… Continue watching
Mar 21 AT&T to Buy T-Mobile: Duopoly in the Making or Fair Business Merger? It's safe to say that AT&T's big move to buy T-Mobile for $39 billion took much of the tech world by surprise Monday -- and that seems to include Sprint, who had been in talks with T-Mobile recently. But there… Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch Bridging the Technical Divide in Johannesburg As the World Cup enters the semi-finals in South Africa, the country's poorer sections are left in the shadows of the soccer stadiums. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on how one man has been attempting to bridge the digital divide… Continue watching
Mar 15 Watch FCC Plan Urges Faster, Wider Broadband Internet Access Across U.S. The Federal Communications Commission is presenting a new national broadband plan to Congress, aimed at encouraging companies to expand high-speed and wireless Internet access. Jeffery Brown talks to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC. Continue watching
Oct 06 ‘Masters of Light’ Receive Nobel in Physics The three scientists awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday all developed new ways of harnessing light for different technological applications that are now used all the time, every day, all over the world. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch Few Glimmers of Hope for Unemployed Americans With the long-term unemployment rate at its highest level since 1948, the nation's jobless are taking little solace in recent data suggesting the recession is winding down. In the latest installment of his Making Sen$e series, Paul Solman explores the… Continue watching
Jan 10 Venezuela’s Chavez Installed for Second Term By PBS News Hour Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was sworn in for a second six-year term Wednesday, vowing "socialism or death" in a move reminiscent of Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as he pledged to continue the country's movement toward a socialist state. Continue reading