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Why We Don't Mind Uncle Sam Tapping Our Phones
Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
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I guess it makes more sense to celebrate our freedom from government tyranny and interference before we give them the okay to monitor our private conversations. No one wants to be a party pooper.
The Cure for America's Internet
Timothy Karr | Posted 06.03.2008 | Media
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While a generation of Americans can barely remember life without Google, millions of households still can't send an e-mail, pay bills online, or conduct research for school.
AT&T launches TV service on new phones, rivaling Verizon
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.01.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — AT&T Inc. is launching its new video service for cell phones Sunday on two phones, and will charge $15 per month for 10 channels. AT...
Democrats Should Create a 'U.S. Common Wealth Fund' to Challenge Republican Business Hegemony
Max Keiser | Posted 04.22.2008 | Business
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The problem with the 'left' in America is that they don't want to play the game any more. They refuse to accept the fact that democracy in America ha...
AT&T Slashes 4,600 Jobs
AP | Posted 04.18.2008 | Business
NEW YORK — AT&T Inc. on Friday said it plans to cut about 4,600 jobs, or 1.5 percent of its work force, to shift resources to growing parts of i...
OK Go: The Heat is On an Open Internet
Timothy Karr | Posted 04.05.2008 | Media
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For an excellent perspective on net neutrality, read Saturday's New York Times op-ed by OK Go guitarist Damian Kulash.
Stanford Hearing an Internet Wake-Up Call
Timothy Karr | Posted 04.04.2008 | Media
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There's no better time to hear from us. Comcast has been caught blocking BitTorrent, Verizon has been caught blocking text messages, AT&T wants to inspect and filter Web traffic.
Spies R' Us
Allison Kilkenny | Posted 03.31.2008 | Business
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The CIA has enlisted Google's help for their exponentially expanding spy network. Google will claim they're aiding the CIA with national security, just as AT&T claimed, just as corporations always claim when they're caught spying on people for the government.
U.S. Digital Deficiency Jeopardizes 'Super Power' Status
Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.27.2008 | Media
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Other countries have 100 of something we have 1.5 of. They can move information much faster than we can. This is a real problem. Information = currency.
AT&T CEO Says Hard To Find Skilled US Workers
Reuters | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business
The head of the top U.S. phone company AT&T Inc (T.N) said on Wednesday it was having trouble finding enough skilled workers to fill all the 5,000 cus...
Vacuus Dictum: Words Do Have Meaning But They Also Have a Sell-by Date
Tom Alderman | Posted 03.26.2008 | Media
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A lot is being made in the current presidential campaign-a-thon about meaningful words versus action. Words do have actionable meanings -- unless they are so overused they become meaningless.
America's Internet Future Looking Like Its Past
Timothy Karr | Posted 03.21.2008 | Media
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Without action to restore Net Neutrality protections, the Web we get may be blinkered by phone and cable companies' ability to restrict the content and applications we may want to use.
Will Mexican Billionaire Helu Buy Sprint?
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.07.2008 | Business
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Sprint Nextel has no shortage of supposed suitors: Pretty much every phone company, Google (GOOG), and Comcast (CMCSA) have all been rumored as intere...
Telcos Turn to Stalin for Help Against Net Neutrality
Timothy Karr | Posted 03.04.2008 | Media
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You would hope that Wall Street Journal editors had learned enough public policy by now to pull their writers' frequent rants against it into line with actual history.
Hollywood, Silicon Valley Team Up For Start-Ups
New York Times | Laura M. Holson | Posted 03.03.2008 | Business
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Hollywood and Silicon Valley have something of a Mars/Venus problem: the two sides are talking but they don't speak each other's language. A new ventu...
Sprint Restarts Pricing War
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business
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Sprint Nextel's new plan to hang on to fleeing customers: An all-you-can-eat calling package priced $10 below its competitors. Sprint plans to sell a...
AT&T's Costly iPhone Bill
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 02.27.2008 | Business
Apple's iPhone has been a big hit for exclusive U.S. carrier AT&T -- but it's an expensive one. In its annual report to the SEC (PDF), AT&T said sell...
Visa's IPO: The Next Big Thing
Huffington Post | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business
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Kraft Food,
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On Monday, Visa announced that it was looking to raise $19 billion from its initial public offering (IPO), which would make it the largest in U.S. his...
3 Cell Carriers in Price Battle
AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 02.19.2008 | Business
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Business News
NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless introduced an unlimited calling plan $99.99 a month on Tuesday, a move that was quickly matched by AT&T Mobility and...
Senate Democrats Hand Bush Another Victory
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics
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What good has it been to have the Democrats in control of the House and the Senate over the past year?
Spying & Telco Immunity: It's The System, Stupid!
Josh Silver | Posted 02.13.2008 | Media
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If Tuesday's immunity vote holds, the largest phone companies will only be emboldened in their efforts to control the Internet.
Starbucks Ditches T-Mobile For AT&T
Crave | Caroline McCarthy | Posted 02.11.2008 | Business
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Ubiquitous caffeine conglomerate Starbucks has ended its Wi-Fi partnership with T-Mobile in favor of one with AT&T. Under the existing plan with T-Mo...
Recession Could Crush Palm, Hurt RIM, Ding Motorola: Citi
Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 02.07.2008 | Business
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We already know that the softening U.S. economy has affected telecom carriers AT&T and Comcast. How about cellphone makers? Yep, they're at risk too. ...
The Future of the Internet: Going Public
Craig Aaron | Posted 02.05.2008 | Media
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MoveOn.Org,
Christian Coalition,
AT&T,
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Japan,
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Net Neutrality,
Denmark,
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The lobbyists for the big phone and cable companies benefit from keeping us in the dark. They claim this stuff is too complex for us simpletons to comprehend.
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