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  • NewsClips - January 15, 2010
    The technology chief of Verizon Communications Inc. says wireless companies will eventually have to change how they bill customers, charging them for how much "bandwidth" they use to prevent networks from getting clogged up. Chief Technology Officer Dick Lynch said current data plans, which allow unlimited Internet access for a flat monthly fee, encourage overuse of wireless networks, mainly by a small number of "bandwidth hogs," or individuals who send and receive lots of large files.
    Posted: Jan 15, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 14, 2010
    After the quake hit, phones in Haiti stopped working and e-mail was unreliable, so Terri Vruggink used a satellite Internet connection to tell family and friends back home in East Grand Rapids, Mich., that she was OK. "Facebook is my lifeline right now," she said in an interview via the site's messaging system.
    Posted: Jan 14, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 13, 2010
    Pennsylvania's attempts to lure high-tech companies by offering big tax incentives have brought only marginal gains, according to a new study. The state had a net gain of 43 high-tech employers between 1990 and 2006, but a net loss of 2,850 jobs, according to the study, funded by the Pittsburgh nonprofit Heinz Endowments and conducted by the Washington nonprofit Good Jobs First.
    Posted: Jan 13, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 12, 2010
    The quest by Lyric Communications for federal stimulus money to bring broadband Internet service to the region is ongoing, according to owner Jeffery Kozero. "We want to bring state-of-the-art service to the area," he said this week. There is $4.7 billion available through the Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) to expand broadband access and adoption across the country.
    Posted: Jan 12, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 11, 2010
    Blowing the lid off one of the worst-kept secrets in Pennsylvania politics, state Sen. David Argall, R-Schuylkill, announced this morning that he plans to challenge U.S. Rep. Tim Holden, D-17th, in what could be one of the more closely watched contests in the state this year.
    Posted: Jan 11, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 8, 2010
    A longtime quest to bring the Internet to the living room has entered a new phase, borrowing a page from Apple Inc. and its iPhone. Companies are now racing to build marketplaces for TV programs that act much like iPhone apps, able to interact with social-networking services, play games, call up movies and other Web content—all using a remote control, rather than a computer equipped with browsers. The TV applications are designed to...
    Posted: Jan 8, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 7, 2010
    Chris Birckhead came home Tuesday night hoping that his TiVo had recorded “Chopped,” his favorite show on the Food Network. Instead, it had recorded a looped commercial from Cablevision, his cable provider, saying the network’s owner, Scripps, had taken his show away. About three million cable households in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut have been affected by
    Posted: Jan 7, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 6, 2010
    The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves. The head of C-SPAN has implored Congress to open up the last leg of health care reform negotiations to the public, as top Democrats lay plans to hash out the final product among themselves. C-SPAN CEO Brian Lamb wrote to leaders in the House and Senate Dec. 30 urging them to...
    Posted: Jan 6, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 5, 2010
    The Obama administration called Monday for federal regulators to provide more spectrum for wireless high-speed Internet services, saying mobile broadband would bring competition to DSL, cable and fiber broadband providers. In comments and a letter filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the White House's technology policy arm and the antitrust division of the Justice Department said...
    Posted: Jan 5, 2010
  • NewsClips - January 4, 2010
    The performances on “American Idol” may be erratic and the plot twists on “Lost” may be unpredictable, but one facet of television is certain: the costs just keep going up. On New Year’s Day, the News Corporation, the media empire controlled by Rupert Murdoch, wrangled new payments from Time Warner Cable, including subscriber fees for the Fox Broadcasting network, which is free for viewers with over-the-air antennas. The high-stakes deal reflected the...
    Posted: Jan 4, 2010