by Wendy Davis on Dec 9, 6:30 PM
The vast majority of Web connections in the U.S. don't transmit content at speeds fast enough to meet the Federal Communications Commission's new definition of broadband, according to a report issued this week.
by Wendy Davis on Dec 8, 7:00 PM
Branching out beyond Stephens Media and its flagship publication, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, copyright enforcement outfit Righthaven seems to have signed up a new client: Denver Post owner MediaNews. Last week, Righthaven filed a lawsuit against blogger Dana Eiser of the right-wing site Lowcountry912.com for allegedly publishing a column that originally appeared in the Denver Post.
by Wendy Davis on Dec 7, 6:18 PM
Last week the Federal Trade Commission called on companies to find a way to offer consumers the ability to opt out of online ad tracking. Today, Microsoft took a significant step toward answering that call. The company just announced that its next version of Internet Explorer will offer do-not-track functionality in its browser.
by Wendy Davis on Dec 6, 8:01 PM
No sooner did Federal Trade Commission consumer protection chief David Vladeck condemn "history sniffing" -- or the practice of exploiting a browser vulnerability to surreptitiously discover which other Web sites users had visited -- than the site YouPorn was hit with a lawsuit about the practice.
by Wendy Davis on Dec 3, 5:30 PM
Columbia Law professor Eben Moglen seemed to have touched a nerve on Capitol Hill this week when he touted the social networking start-up Diaspora, which he advises, while simultaneously bashing Facebook, in his written testimony.
by Wendy Davis on Dec 2, 6:15 PM
Add "history sniffing" to the roster of techniques that can be used to circumvent people's attempts to protect their online privacy.Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, recently released a paper outlining how 46 sites engage in history sniffing by exploiting a vulnerability in browsers to learn what other sites users previously visited.
by Wendy Davis on Dec 1, 6:00 PM
In an apparent retreat from earlier calls for strong net neutrality rules, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski this morning proposed that the agency vote on a compromise that mirrors a proposal floated earlier this year by Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.).
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