Archive for Government

  1. Google’s “Government Requests” Tool Amid Larger Digital Debates

    Lindsay Martin

    The Internet is one of the world’s most widely used outlets for free expression.  Perhaps this is why Google announced their new government censorship tool, launched Tuesday.

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    26Apr

  2. Domain Thief Faces First Ever Criminal Prosecution

    Scott Phillips

    A law firm computer technician has been arrested in the first ever criminal case for domain name theft. Daniel Goncalves was arrested on July 30th for hacking into a domain investor’s lawyer’s email account and transferring domain ownership of the URL www.p2p.com to his Go Daddy account. This marks the first time anyone has ever been arrested for domain theft. Read more about this breaking story here.

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    14Aug

  3. China Gags Social Media

    Jason Barrett

    China has recently blocked access to several social websites in an effort to preemptively strike against perceived opportunities to congregate and collaborate on the upcoming 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square riots. The anniversary is on June 4th and Chinese authorities have cut access to sites like Twitter, Flickr, Live, Bing (just came out and it is already being blocked), and YouTube.

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    02Jun

  4. Google Testifies to Congress on “The Future of Journalism”

    Kyle Lewis

    Google recently testified in front of Congress after being attacked by the The Associated Press over profiting off of work done by members of The Associated Press. Google’s goal was to convince the Senate that they are valuable to journalism, too.

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    11May

  5. Advertising Spend for Tax Prep Companies

    Sherri Albus

    Taxes have proven to be a big business in the United States, and not just for the state and federal government. According to Nielsen, tax services companies spent a total of $220 million on advertising in 2008, 11% more than the advertising spent in 2007.

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    28Apr

  6. Google Walking a Thin Line

    Scott Phillips

    Tech Crunch is reporting today that Google was just three hours away from having an antitrust lawsuit filed against them by the Justice Department, an action sparked by the proposed Google and Yahoo search advertising deal. Sanford “Sandy” Litvack, who would have been the lead counsel for the government had the lawsuit been carried out, said in the end Google blinked.

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    04Dec

  7. Future Of Mobile Could Be In FCC’s Hands

    Scott Phillips

    This coming November 4th, America will be voting on its future. This future not only lies with the 2008 Presidential election, but also with the FCC’s upcoming vote on the rules of the “white spaces” spectrum.

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    24Oct