The 30 most recent headlines from the Free Press Newswire pertaining to Internet and Broadband. http://www.freepress.net/news/headlines.php?internet en-us bbyrne@freepress.net (Ben Byrne) SaturdaySunday sconverse@freepress.net (Stevie Converse) http://www.freepress.net/images/rss_logo.gif http://www.freepress.net Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:45:58 -0500 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253067281/31382 http://www.freepress.net/news/31382 The president of the Independent Film and Television Alliance said she was "astounded" to learn of remarks attacking proponents of Net Neutrality made by the chief of the Motion Picture Association of America.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253067281" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31382 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253067282/31384 http://www.freepress.net/news/31384 The sizzling Net Neutrality debate is edging closer to the mobile network sector, as the FCC investigates charges that Comcast purposely slowed BitTorrent P2P traffic and lied about doing it.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253067282" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31384 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253012931/31372 http://www.freepress.net/news/31372 Google was working to restore its YouTube video service in China, after the Chinese government blocked access to the site, which was flooded with videos of clashes between police and protesters in Tibet and other cities.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253012931" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31372 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253004370/31370 http://www.freepress.net/news/31370 The House passed legislation that would re-authorize U.S. government anti-terrorist surveillance programs but would not grant immunity from lawsuits to telecom providers that have participated with surveillance programs in the past.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253004370" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31370 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253067283/31386 http://www.freepress.net/news/31386 Google said it was concerned about the free flow of information on the Internet if Microsoft were to succeed in acquiring Yahoo.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253067283" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31386 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253012932/31373 http://www.freepress.net/news/31373 The president of the Independent Film and Television Alliance. She blasted MPAA chief Dan Glickman for coming out against Net Neutrality regulations.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253012932" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31373 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253047665/31376 http://www.freepress.net/news/31376 News outlets have brimmed with tales of Web sites, Internet service providers and even the government monitoring what you do and say. It's supposedly for your own good, but it's galling how little the monitored masses have to say in the matter.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253047665" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31376 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253057413/31379 http://www.freepress.net/news/31379 Big Media is increasingly in alliance with Big Cable/Telco in an attempt to control the Internet. It's time for the government to implement reasonable Net Neutrality oversight that protects consumers and content creators from predatory practices.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253057413" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31379 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253067284/31383 http://www.freepress.net/news/31383 The Internet has profoundly changed journalism, but not necessarily in ways that were predicted even a few years ago, a study on the industry has found.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253067284" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31383 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251506418/31352 http://www.freepress.net/news/31352 After its first secret session in a quarter-century, the House rejected retroactive immunity for the phone companies that took part in the NSA's illegal spying program, and it voted to place greater restrictions on the government's wiretapping powers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251506418" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31352 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251613680/31354 http://www.freepress.net/news/31354 Officials in Suffolk and Nassau counties aspired to cover 750 square miles with a municipal wireless network estimated to cost $105 million.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251613680" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31354 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251449966/31338 http://www.freepress.net/news/31338 The House held a closed session for the first time in 25 years to discuss a contested terrorism surveillance bill.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251449966" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31338 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251468424/31344 http://www.freepress.net/news/31344 National Public Radio hasn't wanted to undercut local stations' fundraising by giving fans another way to hear the programs via the Internet. But that could change, as NPR considers whether to fully embrace "new media" technology.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251468424" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31344 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251388822/31326 http://www.freepress.net/news/31326 Instead of expanding the pipes of the Internet, companies such as AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, and Time Warner have chosen to invest in acquiring smaller companies, amassing power and influence so they can dictate terms to the government and broadband users.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251388822" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31326 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253039268/31374 http://www.freepress.net/news/31374 House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) has signaled renewed interest in using antitrust law to protect free speech and market competition on the Internet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253039268" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31374 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251441171/31333 http://www.freepress.net/news/31333 Comcast's blocking of BitTorrent doesn't seem to be hampering the file-sharing company's business. BitTorrent has plans for a new distribution service and a deal to have its software pre-installed on consumer devices is in the works.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251441171" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31333 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251479613/31349 http://www.freepress.net/news/31349 Compared with the pre-Internet era, politicians are less likely than ever to survive a sex scandal with their careers intact. The Internet connects people to news that they would never have known about just a few years ago.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251479613" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31349 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251605274/31353 http://www.freepress.net/news/31353 Wireless Philadelphia received a $50,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251605274" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31353 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251468425/31345 http://www.freepress.net/news/31345 A new business model for TV networks is still very much a work in progress. But new projects show an attempt to adapt to the world of new media.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251468425" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31345 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251468426/31347 http://www.freepress.net/news/31347 Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates said he expects the next decade to bring even greater technological leaps than the past 10 years. He expects TV to be delivered via the Internet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251468426" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31347 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251441172/31334 http://www.freepress.net/news/31334 Verizon is collaborating with researchers at Yale University and a group of companies that make file-sharing software to enable faster downloads for consumers and lower costs for participating ISPs.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251441172" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31334 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/253047666/31378 http://www.freepress.net/news/31378 The current state of high speed Internet access is one in which real competition does not exist and the free market cannot correct itself. Anti-competitive actions by Comcast must be stopped before they endanger emerging free markets and free speech.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/253047666" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31378 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251449979/31336 http://www.freepress.net/news/31336 House lawmakers defied President George W. Bush and moved ahead with an anti-terror spy bill that allows lawsuits against telephone companies that illegally spied on Americans.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251449979" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31336 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/250760338/31272 http://www.freepress.net/news/31272 There's been a rising chorus of alarm about the surging growth in the amount of data flying across the Internet. But the traffic surge represents more a looming challenge than an impending catastrophe.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/250760338" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31272 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/250803718/31289 http://www.freepress.net/news/31289 Calling the legislation a "responsible compromise," the Center for Democracy & Technology urged members of Congress to support a House leadership bill amending the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/250803718" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31289 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/252980562/31362 http://www.freepress.net/news/31362 The Verizon selloff of its Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont landline business to FairPoint Communications is a done deal. The deal will have a huge impact on the evolution of high speed broadband in Northern New England.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/252980562" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31362 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251347886/31320 http://www.freepress.net/news/31320 Telecom companies have absolutely no business simply surrendering such private information to the government or anyone else without an appropriate warrant.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251347886" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31320 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/250857903/31309 http://www.freepress.net/news/31309 Internet phenom OK Go swept through Washington, urging their fans and Congress to support Net Neutrality -- the longstanding principle that protects our ability to go where we want, watch what we like and connect to whomever we choose on the Internet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/250857903" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31309 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/251468427/31346 http://www.freepress.net/news/31346 Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates urged U.S. communications regulators to free up more vacant television airwaves to be used for wireless services such as broadband Internet access.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/251468427" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31346 http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~3/250820195/31296 http://www.freepress.net/news/31296 Six hundred participants from 96 countries attended the Global Symposium for Regulators in Thailand, which focused on best practices in regulatory measures to foster and encourage sharing of infrastructure resources as a means of stimulating investment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fp_news_internet/~4/250820195" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.freepress.net/news/31296