Net Neutrality Act Reintroduced in Congress

Posted on February 14, 2008 - Filed Under Commentary, Industry News, Net Neutrality | Leave a Comment

Without a net neutrality law in place, publicly traded service providers will always straddle the fence between their customers and shareholders. More often than not, they will opt for the bottom line, leaving consumers rights by the wayside. It is exactly the absence of such legislation that has allowed the cell phone industry to wall in their gardens, offering dumbed down browsers that only access the content that the provider wants you to see (and pay them for). Left to their own devices, ISPs could be headed down the same road. If it starts with BitTorrent, where does it stop?

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Microsoft, Yahoo, Nortel and Danger

Posted on February 12, 2008 - Filed Under Industry News | Leave a Comment

Microsoft Corp. has been in the news a lot of late, most notably due to its unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo. Progress in their unified communications partnership with Nortel was charted this week, and they also announced on Monday that they were acquiring T-Mobile Sidekick cell phone maker Danger.

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