News: Standards & Legal

• Company selling 'free' Web auction kits settles with FTC
  Grant Gross
  Nov 19 2009

  An online marketer offering supposedly free Internet auction kits has settled a complaint filed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for charging consumers US$59.95 a month for enrollment in an ...

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• Google goes for speed, security in Chrome OS
  Juan Carlos Perez
  Nov 19 2009

  Google released its Chrome operating system to the open-source community today and said it has designed the netbook OS to be faster, simpler and more secure than existing ones. However, Google also ...

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• Mobility to change the enterprise communication landscape
  John Mark V. Tuazon
  Nov 19 2009

  In the increasingly connected world of the enterprise, mobility is fast becoming the key driver in ensuring the business process goes through its course uninterrupted, executives from a ...

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• Setback For AT&T in Suit Over Verizon Ads
  David Coursey
  Nov 19 2009

  AT&T claims Verizon is misleading customers by showing its 3G network (wide coverage) and comparing it with AT&T's coverage map (comparatively limited coverage). AT&T told an Atlanta ...

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• What's Stopping Mobile Apps From Taking Next Step?
  Tom Kaneshige
  Nov 19 2009

  With the arrival of the Motorola Droid and the Apple App Store milestone of surpassing 100,000 apps, the buzz around mobile apps has never been louder. All of this, mind you, in a little more than a ...

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• New AT&T TV Ad More Misleading Than Verizon's Claims
  David Coursey
  Nov 19 2009

  Firing back at Verizon, AT&T has released a new ad that talks about the wonders of the iPhone--and then promotes two Samsung handsets. How misleading is that? The AT&T "Side-by-Side" spot ...

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• AT&T Loses in Court, but Catfight with Verizon Continues
  Brennon Slattery
  Nov 19 2009

  Yesterday a federal judge slapped down AT&T's (rather whiny) restraining order against Verizon over the now infamous "There's a Map for That" advertisements. The ads show a U.S. map comparing ...

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• 43.6 million HSPA connections in 2009: IDC
  Anuradha Shukla
  Nov 18 2009

  While many businesses struggled to survive the economic malaise, high-speed packet access (HSPA) technology providers enjoyed an increasing customer base. According to a new report from IDC, HSPA ...

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• FTC: Online check-writing service not authenticating users
  Grant Gross
  Nov 18 2009

  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a civil contempt complaint against an online check-writing service, saying the company continues to allow customers to create and e-mail checks without ...

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• FCC identifies roadblocks to broadband adoption
  Grant Gross
  Nov 18 2009

  Several factors, including a lack of a broadband subsidy program at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, have contributed to gaps in broadband adoption in the U.S., a new report from an FCC ...

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