Monthly Archives: July 2011

Reuters – Cash-strapped states seeking to collect billions in taxes from online transactions gained an ally in Washington on Friday when a senator introduced a bill for a federal solution to the problem. Original story here.

AP – AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and four other telecom companies are offering a proposal to overhaul the $8 billion federal phone subsidy program to pay for high-speed Internet connections in rural and other underserved areas. Original story here.

Reuters – Yahoo Inc got short-changed — that’s the view of analysts picking apart the complex deal it announced on Friday with Alibaba Group and SoftBank Corp over Chinese e-payments unit Alipay. Original story here.

Contactmusic.com Six Comcast suspects arraignedWicked LocalBy Susan Parkou Weinstein The six Mansfield men charged in the brutal beating of a Westwood teenager at a Comcast Center concert pleaded not guilty to felony aggravated assault charges at their arraignment in Attleboro … Continue reading →

Fort Worth Star Telegram Ask Jerry: More by-the-numbers for time, weather infoFort Worth Star TelegramE-mail: askjerry@ earthlink.net (put the name of the newspaper you read in subject heading). Questions of popular interest are answered in the column. Ask Jerry appears … Continue reading →

Reuters – Americans took to the phone lines and the Internet on Friday after President Barack Obama urged them again to call lawmakers and weigh in on a war over raising the U.S. debt limit that has sharply divided Congress. … Continue reading →

Reuters – Hackers with the loose-knit group Anonymous said on Friday they had broken into the network of U.S. government contractor Mantech International Corp and posted some NATO-related correspondence online. Original story here.

Who will pick up paying customer that Comcast dropped because of high data usage?VentureBeatComcast cut off broadband access to Andre Vrignaud for excessive usage. Will anybody else step up and take Vrignaud's lifetime of monthly fees for internet service at … Continue reading →

NewsFactor – A new study from AptiQuant suggests there may be a correlation between a web surfer’s browser selection and his or her cognitive abilities. The Vancouver-based psychometric consulting firm based its conclusions on the results of an IQ test … Continue reading →

NewsFactor – A new study from AptiQuant suggests there may be a correlation between a web surfer’s browser selection and his or her cognitive abilities. The Vancouver-based psychometric consulting firm based its conclusions on the results of an IQ test … Continue reading →

Earnings Preview: Comcast EPS, Revenue Expected to RiseBenzingaBy Benzinga Staff Writer Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) unveils its next round of earnings this Wednesday, August 3, 2011. Get prepared with Benzinga's ultimate preview for Comcast's second quarter earnings. Wall Street expects an … Continue reading →

Airlock Alpha Al Sharpton, Comcast, NBC Merger, Conflict Of Interets?News OneAl Sharpton's endorsement of the Comcast/NBC merger is a somewhat conflict of interest, considering Comcast owns shares in his current employer Radio One, a black-owned niche. He was trumpeting a … Continue reading →

AFP – Google has bought more than 1,000 technology patents from IBM as the Internet giant seeks to build up its portfolio and head off potential intellectual property suits. Original story here.

AFP – A group of 25 ordinary citizens on Friday presented to Iceland’s parliamentary speaker a new constitution draft, which they compiled with the help of hundreds of others who chipped in online. Original story here.

AFP – Japan on Friday denied that a government project to monitor online news reports and Twitter posts about the Fukushima nuclear crisis was an attempt to censor negative information and views. Original story here.