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Two-thirds of voters in a recent survey believe that presidential candidates should know as much about the Internet as they do, according to a new poll commissioned by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee. When asked if the new president will know as much about the Internet as they know, almost 45 percent said yes, […]

Former U.S. Sen. John Edwards’ Jan. 30 withdrawal from the 2008 Democratic presidential race has prompted the liberal online grassroots organization MoveOn.org to consider endorsing either Hillary Clinton or Barrack Obama before the Feb. 5 primaries. MoveOn.org over the last year has been randomly polling year its 3.2 million members about which candidate they support. […]

U.S. Sen. John Ensign hopes to give technology industries a boost in the economic stimulus package before the Senate. Under a proposal by the Nevada Republican, corporations doing business overseas would receive a large tax break for reinvesting foreign profits in the United States. Currently, those profits are taxed at a 35 percent rate. Large […]

President Bush used his last State of the Union speech Jan. 28 to urge lawmakers to grant telecommunications carriers retroactive immunity for cooperating with his warrantless domestic spying program. The immunity issue is tied to a renewal of FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), which expires Feb. 1. The carriers contend they relied on existing federal, […]

U.S. Rep. Ed Markey’s Telecommunications and Internet subcommittee is prepared to move quickly if the public safety portion of the Federal Communications Commission’s 700MHz auction fails to meet its milestones. The so-called D Block is dedicated to an interoperable public/private network with priority for first responders. The idea is for private enterprise to partner with […]

The nation’s top two telecom carriers apparently didn’t get the memo about the slowing economy. Verizon on Jan. 28 reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.07 billion and predicted more of the same for 2008. Fourth-quarter revenue for Verizon hit $23.8 billion, a 5.5 percent increase over 2006 fourth-quarter revenue of $22.6 billion. In a teleconference with […]

Democrats defeated an effort Jan. 28 to cut off debate on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which includes provisions to grant telecommunications carriers retroactive immunity for their alleged participation in President Bush’s warrantless domestic spying program. Republicans had hoped to curtail further amendments on the legislation aimed at stripping out the telco immunity language. President […]

An Internet information broker is under a court order to stop advertising and selling consumer telephone records to third parties without the consumers’ knowledge or consent. In addition to the cease-and-desist order, Judge William F. Downes ordered AccuSearch, doing business as Abika.com, and its principal, Jay Patel, to return almost $200,000 made on selling the […]

For all the attention the Democrats have received for better leveraging the Internet in this year’s national elections, it may turn out that the Republicans have the last laugh with SAAS, at least when it comes to Election 2.0 bragging rights. The 2004 elections were all about how the Dems got the drop, if not […]

When President Bush delivers his final State of the Union speech Jan. 28, don’t expect to hear much, if any, discussion of technology. In his previous seven addresses to the nation-adding up to almost 34,000 words-the president has never uttered the words “Internet,” “broadband” or “digital.” Wireless? Not a word. Spectrum? Not a single mention. […]