Washington DC -May 21- The Federal Communications Commission’s just-issued annual report on the wireless industry does not conclude that the market reflects “effective competition.” In contrast to past years, the report – released at the agency’s monthly open meeting today - makes no conclusions at all, but instead contains expanded analysis of various aspects of the wireless market.

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Washington DC -May 20- Does the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) call for a return to 1930’s-styled regulation make sense for the Internet? Unequivocally “No,” says a Progress & Freedom Foundation paper released today, entitled, “The Constructive Alternative to Net Neutrality Regulation and Title II Reclassification Wars.”

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Washington DC -May 18- New research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found that an overwhelming majority of web browsers have unique signatures — creating identifiable “fingerprints” that could be used to track you as you surf the Internet.

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Washington DC -May 18- Consumer Watchdog today called on the Federal Trade Commission to launch an immediate probe of Google’s snooping on private WiFi networks as the Internet giant sent its Street View cars to gather information.

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Washington DC -May 14- Putting cybersecurity in place poses significant challenges for the Defense Department, the government as a whole and for critical infrastructure.

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Washington DC -May 13- Researchers from Columbia University, Arizona State University, the University of Michigan and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created and programmed robots the size of single molecule that can move independently across a nano-scale track.

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Washington DC -May 12- The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) today gave its approval to an Obama administration proposal to divide the Minerals Management Service, which oversees offshore drilling, into two agencies, saying the breakup was “long overdue.”

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Washington DC -May 11- Researchers have found that a 150 million year old “dinobird” fossil, long thought to contain nothing but fossilized bone and rock, has been hiding remnants of the animal’s original chemistry.

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Washington DC -May 10- As required by the Credit CARD Act of 2009, the FTC issued a report regarding “emergency PIN” and “alarm button” devices that would allow users of automated teller machines (“ATMs”) to electronically alert police about crimes at ATMs.

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Washington DC -May 10- U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the selections of projects for investment of up to $62 million over five years to research, develop, and demonstrate Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems capable of providing low-cost electrical power.

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Washington DC -May 10- Massachusetts utility National Grid and owners of Cape Wind, the nation’s first proposed offshore wind project have agreed on a long-term contract for the utility to buy Cape Wind’s electricity.

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Washington DC -May 7- Calling it a “government takeover of the Internet,” Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) blasted the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) new plan to impose job-killing “net neutrality” regulations that will undermine our economy and the success of Internet-related American employers.

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Washington DC -May 4- Two Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are part of an international team that has found a way to boost the nutritional value of corn. This has the potential to reduce the number of children in developing countries who lose their eyesight, become ill or die each year because of vitamin A deficiencies.

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Washington DC -May 3- David C. Kernell, 22, was convicted by a federal jury in Knoxville, Tenn., for intentionally accessing without authorization the e-mail account of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin and obstruction of justice, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James R. Dedrick for the Eastern District of Tennessee announced.

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Washington DC -May 3- A total of 2,376 federal and state applications for orders authorizing the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications, known as wiretaps, was reported in 2009.

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