Posts Tagged with ‘congress’

MapLight aims the search light of the internet on the hidden special interests of politicians. MapLight has been in existence since 2006, however; it has really started to come into its own and show its worth in this, a Presidential election year. Currently focusing on the California legislature and US Congress, MapLight gives you a way to find out what your representatives are really doing without all the legwork it usually takes.
What is the point of transparent [...]

It looks like Yahoo! finally "caved" in the lawsuit alleging that the Internet company cooperated with China in prosecuting dissidents. Yahoo! took a lot of heat for helping the authoritarian government earlier this year. The plaintiffs, Wang Xiaoning and Shi Tao, have agreed to withdraw their complaint in U.S federal court in California. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, but since the congressional grilling and apology from Yahoo! - it appears the lawsuit was settled once public dismay [...]

In today's news, the chief excecutive of the Federal Communications Commission announced that his group is opposed to a plan by a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to offer free wireless broadband Internet service nationwide, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The broadband plan was devised by a Menlo Park-based company, known as M2Z Networks, which happens to be run by the FCC's former head of the wireless bureau, John Muleta. M2Z wants to take 25 megahertz of currently unused space [...]

There’s still quite a bit of noise traveling to and fro on the Web about SoundExchange’s perceived 11th-hour “change of heart” last Thursday evening, concerning Webcasters and the company’s proposed royalty rate hike increase. The new numbers were to be put into effect today, though it would be tomorrow – Monday July 16th 2007 – that Webcasters both big and small and in between would begin to pay increased amounts plus fees established retroactively to 2006. The rates were to [...]