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0	FBI Wants to Force Internet Companies to Make Their Sites Surveillance-Ready [Spying] If you are paranoid about the rise of a police state, it's time to pull out your metaphorical tin foil hat: according to Cnet, the FBI is attempting to strong-arm companies such as Facebook, Google and Mic... 0 Published 19 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Google Staff Knew All Along About the Street View Data Breach [Google] A report issued by the Federal Communications Commission reveals that the Google engineer responsible for collecting private information via wireless networks from Street View cars repeatedly told his coll... 0 Published 24 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Google Engineer Told Others of Data Scoop A Google Inc. engineer told others at the company about his plan to scoop up personal information from wireless-network users as specially equipped cars drove by their homes, but the practice continued for two years after the internal disclosures, a Feder... 0 Published 24 days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	Government Fines Google 0.0008% of How Much It Made Last Quarter for Violating Your Privacy [Google] Leave it to the FCC to stick it to nefarious corporate overreaching: USA Today reports the FCC just slammed Google with a $25,000 fine for collecting private information about American Wi-Fi networks. That... 0 Published 38 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Proposes $25,000 Fine on Google The Federal Communications Commission proposed a $25,000 fine on Google Inc., accusing the search giant of deliberately obstructing an investigation into whether the company violated federal rules when its street-mapping service collected and stored data ... 0 Published 39 days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	Carriers Unite to Track Stolen Phones Nationwide [Crime] Cell phone theft is among the fastest-growing crime segments in the US and police commissioners from around the nation are fed up. So the FCC and the Big Four carriers are developing a nation lost/stolen p... 0 Published 44 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Sprint's on the Hook for $65 Million if Lightsquared Doesn't Pass FCC Muster [Wireless] Due to continued interference with the GPS spectrum, Lightsquared's LTE network likely won't be approved by the FCC any time soon. That's bad news for Lightsquared but even worse for Sprint. More &... 0 Published 98 days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T Can't Sell Its Assets Fast Enough To Take Over T-Mobile [At&t] It sometimes feels like there's no end to the AT&T takeover of T-Mobile. Here's another delay: AT&T can't even shift its assets quickly enough to satisfy the regulators. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Carrier IQ Sits Down With the Feds for a Nice Long Talk [Carrier Iq] Carrier IQ execs were in DC yesterday meeting with FTC and FCC officialsabout its alleged spying antics. Both agencies are probing the carrier over allegations that its tracking software was installed on m... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T Fires Back at the FCC Over T-Mobile Merger Bashing (Updated) [At&t] AT&T has issued an official response to the FCC's report on their attempted merger with T-Mobile. And boy do they get feisty! More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T Thought We Were All Idiots [At&t] As promised, the FCC provided their full report on the now-defunct AT&T-Mobile merger, in which they laced their comments throughout the original proposal. What'd the FCC think? That AT&T tried to play us ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Turns the Screws—Releases Damning Report on Withdrawn AT&T/T-Mobile Merger [At&t] While AT&T's withdrawl from their merger position does allow the telecom giant to resubmit its request if it can beat a Justice Department antitrust suit over the deal, it may not want to now that the FCC ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T's Hail Mary That Might Save the T-Mobile Merger [At&t] The AT&T-Mobile merger is cooked, basically. Yesterday's turkey. AT&T's withdrawing the deal's application to the FCC and is looking at throwing Kardashian-sized $4 billion at the breakup fee. But wait! Ac... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T Says Its Merger Withdrawal Beat Out FCC to Hearing Vote AT&T Inc. said it withdrew its application with the Federal Communications Commission for approval of its planned T-Mobile USA takeover before commissioners had the opportunity to vote on a proposal to send the merger to a hearing for approval. In a ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	FCC Still Isn't Sold on the AT&T and T-Mobile Merger [At&t] The FCC's decided that AT&T's arguments for why its merger with T-Mobile is necessary and obvious don't quite wash, and has ordered the deal to undergo a hearing before an Administrative Law judge in Febru... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Some Evil Fascist Congressmen Tried to Overturn Net Neutrality and then the Good Ones Protected It and then America Won [Net Neutrality] Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, apparent hater of the internet, decided she had enough of America using it to easily gain access to information, news and Nyan Cat. So she demanded that congress overtu... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	This Is Not a Test: The Emergency Alert System Is Worthless Without Social Networks [Social Media] You probably won't hear or see today's test of the Emergency Alert System. That's a problem. Unless you happen to be watching TV or listening to the radio at 2pm EST, it'll pass you by altogether. It's a ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Belkin's iPhone Camera Remote Revealed By the FCC [IPhone] Like an older sibling who spoils the surprise ending of a movie, the FCC has revealed photos and details of Belkin's upcoming wireless camera remote for the iPhone. Except that in this case, the surprise ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Former FCC Chairman Reed Hundt Joins Kno Board Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Reed Hundt will join the board of Kno, the online education start-up. He is currently the principal at REH Advisors. The Silicon Valley-based Kno began its life offering a student-aimed tablet and educat... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Kara Swisher - AllThingsD: Profile, Details
0	The Proposed Cable a la Carte Plans Aren't at all for Your Benefit [Cable] The talk earlier this week of cable companies proposing a la carte cable plans made it sound like they actually wanted to do something for their customers. Well as IT World explains, the cable companies s... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Net Neutrality Goes Into Effect Nov 20th (Will Get Sued on the 21st) [Internet] The FCC just dropped their final set of rules and regulations for an "open internet", going into effect November 20th. Verizon and Metro PCS already tried—and failed—to sue, so let's not get t... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Kiwi Wi-Fi, German Beer Bikes, and Other Stories We Didn't Post [Left Behind] So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn't possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn't worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just i... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T May Give up 25% of T-Mobile To Get Government Approval [At&t] AT&T wants to acquire T-Mobile in the worst way. The carrier is so desperate that it may sell 25% of T-Mobile's business if the acquisition is given the green light by the FCC and the DOJ. More &... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Last-Minute FCC Communications Tips to Get You Through Hurricane Irene and Out the Other Side [Hurricane Irene] Are you still there? Has power cut out yet? It's Irene, baby, and she's barreling down the New England seaboard as I type this! But don't panic. The FCC is here with some last-minute tips on communicating... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Stops Checking AT&T/T-Mobile Takeover and Starts All Over Again [Blip] After spending months reviewing AT&T's attempt to swallow T-Mobile, the FCC's hitting the reset button, the NYT reports. In lieu of new data from AT&T, the entire 180 day review process will start from ze... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Leak: AT&T's Confidential 4G LTE and T-Mobile Plans [At&t] Last week, a partly redacted document about the AT&T-Mobile merger was oh-so-briefly posted on the FCC's site by Arnold & Porter LLP, a law firm working on the deal for AT&T. Outlining some of AT&T's conf... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	As Another Protest Looms, the FCC Investigates BART for Last Week's Cellphone Shutdown [Fcc] After the Bay Area Rapid Transit quelled an anti-BART protest by shutting down the mobile phone system in their stations, they attracted the attention of the FCC, who will now investigate the matter. M... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The Age of the $600 TiVo Is Nearly Upon Us [TiVo] When they write TiVo's obituary, the last paragraph will be devoted to the Premiere Elite, a DVR that may cost more than your average 32-inch TV. But it recorded four channels at once, they'll cry. And we... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	911 to Get MMS: Here Come the Emergency Cockshots? [Video] How horrible it is to be a 911 operator? You have to answer calls from screaming/injured/angry/crazy/dying people all day. Their job is about to get worse, as soon they'll be able to receive texts, phot... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	White House's New Techie-in-Chief Is an Ex-Microsoft Man [Government] Steven VanRoekel, current managing director of the FCC and former Microsoft executive, will become the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the federal government this Thursday and be responsible for the c... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Half of American Adults Under 30 Don't Even Bother With Landline Phones [Factoid] The FCC wireless communication report is out and what does it tell us? People under 30 hate landline phones. In fact, 51% of adults between 25-29 pledge complete loyalty to their cellphones. More » ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Is Trying To Get Rid of Hidden Phone Fees [Fcc] The FCC is starting an effort to prevent telcos from charging their customers for unauthorized or hidden fees. The new rules are meant to address consumer complaints about cramming, or misleading charges for things like long distance servic... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Sprint Tells AT&T How to Boost Its Network Without Buying T-Mobile [Fcc] Sprint is schooling AT&T and telling the wireless carrier how it can increase its wireless network capacity by a whopping 600%. More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The City with the Fastest Internet in the US Is...Olympia, Washington [Factoid] I've never actually been but I hear the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. Apparently, there's some really fast internet there too. An FCC report says that Olympia beats every US city in download speed at 21Mbps. That's nearly double second pl... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Congress Probes FCC Commissioner Baker's Jump to Comcast [Blip] The drama over FCC Commissioner Baker's jump to Comcast continues to unfold. Congress has now begun a probe in order to "gain a better understanding of the rules that govern Commissioner Baker's departure"—and the response deadline is... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Former FCC Commissioner Who Voted for Comcast's NBC Takeover Is Joining Comcast as an Exec [Comcast] Not four months after voting to approve Comcast's takeover of NBC, FCC Commissioner Meredith Baker will soon be employed by Comcast as an executive of Governmental Affairs. Wait, what? More » 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Shed a Tear: The Age of Broadband Caps Begins Monday [Internet] Come Monday, AT&T will begin restricting more than 16 million broadband users based on the amount of data they use in a month. The No. 2 carrier's entry into the broadband-cap club means that a majority o... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	AT&T Tells the FCC It Wants T-Mobile Because It Can't Handle All the Smartphones and Tablets [At&t] AT&T submitted its public filing to the FCC, stating why they want to takeover T-Mobile. AT&T says their network, in its current form, is overwhelmed by the influx of smartphones and tablets. More ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
15	THE FCC THE FCC these people ruin anime Submitted by: aksarbenPicture by: Unknown 0 Published 100+ days ago in Very Demotivational - The Demotivational...: Profile, Details
0	How the Cloak-and-Dagger AT&T-Mobile Deal Went Down [Blip] A $39 billion deal that would create the biggest wireless carrier in the US. It's hard to imagine keeping that kind of fiasco a secret. But AT&T had to, otherwise opposition would start before the ink was even dry—even for the biggest... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	4G Network 'Will Create GPS Dead Zones Across the US' [Interference] What would you rather have—a superfast data connection on your cellphone, or a reliable GPS signal to pinpoint your location? If a plan to install a network of base stations for the new 4G mobile wi... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Scolds Verizon Over 10,000 Dropped 911 Calls During Blizzard [Oops] A dropped call to 911 during emergency conditions? Bad. Ten thousand of them? Very bad. Verizon did just this during a recent Blizzard in Maryland, and the FCC is ticked—asking for an internal investigation. [Bloomberg via Engadget] ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	US House of Representatives Are Trying to Block Net Neutrality [Politics] On a rampage against anything that remotely smells like regulation, the House of Representatives have voted to block funding for the FCC's Net Neutrality plan, which would ensure that ISPs couldn't restrict certain users from accessing sele... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	This Map Shows You Just How Good (Or Bad) Your Area's Internet Is [Factoid] An important first step in the FCC's National Broadband Plan has been taken. After lots of testing and research, they've released a map that shows you just how connected the internet is in your zip code, ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Cell Phones Don't Crash Airplanes [Airplanes] No one wants their plane to crash, and no one wants to cause a scene during a flight. So, diligent passengers that we are, we turn off our gadgets when we're told to. But no one's dying if you don't. M... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Verizon Says "Eff You" to FCC's Net Neutrality Rules in Federal Appeals Court [Net Neutrality] I'm sure this will deeply anger Senator Al Franken: Verizon's challenging the FCC's net neutrality rules in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, saying it's "deeply concerned by the FCC's assertion of bro... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Steve Wozniak Implores the FCC To Keep the Internet Free [Woz] In light of the roundly disliked FCC net neutrality ruling today, Apple co-founder and Gizmodo hero Steve Wozniak has written an open letter to the regulatory group. His message: let us decide what to do ... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	FCC Net Neutrality Rules Slammed From All Sides [Internet] The federal government's new internet fairness policy-designed to prevent the nation's cable and DSL internet service providers from meddling with the open nature of the internet-was met with boisterous c... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	Over Two-Thirds of U.S. Broadband Internet Connections Aren't Technically Broadband [Internet] A recent report by the FCC shows that more than two-thirds of so-called broadband internet connections in the U.S. don't actually meet the minimum speed requirements of 4Mbps upstream and 1Mbps downstream... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details
0	The FCC's Net Neutrality Announcement: The Good, The Bad, and What It Means for You [Netneutrality] Today, the FCC's chairman will deliver a speech essentially outlining the agency's stance on net neutrality—and making an exciting push in its favor. The news isn't entirely positive though—ne... 0 Published 100+ days ago in Gizmodo, the Gadget Guide: Profile, Details

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