Tech at Night: Yes, I’m still going on about SOPA censorship, FCC, Spectrum, and Net Neutrality
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | November 19th at 03:30 AM |
Some government mistakes slip by with only a few of us shouting about them. The Stop Online [Piracy] Act, or SOPA, is not one of those. People across the Internet are getting loud against the House bill and its Senate counterpart PROTECT IP, the one I’ve been yelling about for months, but many businesses are supporting. Yes, I’m going to be that guy, saying I | Read More »
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Censorship,
Chuck Grassley,
Civil Defense,
Cybersecurity,
D Block,
Darrell Issa,
FCC,
First Reponders,
Incentive Auctions,
Internet,
Lee Terry,
LightSquared,
Patrick Leahy,
PROTECT IP,
RIAA,
Rick Boucher,
SOPA,
Spectrum,
Supercommittee,
Tech at Night,
UIGEA,
Wireless
Tech at Night: Tell Scott Brown and the Senate to repeal Net Neutrality
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | November 8th at 03:10 AM |
Oops. It’s midnight as I type this out. I just remembered I’d better do Tech tonight, so here goes. Fortunately I already did my reading! Urgent in the Senate this week is the upcoming vote on Net Neutrality repeal, which was already passed by the House. We need 51 votes, not 60. Less Government has a list of Senators to contact with this urgent message: | Read More »
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4G,
Apple,
AT&T,
Barack Obama,
Chuck Grassley,
Competition,
Cricket,
Eric Holder,
FCC,
George Soros,
Google,
Incentive Auctions,
LightSquared,
LTE,
Michael Copps,
Motorola,
Motorola Mobility,
Net Neutrality,
PATENT WARS,
Patents,
Robert McDowell,
Scott Brown,
Spectrum,
Sprint,
Sprint Nextel,
Tech at Night,
Verizon
Tech at Night: Dangerous Internet censorship bill in the House, Spectrum crunch ideas, FCC subsidies advancing
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | October 27th at 01:00 AM |
Top story is easy to pick tonight. The legislation that’s been known in the Senate as PROTECT IP, the Internet censorship blacklist bill that promises to make a huge power grab online, Communist China-style, has come to the House. They’re calling it by two different names: E-PARASITES and Stopping Online Privacy Act, but by either name it’s just as bad. Even as the current laws | Read More »
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AT&T,
Blacklist,
Censorship,
Copyright,
CTIA,
E-PARASITES,
Eric Schmidt,
FCC,
Google,
Incentive Auctions,
Internet,
Internet Sales Tax,
iPhone,
National Sales Tax,
Net Neutrality,
PATENT WARS,
Patents,
PROTECT IP,
Sales Tax,
Samsung,
Spectrum,
Sprint,
Sprint Nextel,
Stopping Online Piracy Act,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night,
Universal Service Fund,
Universal Service Fund Reform
Tech at Night: Legislation: some good but mostly bad, FCC action: all bad, Patent Wars: getting silly
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | October 18th at 12:30 AM |
Sorry if you missed Tech at Night on Friday. I was under the weather. But I’m back, and with so much to review. How about legislation, good and bad? Well, mostly bad. Senate Democrats continue to push for senseless regulation of 4G Internet speeds, hindering vital new technology to increase high-speed Internet competition in America. Worse, Democrat Anna Eshoo is piling on in the House. | Read More »
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4G,
Anna Eshoo,
Apple,
AT&T,
Barack Obama,
Civil Defense,
Competition,
Cybersecurity,
D Block,
Democrats,
Energy and Commerce,
Eric Holder,
FAA,
FCC,
Google,
HTC,
Incentive Auctions,
Internet,
Internet Sales Tax,
iPhone,
Joe Barton,
Julius Genachowski,
Kay Bailey Hutchison,
LightSquared,
Mary Bono Mack,
Patents,
Privacy,
Regulation,
Sales Tax,
Samsung,
Senate,
Spectrum,
Sprint,
Sprint Nextel,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night,
Universal Service Fund,
Universal Service Fund Reform,
Wireless
Tech at Night: Progressive says we’re overregulated, Google draws more Neutrality regs, Dems compound failure
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | August 18th at 03:00 AM |
No really, Governor Haslam, you do not want to bring California taxation to Tennessee. Have you seen our unemployment? That’s why we just might defeat it at referendum. PETA people are hijacking phones, sending malicious messages without consent, and running up text message bills. People need to be careful about what they install, but this sort of thing needs to send people to jail, as | Read More »
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4G,
Amazon Tax,
Apple,
AT&T,
Barack Obama,
Bill Haslam,
California,
Competition,
Copyright,
Cybersecurity,
EU,
Facebook,
FTC,
Galaxy Tab,
Germany,
Google,
Incentive Auctions,
Internet,
Internet Sales Tax,
IOC,
John Dingell,
Michael Mandel,
Motorola,
Net Neutrality,
Olympics,
PETA,
Phone Neutrality,
Progressive Policy Institute,
PROTECT IP,
Redneck Olympics,
Regulation,
Samsung,
Spectrum,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night,
Tennessee,
Trademark,
UN,
USOC
Tech at Night: AT&T, T-Mobile, NAB, Spectrum
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 26th at 12:00 AM |
It was mentioned in the previous Tech at Night’s comments, but here it is directly: the NAB has come out against incentive auctions to free up spectrum for wireless Internet. I say we should dismiss their concerns. Incentive auctions are voluntary and compensate the original spectrum holders. Rights are respected, as we get a superior spectrum allocation for American needs. For once, the FCC has | Read More »
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4G,
AT&T,
California,
Competition,
CREDO,
CREDO Mobile,
CTIA,
FCC,
Incentive Auctions,
National Association of Broadcasters,
Spectrum,
Sprint,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night
Tech at Night: FCC, Net Neutrality, Spectrum, Amazon
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | July 14th at 03:30 AM |
Sorry if you’ve been missing Tech at Night this week. Monday I just ran out of time as I had to do a whole bunch of housekeeping*, and tonight I’m running late. So let’s go. In classic Tech at Night style, let’s talk about the FCC. They took forever to get the ball rolling on Net Neutrality, but it’s coming now and it’s a vehicle | Read More »
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.secure,
Amazon,
Amazon Tax,
ARRA,
AT&T,
Barack Obama,
Budget,
California,
Censorship,
Cybersecurity,
D Block,
Fairness Doctrine,
FCC,
FTC,
George Soros,
GLAAD,
Google,
Incentive Auctions,
Intercarrier Compensation,
Internet,
Internet Tax,
Jarrett Barrios,
Jennifer 8 Lee,
Net Neutrality,
OMB,
Privacy,
Referendum,
Regulation,
Regulatory Reform,
Rural Broadband,
Specrum,
Spending,
stimulus,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night,
Universal Service Fund,
Universal Service Fund Reform,
Wikileaks,
Wireless
Tech at Night: Hacker threats and arrests, we must defeat Patent Reform and the Texas Amazon Tax, Sprint’s spending exposed
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | June 13th at 11:30 PM |
The cyberterrorist groups Anonymous and its apparent splinter group Lulzsec are getting bold. The latter gang of criminals is attempting to blackmail the United States Government after attacking government networks, which is just insane and I hope will lead to mass arrests. While the former is attacking the Spanish government after arrests made there, and suffering further damage from mass arrests in Turkey. I hope | Read More »
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4chan,
Admeld,
Alabama,
America Invents Act,
Anonymous,
AT&T,
Broadcast Television,
California,
Cybersecurity,
Dana Rohrabacher,
Erick Erickson,
FCC,
Google,
Graphene,
IBM,
Illnois,
IMF,
Incentive Auctions,
Internet,
Lulzsec,
Mary Bono Mack,
Net Neutrality,
Old Europe,
Patents,
Patrick Leahy,
Spain,
Spectrum,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night,
Turkey
Tech at Night: Amazon taxers try to circumvent the Perry Veto, Dana Rohrabacher fights a patent disaster, and more House business
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | June 2nd at 03:00 AM |
Lots to cover tonight, thanks in part to skipping Monday for Memorial Day. But of course I’ll start with my own post on the AT&T/T-Mobile deal, explaining from the ground up why the George Soros/Sprint arguments contradict themselves. Government should get out of the way, especially state governments like California’s getting too big for their britches. It’ll be better for all of us who buy | Read More »
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Amazon Tax,
Anthony Weiner,
Appeasement,
AT&T,
Barack Obama,
BitTorrent,
California,
Competition,
CTIA,
Cybersecurity,
Dana Rohrabacher,
Fairness Doctrine,
FCC,
Fred Upton,
Funimation,
George Soros,
Greg Walden,
GRID Act,
Incentive Auctions,
Internet,
Microsoft,
Open Society Institute,
OSI,
Patent Reform,
Patents,
Patrick Leahy,
Rick Perry,
Sony,
Spectrum,
Sprint,
T-Mobile,
Tech at Night,
Texas,
WHO Cancer,
Wireless
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