Tech at Night: Dick Durbin’s Internet Tax, FCC Reform
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | April 18th at 11:00 PM |
In a startling turn of events, I’m starting tonight’s edition of Tech at Night at 6pm, roughly 8 hours earlier than I have been starting it lately. Imagine that. Top story is a shocker. I mean, I had no idea the Democrats would get this far out there. Dick Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, wants to pass a national sales tax solely on Internet transactions. The | Read More »
Tech at Night: AT&T, T-Mobile, FCC, Patents
By: Neil Stevens (Diary) | March 24th at 03:30 AM |
So the top story this week is going to be the AT&T acquisition of T-Mobile USA. There’s a lot being said about it, about unions, about competition, but the story I’m seeing emerging is that this deal is about spectrum. AT&T sees in T-Mobile a way to get the spectrum it needs going forward. In fact, even power grabbing FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said to | Read More »
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