freepress.net - They rigged bidding auctions for contracts to sell computers to school libraries. They created bogus companies and billed the government for hundreds of thousands of dollars. They got school administrators to buy equipment on the false premise that f... (Read More)

free.convio.net - A new study reports that VoIP usage in the United States reached 16.3 million subscribers in Q1 2008 -- 13.8 percent of all U.S. households and 27 percent of all broadband customers. David Chartier, Ars Technica ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - It's the stuff of a science fiction thriller: A big company shadowing your every move on the Internet and compiling a detailed profile of every web site you visit. But this nightmarish scenario is all too real. Bob Williams, HearUsNow.org ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - The United States is continuing its slide in broadband penetration -- down to 15th at the end of 2007 -- from 12th place in 2006 and fourth place in 2001. Now is the time for solutions, not excuses. Free Press ... (Read More)

freepress.net - Roughly one-fifth of all U.S. heads-of-household have never used e-mail, according to National Technology Scan, a forthcoming study from Parks Associates. This annual phone survey of U.S. households found 20 million households are without Internet ac... (Read More)

free.convio.net - U.S. cable broadband providers Comcast and Cox Communications are slowing BitTorrent traffic at all times of the day, not just during peak traffic, according to a new study by a German computer research group. Grant Gross, IDG News Service ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - A new study reinforced allegations that Comcast is hindering some file-sharing services, such as BitTorrent, that distribute television shows, movies and other large files over its network. Peter Kaplan, Reuters ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - The Senate vote to turn back the FCC's relaxation of media ownership rules sends a clear message to media executives and the FCC that further media consolidation will not be tolerated. But the fight is far from over. Josh Silver, Huffington Post ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - Google has asked the FCC to drop Verizon's $4.7 billion winning bid in the recent 700 MHz wireless auction because Verizon's open access rules wouldn't apply to its customers. Broadcast Engineering ... (Read More)

free.convio.net - AT&T -- like other U.S. wireless carriers -- is now making lots of noise about opening its mobile network to any device and any application. But how open it will be? Cade Metz, The Register ... (Read More)