Kenneth Corbin

While most Americans are generally satisfied with their broadband service, four out of five don’t know how fast their connection is, according to a new survey by the Federal Communications Commission. That uncertainty adds to the confusion that already shrouds the FCC’s efforts to obtain reliable data about the actual upload and download speeds ISPs […]

When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg described a litany of new privacy features last week, he told reporters that the recent firestorm over how the company collected and uses hadn’t resulted in any mass defection of its users. The experience of the movement organized to abandon the world’s biggest social network would seem to bear that […]

WASHINGTON — Cloud computing and open data were the watchwords here at the opening session of the Gov 2.0 Expo, a trade show focusing on the next generation of government technology produced by O’Reilly Media and TechWeb. In a rapid-fire series of brief keynote presentations, industry leaders and government officials took turns pitching the audience […]

WASHINGTON — Members of a broad coalition advocating an overhaul of a more than two-decades-old privacy law took to Capitol Hill Friday afternoon, convening a briefing for congressional staffers to champion the cause. They argued that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or ECPA, has fallen lamentably out of step with the way that people are […]

Google Wave, the search giant’s experimental online collaboration and communications service, is now available to the general public following a year of invitation-only beta testing. Wave is Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) ambitious effort to recast online collaboration in a real-time setting while roping in more traditional IP-based communication channels like instant messaging and e-mail. Using a […]

Frustrated with what they describe as wasteful government spending at a time of sizable budget shortfalls, GOP lawmakers are taking to the Internet to drum up popular opposition to programs they’d like to see stripped out of the federal budget. Minority Whip Eric Cantor (Va.) on Wednesday launched YouCut, an online hub where visitors can […]

Members of President Obama’s technology team like to speak of “changing the DNA” of government. They are outspoken advocates for driving efficiencies through cloud-based technologies, and talk at length about the importance of breaking down the barriers between citizens and agencies by bringing more data online and creating a more user-friendly Web experience. This week, […]

Web pioneer Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) today reported soaring profits that handily beat analysts’ expectations, giving the company a much-needed financial boost and offering fresh evidence that the online advertising sector is on the rebound. Excluding one-time charges, Yahoo reported earnings of $0.15 per share for the first quarter, almost double the mark of the year-earlier […]

A global coalition of 10 privacy regulators is chiding Google for taking a lackluster approach to protecting its users’ privacy, singling out the recent launch of the Buzz social networking service as the latest in a string of product rollouts in which the company appeared to treat privacy as an afterthought. Led by Canadian Privacy […]

Buoyed by a resurgence in advertising spending, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) today reported earnings for the first quarter that handily beat Wall Street estimates. The search giant posted first-quarter sales of $5.06 billion, topping analysts’ estimate of $4.95 billion, according to polling by Thomson Reuters. Overall revenues checked in at $6.78 billion, a 23 percent surge […]