Kenneth Corbin

A new report assessing the broadband landscape has found that more than half of U.S. households don’t meet the Federal Communications Commission’s goal for universal service speeds laid out in its national broadband plan. The FCC reported that of the 71 million connections it evaluated, just 44 percent met the agency’s speed goal of 4 […]

AOL has renewed its search partnership with Google, inking a five-year extension to outsource its search platform to the Web giant through 2015. Long-struggling Internet pioneer AOL (NYSE: AOL) is billing the search accord as the latest phase of an ongoing effort to revive its fortunes, reminding search advertisers that its portal remains an essential […]

Google CEO Eric Schmidt proclaimed the recession all but over last October when he told analysts that he felt confident enough about his company’s financial footing to again begin hiring new workers and acquiring smaller companies. On the acquisition front, Schmidt estimated roughly one purchase a month. Perhaps he was being conservative. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) […]

When sites like Facebook and MySpace burst onto the scene, they were generally considered the playground of the young. No more. Young people continue to flock to social sites, but not at nearly the rate of older adults, according to study released today by the Pew Internet Project. From April 2009 to May of this […]

Verizon and media-reform group Free Press ratcheted up the already-heated rhetoric over the network neutrality debate this week, with each accusing the other of distorting the facts and invoking disingenuous hyperbole to sell one another’s position. The latest salvo began on Monday, when Tom Tauke, Verizon’s (NYSE: VZ) executive vice president of public affairs, policy […]

Since taking office last January, the Obama administration has made transparency and accountability the watchwords of its open government strategy. That initiative, codified in a presidential directive issued on the president’s first full day in office, has invited plenty of criticism from detractors who see the administration’s effort on the e-government front as more bluster […]

The Obama administration is putting 26 underperforming federal technology projects under an intense review as it continues its efforts to cut waste and improve efficiencies across the sprawling government IT apparatus. The projects carry an estimated lifecycle cost of more than $30 billion, and are each described as “mission critical.” The administration is billing the […]

A group of 13 trade organizations representing all corners of the music industry is calling on Google to incorporate mechanisms for cracking down on piracy as it attempts to broker a deal on net neutrality. “The music community we represent believes it is vital that any Internet policy initiative permit and encourage ISPs and other […]

Social networking giant Facebook has unveiled Facebook Places, its long-anticipated, location-based feature. The service invites users to check into the social network by marking their location with a mobile device, offering the ability to connect with friends who might be, for example, at the same coffee shop or bar. The new Places feature brings Facebook […]

Things are about to get pricey for Indian outsourcing firms doing business in the United States. That’s because President Obama on Friday signed into law a border security bill largely financed by targeted but steep increases in the application fees for visas extended to guest workers. The bill, shepherded through the Senate by Chuck Schumer […]