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There are conflicting reports coming out of Washington surrounding missing White House e-mails as well as conflicting statements coming from the White House press room. A hearing has been scheduled by Democratic Calif. Rep. Henry Waxman to investigate comments from White House spokesperson Tony Frat...

A group of public policy organizations has filed a petition and complaint with the Federal Communication Commission against Comcast over the way the Internet service provider has managed its Internet traffic. More specifically, the groups are comprised of the Free Press, Public Knowledge, and Media ...

In a move to help it break free of the old-school DVD format, Netflix is beefing up its streaming video service. Instead of limiting the number of hours customers can watch movies online, Netflix is now offering unlimited video streaming from its entire video library. With the change, customers can ...

The Recording Industry Association of America has dumped a load of mud into the already murky waters surrounding the personal use of copyrighted music. The trade group, which represents the U.S. recording industry, is taking legal action against Jeffrey Howell of Scottsdale, Ariz., for allegedly sha...

Amazon.com has picked up the third major record label to let the online music retailer sell MP3 songs without digital rights management schemes attached. Warner Music Group announced Thursday that Amazon customers can now buy and download songs from its artists, which include Matchbox Twenty, Rob Th...

Media-focused social networking site Imeem is barely 18 months old, but the fledgling site just went four for four in partnering with major labels: Universal Music Group is on board with Imeem's ad-supported music streaming model. Now Imeem users, averaging 19 million per month, can listen to full-l...

Like two baseball card collectors trading player cards they already own for ones they don't, AT&T and Verizon are swapping wireless assets. The two wireless service provider giants have agreed to trade licenses, network assets and subscribers in an effort to help manage separate acquisitions mad...

Like two baseball card collectors trading player cards they already own for ones they don't, AT&T and Verizon are swapping wireless assets. The two wireless service provider giants have agreed to trade licenses, network assets and subscribers in an effort to help manage separate acquisitions mad...

Like two baseball card collectors trading player cards they already own for ones they don't, AT&T and Verizon are swapping wireless assets. The two wireless service provider giants have agreed to trade licenses, network assets and subscribers in an effort to help manage separate acquisitions mad...

The Federal Communications Commission has been arguing amongst itself over whether it has the authority to increase its regulation of the cable industry. At the heart of the fight is a market penetration test called the "70/70" rule and the data that would provide the catalyst for new regulation. Of...

Sprint and Clearwire have torn up the letter of intent that joined the two companies in their efforts to build high-speed wireless Internet networks -- known as "WiMax" networks -- across the nation. The pair inked the letter this summer, but according to Sprint, "The two companies could not resolve...

AT&T employee-turned-whistleblower Mark Klein, a 62-year-old retired telecommunications technician, was in Washington Wednesday to meet with members of Congress to convince them that telecommunications companies shouldn't get immunity for the part they played in helping the National Security Age...

AT&T employee-turned-whistleblower Mark Klein, a 62-year-old retired telecommunications technician, was in Washington Wednesday to meet with members of Congress to convince them that telecommunications companies shouldn't get immunity for the part they played in helping the National Security Age...

AT&T employee-turned-whistleblower Mark Klein, a 62-year-old retired telecommunications technician, was in Washington Wednesday to meet with members of Congress to convince them that telecommunications companies shouldn't get immunity for the part they played in helping the National Security Age...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 402 to 0 Tuesday to extend the ban on Internet service taxes another seven years, adopting the same time frame passed by the Senate Friday. The House previously voted to extend the moratorium for only four years. The original ban was first imposed in 1998 -- t...

The U.S. Senate, echoing a similar bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last week, has approved an extension to a moratorium on state and local taxes on Internet access for another seven years. The House's version, however, calls for a four-year ban. The original ban, first imposed in 19...

MySpace is breaking into the casual gaming world, and it's tapped casual games company Oberon Media to get the job done. In early 2008, MySpace will launch MySpace Games, which will let users choose from hundreds of games for free online play. "Bringing entertainment in the form of fun, social, casu...

The New England Patriots NFL football team now has customer information from ticket reselling service StubHub. The team gained access to a reported 13,000 records of people who purchased, sold or bid on Patriots tickets on the site after taking StubHub to court. Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Al...

The free music download site SpiralFrog.com has finally croaked its first notes. The company's online launch has been in the works since August of last year, and the company missed its well-publicized December 2006/early 2007 launch plans, apparently due to executive shakeups. Today, however, end us...

Last week Apple publicly announced the breakup between its iTunes music and video store and NBC Universal, noting NBC's desire to dally with modified retail pricing plans and potentially force Apple to sell episodes at $4.99 each. Holding fast to its insistence on selling online TV shows at exactly...