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Regulators hang up on cell tower backup rules

By DAVID TWIDDY

Published: Dec 01, 2008

Federal regulators have rejected proposed changes by the Federal Communications Commission that would require all U.S. cell phone towers to have at least eight hours of backup power.

The White House Office of Management and Budget said late Friday that the FCC failed to get public comment before passing the regulations last year and didn't show that the information required from wireless companies would actually be useful.

It also said the FCC hadn't demonstrated that it had enough staff to analyze the hundreds of thousands of pages of documents that the wireless industry said its members would likely have to produce as part of the regulations.

A federal appeals court put the rules on hold this summer pending a review by the OMB, which is tasked with overseeing federal regulations. More

Dec 01, 2008

• Appeals wants narrowed ruling against Qualcomm

A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lower court went too far in ordering that two Qualcomm Inc. patents be held to be unenforceable.

Dec 01, 2008

• Retailers offer deals, discounts on 'Cyber Monday'

Retailers who saw Thanksgiving holiday sales drop off as the weekend progressed stepped up online promotions on the day known as "Cyber Monday" to try to get consumers tired of the crowds at stores to keep shopping.

Dec 01, 2008

• Redstone sells interest in Midway Games

Media mogul Sumner Redstone sold his majority stake in video game publisher Midway Games Inc. on Monday as his family's holding company looks to get out from under a $1.6 billion debt.

Dec 01, 2008

• Clearwire to market WiMax under "Clear" brand

Newly merged company Clearwire Corp. says it plans to sell its wireless broadband service under the brand name of "Clear."

Dec 01, 2008

• Sending spam in Israel could mean a big fine

Israel has gotten fed up with spam. Anyone who sends out messages without receiving the recipient's consent can now be slapped with a big fine.

Dec 01, 2008

• Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer

Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.

Nov 30, 2008

• Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer

Laptop, cell phone and iPod owners tired of having their devices run out of charge after a few hours have been patiently waiting for the next portable power source to arrive.

Nov 28, 2008

• Shoppers cautious with gadget buys on Black Friday

Consumer electronics have long been among the most popular holiday gifts, with fierce competition among shoppers for day-after-Thanksgiving deals on flat-screen TVs and laptop computers.

Nov 28, 2008

• Black Friday traffic takes down Sears.com

Sears.com was inaccessible to U.S. shoppers for two hours on Friday in what was the most notable Web hiccup of the holiday gift-buying season's official start.

Nov 28, 2008

• Clearwire and Sprint unit close WiMax merger

Clearwire Corp. has completed its merger with the unit of Sprint Nextel Corp. that is building a new wireless data network, the companies said Friday.

Nov 28, 2008

• Carl Icahn raises his stake in Yahoo

In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings.

Nov 28, 2008

• Online retailers ramp up deals to capture dollars

Online retailers are ramping up heavy-duty deals to turn skittish shoppers into buyers during the crucial Thanksgiving weekend and "Cyber Monday" - but even so, online sales are expected to be fairly flat after years of strong growth.

Nov 26, 2008

• Sling.com like video site Hulu with a twist

Since its launch in March, video-streaming site Hulu has become a popular place to catch TV shows, video clips and movies for free on the Web.

Nov 26, 2008

• Guyana to close Net cafes that offer cheap calls

The South American country of Guyana plans to close hundreds of Internet cafes that it accuses of bypassing the telephone company system to offer cheap international calls.

Nov 26, 2008

• Ad watchdog: FiOS not 'so much more bright'

Verizon's FiOS TV service doesn't make for a brighter picture, the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said, urging the company to drop some of the claims it makes in its advertising.

Nov 25, 2008

• TiVo reports profit in fiscal 3Q

TiVo Inc. recorded a profit for its latest quarter because of a $105 million payment it received in a patent suit, but revenue declined, the maker of digital video recorders said Tuesday.

Nov 25, 2008

• Cisco plans 4-day shutdown to cut costs

Cisco Systems Inc. will close most of its U.S. and Canadian offices for 4 days over the holidays as part of a plan to cut $1 billion in costs in the current fiscal year, the company said Tuesday.

Nov 25, 2008

• Army to spend $50M on video games _ report

The U.S. Army plans to invest $50 million over five years to develop video games for use in training soldiers for combat, according to a report in Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper.

Nov 25, 2008

• Facebook wins $873M judgment against spammer

Facebook has won $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded the popular online hangout with sexually explicit "spam" messages.

Nov 25, 2008

• Widening Internet search lead propels Google stock

Google Inc.'s stock snapped out of its recent funk Tuesday after new data showed the Internet search leader is becoming even more dominant in the most lucrative part of the online advertising market.

Nov 25, 2008

• GR8 news! NY's MTA launching text alert system

R U ready 4 this?

Nov 25, 2008

• Internet access lags in rural areas in Montana

A new study finds that Internet access lags in rural Montana, and is more costly than in other parts of the country.

Nov 25, 2008

• InterDigital ends patent dispute with Samsung

InterDigital Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to resolve a patent dispute involving Samsung Electronics Co.'s sale of wireless handsets.

Nov 25, 2008

• Forecaster lops 10 pct off 2009 online ad estimate

A marketing research firm is dimming its Internet advertising outlook for the next four years, the latest sign of the more austere times looming for the high-tech sector.

Nov 25, 2008

• Blockbuster to rent through new on-demand device

Blockbuster Inc. will start renting movies and television shows through a new gadget that may give consumers another reason to bypass the struggling video chain's 7,500 stores.

Nov 24, 2008

• Watchdog group cites video games for violence, sex

Gang members slitting the throats of their rivals and beating up strippers. Combatants hacking away with chain saw-equipped assault rifles. Football players taking steroids and celebrating game victories with hookers.

Nov 24, 2008

• HP backs guidance but Wall Street wary

Even in troubled times, Hewlett-Packard Co. has managed to stack up some impressive gains.

Nov 24, 2008

• Negotiations to put Beatles on iTunes stalled

Paul McCartney says negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog available on the online music service iTunes have stalled.

Nov 24, 2008

• Facebook wins $873M judgment against spammer

Facebook has a won $873 million judgment against a Canadian man who bombarded the popular online hangout with sexually explicit "spam" messages.

Nov 24, 2008

• Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring

Lawmakers in Indonesia's remote province of Papua have thrown their support behind a controversial bill requiring some HIV/AIDS patients to be implanted with microchips - part of extreme efforts to monitor the disease.

Nov 24, 2008

• Random House to digitize thousands of books

With e-book sales exploding in an otherwise sleepy market, Random House Inc. announced Monday that it was making thousands of additional books available in digital form, including novels by John Updike and Harlan Coben, as well as several volumes of the "Magic Treehouse" children's series.

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