IDG News Service
Grant Gross is a reporter for the IDG News Service.
Comcast confirms new network management practices
Jan. 06, 2009
Comcast, the second largest broadband provider in the U.S., has stopped network-management practices that focus on slowing the BitTorrent peer-to-peer application, the company said.
US digital TV converter program out of money
Jan. 06, 2009
A U.S. government program providing vouchers for digital television converters to people whose TV sets will stop working on Feb. 17 has run out of money.
Group's plan for Inauguration Day: Telework
Jan. 06, 2009
With Washington, D.C., residents bracing for traffic gridlock and overwhelmed public transportation systems on Inauguration Day, one advocacy group is encouraging employers to allow their workers to telecommute.
11 in China sentenced for software piracy
Dec. 31, 2008
A court in Shenzhen, China, sentenced 11 members of a software counterfeiting operation Wednesday, with the defendants getting between one and a half and six and half years in prison, according to Microsoft.
Dell reorganizes business sales units
Dec. 31, 2008
Dell will reorganize its divisions focused on selling to business customers, with the new units focused on types of customers instead of geographic regions, the company announced Wednesday.
CEA: US jobs at risk in free trade debate
Jan. 05, 2009
Decreasing support for free trade in the U.S. and elsewhere could compound economic problems by costing tens of thousands of jobs, the Consumer Electronics Association said Monday.
Georgia man sentenced for E-Rate bribery
Dec. 24, 2008
A Georgia man was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of bribery and conspiring to bride a former Atlanta Public Schools official for work related to a U.S. government program designed to help schools and ...
NIST finds security problems with overseas e-voting
Dec. 24, 2008
Efforts to allow members of the U.S. military and other overseas voters cast ballots by e-mail or on the Internet face serious security problems, according to a new U.S. government report.
Obama transforms Web-based politics
Dec. 22, 2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama showed other politicians how to harness the power of the Web in 2008, bringing political campaigns kicking and screaming into the 21st century.
State Department worker gets probation for passport snooping
Dec. 19, 2008
A former U.S. Department of State employee has been sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to perform 50 hours of community service for illegally accessing the computer files related to hundreds of confidential ...
Three sentenced for selling pirated software
Dec. 19, 2008
Three Texas men have been sentenced to prison terms for their role in selling counterfeit software worth US$2.5 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
US trade panel to investigate semiconductor patent complaint
Dec. 19, 2008
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate three patent complaints -- about semiconductor circuits, camera phones and flash memory chips -- that could lead to products being banned from ...
Gates Foundation awards library Internet grants
Dec. 18, 2008
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded nearly US$7 million to fund a pilot program aimed at helping public libraries in seven states get faster Internet connections, the foundation announced Thursday.
SEC plans to require interactive data filing
Dec. 18, 2008
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a plan to require public companies to file financial information electronically in an effort to give investors faster and better access to information about ...
House tech panel priorities include health IT, e-recycling
Dec. 18, 2008
The U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee will focus on improving health IT and math and science education, making electronics easier to recycle, and aiding research on alternative energy during ...
Free Press: US should spend $44 billion on broadband
Dec. 17, 2008
The U.S. government should spend US$44 billion to improve its broadband infrastructure and extend broadband to rural and other underserved areas, a media reform advocacy group recommended Wednesday.
Motorola announces new cost-cutting moves
Dec. 17, 2008
Motorola will cut the 2009 salaries of its co-CEOs, suspend matching contributions to employee 401(k) retirement accounts and freeze its pension plans in an effort to reduce costs, the company announced Wednesday.
Auditor: IRS doesn't check cyberaudit logs
Dec. 16, 2008
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service's IT staff hasn't routinely checked its cybersecurity audit logs, according to a report released this week by the agency's inspector general's office.
Court upholds fine against Russian mobile operator
Dec. 16, 2008
A court in the nation of Georgia has rejected a motion by Russian mobile carrier Megafon seeking to dismiss a fine for operating in Georgian territory without a license.
Google, Microsoft say they still support net neutrality
Dec. 15, 2008
Google and Microsoft said Monday that they have not backed away from their support for net neutrality principles, despite a report to the contrary.
Siemens pleads guilty to bribery-related charges
Dec. 15, 2008
German electronics firm Siemens AG and three of its subsidiaries have pleaded guilty to charges related to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), for a range of activity, including attempted bribery of ...
Lawmakers ask FCC to slow down on policymaking
Dec. 12, 2008
Two prominent U.S. lawmakers have asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to back away from creating new policy and focus on the transition to digital television during the waning days of Republican control of ...
Web experts: Obama's vision for e-government will take work
Dec. 12, 2008
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has used Web tools to solicit donations and hear from his supporters during his campaign, but it's still unclear how many of those methods will translate into electronic government, a ...
School tech director gets jail time for E-Rate fraud
Dec. 11, 2008
A former technology director in a South Carolina school district has been sentenced to two years in jail and required to pay more than US$468,000 in restitution for using the mail to submit fraudulent applications for ...
US IT employment falls, hiring may be stalled for months
Dec. 10, 2008
IT employment in the U.S. dropped in November after months of bucking national employment trends in other industries, said the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB).
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