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Could Google shoot down lead to a Universal Public Library?
John Moe Apr 4, 2011
Miguel Helft in the New York Times has an interesting article today about the possible ramifications of a recent decision against Google. A federal...
Report: GE will pay taxes after all
Sep 22, 2011
According to a report out today from Propublica and Fortune.com, the nation's largest corporation will pay taxes in 2010, despite earlier reports to the contrary. Fortune's Allan Sloan explains.
Could be curtains for open government sites
John Moe Apr 1, 2011
Sites like data.gov and paymentaccuracy.gov - sites designed to make government more transparent - will likely be shut down by May 31. The Office...
LightSquared still making people upset
John Moe Mar 31, 2011
I think I must write one of these items a week. There's more concern about the new wireless network. This time, it's the Pentagon. The Defense...
State attorneys general have hackles raised over AT&T-Mobile
John Moe Mar 30, 2011
Attorneys general from New York, Connecticut and Minnesota have all said they're concerned about the proposed AT&T and T-Mobile deal. New York...
Amazon getting heat from record labels
John Moe Mar 30, 2011
Does anyone else think the term "record label" is outdated? No comment on whether the institution is outdated. Anyway, Amazon's new cloud service...
Cable providers and iPad content delivery
John Moe Mar 29, 2011
So a cable company like Time Warner pays the owners of channels a huge amount of money for the right to deliver those channels to customers' homes....
"You're not buying music" - Supreme Court
John Moe Mar 28, 2011
Alright fine, that's a bit of an extrapolation. But last week the Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving royalties paid to musicians for...
Wal-Mart faces major class action employee discrimination suit
John Dimsdale Mar 25, 2011
The suit was filed on behalf of 1.5 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart, saying the company had a pattern of discrimination in pay raises and promotions.
AT&T - T-Mobile deal may hit a wall at the FCC. Unless it doesn't.
John Moe Mar 25, 2011
There are a couple ways to read the story that just came out in the Wall Street Journal about the proposed mega-merger. "There's no way the...
