News tagged with government regulators
Technology convergence may widen the digital divide
(Phys.org) -- Technology is helping communication companies merge telephone, television and Internet services, but a push to deregulate may leave some customers on the wrong side of the digital divide during this convergence, ...
May 17, 2012 |
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Social media's impact on kids merits big debate: US expert
Facebook's big stock offering on Wall Street must be followed by an intensive debate on Main Street about social media's powerful impact on children, an expert on the topic says.
May 13, 2012 |
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Verizon to auction spectrum worth billions
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband.
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Audit: Gas lines tied to fracking lack oversight
(AP) -- Government auditors say federal officials know nothing about thousands of miles of pipelines that carry natural gas released through the drilling method known as fracking, and need to step up oversight ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Canadian farmers trust regulated dairy industry
Canada's response to the "milk wars" in the United States in the 1970s was to establish a supply management system that both protects and restricts the income of its dairy farmers. A University of Illinois study examined ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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S. Korea urges Google to improve privacy
South Korean regulators Tuesday voiced concerns over Google's controversial plan to merge user data from YouTube, Gmail, Google+ and other services in individual comprehensive profiles.
Feb 28, 2012 |
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Small dams need better management
Many small dams around the world are poorly maintained and represent a safety hazard, according to Pisaniello et al. Better oversight of small dams is needed, the authors argue. The researchers reviewed literature, conducted ...
Feb 14, 2012 |
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US, EU clear Google's $12.5B Motorola Mobility bid (Update)
Google's $12.5 billion acquisition of cellphone maker Motorola Mobility have won approvals from U.S. and European antitrust regulators, moving Google a major step closer to completing the biggest deal in its ...
Feb 13, 2012 |
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For Facebook 'Hacker Way' is way of life
(AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker. For most people, that word means something malicious - shady criminals who listen in on private voicemails, or anonymous villains ...
Feb 05, 2012 |
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Japan 'was unprepared' for nuclear disaster: official probe
The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the March 11 catastrophe said Monday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Facebook makes privacy pledge in FTC settlement
Government regulators are sharing some alarming information about Facebook: They believe the online social network has often misled its more than 800 million users about the sanctity of their personal information.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Yahoo ad exec deflects talk about becoming CEO
(AP) -- The head of Yahoo's online advertising business in North America said Monday he has been too busy trying to bring in more revenue to consider whether he would be willing to become the struggling Internet ...
Oct 18, 2011 |
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DOJ to take closer look at Google's Motorola deal
(AP) -- The U.S. Justice Department is taking a closer look at Google's proposed $12.5 billion acquisition of mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility.
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Report: EPA cut corners on climate finding
(AP) -- The Obama administration cut corners before concluding that climate-change pollution can endanger human health, a key finding underpinning costly new regulations, an internal government watchdog said Wednesday.
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Feeding cows natural plant extracts can reduce dairy farm odors and feed costs
With citizens' groups seeking government regulation of foul-smelling ammonia emissions from large dairy farms, scientists today reported that adding natural plant extracts to cow feed can reduce levels of the gas by one-third ...
Sep 01, 2011 |
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