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Comcast Pushes Ahead on Broadband Throttling After being rebuked by the FCC over its management of users' Internet access, the cable ISP giant is making it clear it will go forward with its plan. — 08/29/08
Microsoft's IE8 Beta Sports New UI Features This release emphasizes the user experience, with new UI features, improved security and changes to the address bar and search function. — 08/28/08
FCC Concedes to Testing on Free Internet Plan Amid pressure from T-Mobile and other carriers, commission agrees to conduct interference testing ahead of new spectrum auction. — 08/27/08
Politics a-Go-Go on the Web In the first presidential election of the Web 2.0 era, social media and a glut of online content have drawn a blueprint for a different kind of election. — 08/27/08
Scrabulous: The Bitter End? Facebook extends takedown of popular Scrabble clone amid ongoing legal dispute. — 08/26/08
iPhone Users Just Want to Have Fun Yes, it's a mobile Web productivity tool, but the most popular apps for the iPhone are mostly games and entertainment. — 08/26/08
Cell Roaming Rule Switch on Hold The FCC's head is still mulling rules about that let small wireless phone carriers to 'roam' on the networks of larger rivals. — 08/25/08
Comcast Testing New Network Management Cable giant says new system would slow heaviest users, regardless of the applications they're running; still evaluating FCC order. — 08/22/08
eBay Revamps Fees as Amazon Muscles In The auction leader is making moves in response to waning interest in online bidding and continued strength from rivals' traditional e-commerce models. — 08/20/08
USB 3.0 One Step Closer to Reality Intel releases a near-final spec that all USB vendors can use to make products that can run 10 times faster than USB 2.0. — 08/14/08
iPhone Could Be Music to Best Buy's Ears Apple aims to broaden its distribution channels, while the U.S. retailer becomes the first outside Apple and AT&T to carry the ultrahot device. — 08/13/08
Liberty Media Wants In on AOL Dial-Up Deal Malone wants to take over the ISP portion of Time Warner's AOL unit, which the media giant has pledged to spin off. — 08/12/08
Did Dan Kaminsky Save the Internet? The DNS flaw is one of the most-discussed vulnerabilities in the history of computing. Is the man who discovered it to be praised as a savior or despised as a fear-monger and self-promoter? — 08/11/08
5 Factors Driving Mobile Device Growth Enterprises may want better connectivity and robust applications, but those needs aren't spurring handset changes, Gartner says. — 08/08/08
5 Factors Driving Mobile Device Growth Enterprises may want better connectivity and robust applications, but those needs aren't spurring handset changes, Gartner says. — 08/07/08
Meraki Masters Mini Muni Meraki's "Free the Net" project is going strong, as is the San Francisco-based start-up's international "mini muni" business. — 08/04/08
U.S. Agents Can Seize Travelers' Notebook PCs New Department of Homeland Security policies clear federal agents to hold travelers' laptops without suspicion of wrongdoing, according to a report. — 08/01/08
