FCC Launches Broadband Test Site for Consumers (PC World)PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added tools to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users measure their broadband speeds or to report that they do not have broadband available. Full text |
Why the FCC National Broadband Plan Should Include Public Wi-Fi (PC World)
Battle for human rights increasingly fought on Internet: US (AFP)
Rights group puts Australia on Internet watchlist (AFP)
Summary Box: Report on online censorship (AP)
Ga. man who posted 'Elton John must die' arrested (AP)
British Conservatives promise superfast Internet (Reuters)
Glance: Countries in Internet censorship report (AP)
Google Tests New Blogger Layout Design Tool (PC World)
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has added tools to the Broadband.gov Web site to help users measure their broadband speeds or to report that they do not have broadband available. Full text
PC World - As the FCC prepares to release its National Broadband Plan next week, I hope it will address expanding Wi-Fi as part of improving mobile data access. It appears no amount of repurposed radio spectrum is likely to meet the expanding wireless data demand for very long. Full text
AFP - The United States said Thursday that the battle for human rights is increasingly being fought on the Internet as China, Iran and other states try to block access by political activists and others. Full text
AFP - A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship. Full text
AP - THE INTERNET'S `ENEMIES': A dozen countries were deemed by Reporters Without Borders to be the most repressive at censorship. Full text
AP - A Georgia man who posted a video of himself on the Internet holding a sign that said "Elton John must die" has been arrested for making terroristic threats. Full text
Reuters - Investing in a high-speed Internet network would open up a new global trade route for Britain, boosting economic recovery and creating thousands of jobs, the opposition Conservative party said on Thursday. Full text
AP - Reporters Without Borders issued its annual report on countries least tolerant of Internet freedoms: Full text
PC World - Google will begin on Thursday a public test of a Blogger layout customization tool that the company says significantly broadens publishers' ability to modify the look of their blogs. Full text
AFP - Internet giant Google on Thursday joined a top journalists' rights group in rewarding a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on last year's post-election unrest. Full text
