Meta title: IP Democracy Meta description: Website needs meta description | This listing is not rated yet. Rate it! | Report it! Cynthia Brumfield IP Democracy http://www.ipdemocracy.com/ IP&Democracy is a blog-based forum that analyzes the rise of IP-based services and applications and their impact on business, society and politics. Category: Blog Directory » Computer Blogs » News And Media Hits: 2 Date added: 2006-03-30 21:51:18 Alexa traffic rank: 686,620 Site average load time: 4.667 Second(s) Very Slow - Faster than 21% of websites |
Latest blog posts from Cynthia Brumfield IP Democracy
Andrew Cuomo's Sorry Threat to Sue Comcast
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo probably thinks he'll score political points and votes with his campaign against the dissemination of child pornography on usenet groups, and he's probably right. He also likely believes that he'll look tough by threatening Comcast, a cable operator that... Read more...
Published 3 hours ago
AT&T's Consumer Wireline Business Tanked in Q208
Top telco AT&T issued its Q2 08 earnings report this morning showing revenue and net income growth thanks to its hot wireless business. But, in a sign that the recession is taking a stiff toll on consumers' budgets, AT&T's consumer wireline business -- including voice, broadband and overall... Read more...
Published 6 hours ago
Apple Still Shines But Clouds Roll In
Apple issued its fiscal Q3 08 earnings report today showing its usual stellar results -- revenues rose 38% year-over-year to $7.4 billion while net income rose 31% to $1.07 billion thanks to strong Mac and iPod sales. But the same dark cloud that seems to be descending on the entire tech sector... Read more...
Published 2 days ago
Google's Revenue Growth Slow-Down Is Inevitable
Google issued its Q2 08 earnings report today showing a 35% year-over-year jump in net income to $1.25 billion and a 39% spike in revenue to $5.37 billion -- all good news for an ordinary company. But Google is a vaunted growth juggernaut and investors had been expecting more out of the Mountain... Read more...
Published 6 days ago
Cable Ops to Take Down "Suspected" Child Porn Sites Under Pact
Updated Information At End of Post A few days ago, I got wind of a big, big deal that was in the works between the U.S. cable industry and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). I heard this agreement would allow for an industry-wide take-down of sites hosted by the... Read more...
Published 6 days ago
Skype Annualized Revenues Now Top $500 Million
Online auction giant eBay issued its Q2 earnings (PDF) results this afternoon, helping to lift an already improving mood on Wall Street by posting a 20% jump in net profits to $568 million with revenue also growing by 20% to $2.2 billion. The shining star in eBay's porfolio was PayPal, which... Read more...
Published 7 days ago
Google is Now Officially a Big Bad Company in DC
Contrary to what most people think, no one is more vulnerable in Washington politics than "big" companies, particularly companies that that have extensive dealings with the voting public and have roused the fear and envy of competitors by cornering a particularly profitable slice of the market.... Read more...
Published a week ago
FCC to Whack Comcast on P2P. The Games Begin.
Republican FCC Chairman Kevin Martin is ready to lower the boom on Comcast for its P2P "throttling" as part of what the company contends was well-intentioned network management practices. Martin leaked word to the AP yesterday that he will circulate an order to his fellow Commissioners... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Twitter Drama in Congress: Much Ado About Nothing?
A fun tempest in a teapot is brewing in Congress over whether new rules regarding how Members of Congress and their staffs can communicate on the Internet. TechPresident has a great run-down of what it is calling the "Twitter Dome Scandal," but in a nutshell, Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA), Chair of... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Comcast and Vonage Align on Network Management
In a surprising announcement, the nation's top cable operator Comcast and the number one independent VoIP provider Vonage today said they will work together to ensure that Comcast's network management techniques don't mar the functioning of Vonage's competitive voice offering. This move builds... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Internet Companies Worry About Your Privacy
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow about Internet advertising and privacy. The concern over online "behavioral advertising," which closely links a user's Internet activity to targeted pitches, will receive a particularly close examination. But based on the written... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Loren Feldman is No Sacha Baron Cohen
(I'm back again! This time no excuses for the blogging absence aside from 1. too much to do in my personal world 2. no inspiration and 3. a surprising and temporary boredom with the media/web/technology/telecommunications world. I have, however, stayed up-to-date in the celebrity realm. Best... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago