At a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she created a new unit at the State Department to counter jihadist propaganda in social media.
Sec Clinton: Government Has Left Media Message Void That Jihadists Filled
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Resignation Suggests Rift Between CNET and CBS
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A senior writer for CNET, the technology news Web site, resigned less than an hour after a report suggested that CNET was barred from presenting an award to a company being sued by CBS, which owns CNET.
Rep Zoe Lofgren talks the 2013 tech agenda
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A Q&A with Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA).
Rockefeller retirement shakes up privacy battle
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller’s announcement that he’ll retire in 2015 is the latest personnel move in a month that has thrown the legislative end of the online consumer privacy world into flux.
Bexar set to turn the page on idea of books in libraries
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Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and other county leaders announced plans to launch the nation's first bookless public library system, BiblioTech, with a prototype location opening in the fall
Liberty Close to Taking Control of Sirius
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Liberty Media waged a long and public battle to take control of Sirius XM Radio for most of last year. The final takeover, though, looks likely to take place with much less fanfare.
Cable Companies Squeeze More Obscure Channels
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There are two kinds of cable channels in the United States: those operated by major media companies that have dozens of other channels, and those that are on their own. The outlets in the second group, the independent channels, are feeling threatened these days.
Cable Industry Draws Scrutiny For Putting Internet Users On A Scale
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The cable industry wants Internet users to go on a diet.
Observers ponder impact of Markey’s Senate bid on House Commerce Committee
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Rep. Edward Markey's (D-MA) run for Sen. John Kerry's (D-MA) seat may leave the House Commerce Committee without one of its longest-serving members and fiercest advocates for online privacy rights.