There’s most likely a balance between no regulation and too much regulation, and the current Democratic Congress is walking that line. No one would doubt the potential harm caused by "rogue" Web-dealers, but Sen. Patrick Leahy’s (D-Vt.) tightening grip on Internet service providers should at least cause one to step back a bit to look at it.
FTC Pushes ‘Stop’ On Free CD Scam
The Federal Trade Commission put the kibosh on Think All Publishing for alleged deceptive online marketing and billing practices. A US Magistrate judge recommended an injunction against the company to pull the reins on its “Free Software CD” Internet scam, and ordered the company’s assets frozen.
Search Pushes Retailer Traffic
Getting to an online retail storefront doesn’t always involve going straight to the front door, as many people depend on the traffic cops of search to point them in the right direction.
Opera 9 Pushes The Limits
The latest version of the Opera web browser has emerged from beta, bringing BitTorrent support, RSS feedreading, content blocking, widgets, and tab previews to its millions of users.
Blog Pushes Politico Out Of NASA
George Deutsch joined the US space agency via a White House appointment, and tried to get a staffer at NASA to add the word “theory” to every instance of Big Bang on NASA’s web sites.
Wichio Browser Pushes Buttons
The battle for a better browser is on and hopefully end-users will reap the benefits. One of the latest browsers vying for your attention is Wichio, also known by its full name, 27 Tools-in-1 Wichio Browser, an Internet Explorer-based web browser that will talk to you, automatically find song lyrics, and alert users when their favorite web page is updated, among 24 other things.
Pixar Pushes 125,000 Movies Through ‘iTunes’
Short films like “Boundin'” and “For The Birds,” which appeared at the beginning of full-length Pixar movies, have sold briskly on Apple’s iTunes new video marketplace.
Google Pushes Services To PHP Coders
The search engine company sent an executive to keynote the wrapup of the Zend/PHP Conference and Expo; Adam Bosworth noted the move to web services in his talk.
Microsoft Pushes Blackberry Into Juicer
Microsoft announced plans to jam, can and push Blackberry’s email system onto the back shelf when Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced the Messaging and Security Feature Pack for Windows Mobile 5.0.
Circuit City Pushes Back Earnings Report
Circuit City issued an update regarding the Company’s scheduled year-end earnings announcement.