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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is celebrating the news a federal appeals court rejected President Barack Obama’s National Security Agency (NSA) data collection program on Thursday.

Internet service providers like Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile now must act in the “public interest” when providing a mobile connection to your home or phone, under rules approved Thursday by a divided Federal Communications Commission.

Here in California, we regularly use the ballot initiative process to govern ourselves. Often, when a well-funded special interest is trying to ram through a change to the state’s laws, the opposition screams that the measure is a “solution without a problem.” The FCC’s potential actions in regards to Title II and the Internet fall in the same category. No one is crying out to be freed from the shackles of anything, anywhere, anytime broadband service.

This is huge, huge news. But don’t get too excited. For now at least, the à la carte “cable television” service will only be available on your mobile devices. Though it happened a few years sooner than I would have expected,

For the first time, top U.S. cable firms have more broadband customers than cable TV subscribers, according to published data from the Leichtman Research Group.   The top cable companies had about 49,915,000 broadband subscribers in the second quarter ending in June, compared

“…expect the people of this nation to…overthrow you. By any means necessary.” “…for the Netflix and cat videos…” “Why not rename the constitution the Comcast-Time Warner Constitution of the United States.”  These are just a few of the coarse and

(6:30 a.m.) For the past 24 hours, I have been on the move. Early Thursday morning, a colleague picked me up at home and we drove south to Anaheim on the I-405 and CA-22. We caught Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner to

BERLIN, June 26 (UPI) —The German government has canceled its Internet contract with the U.S. telecommunications company Verizon over data security fears. There is concern in Germany that U.S. firms provide data to authorities, and anger over allegations that conversations

Why Aereo’s Defeat Will Be An Eventual Defeat For the Victors Unless Aereo decides to pay re-transmission fees to the networks it wishes to re-transmit — which is unlikely and would mean higher costs to Aereo customers — Aereo is

BELLEVUE, Wash., June 20 (UPI) — T-Mobile CEO John Legere received backlash on the Internet after he likened his company’s competitors to rapists during a press event Wednesday. Legere is known for his profanity and brash personality, but critics say

Superhero News: DC Release Schedule, ‘Amazing Spider-Man 3’ Delayed to 2017 According to Nikki Finke’s first scoop in her reboot, below is the DC film release schedule through 2018. The company is about 7 years behind Marvel but there’s no

Despite five years of economic recovery, college graduates continue to face a tough job market. Certainly, young people should take responsibility for their lives, but parents, educators, and politicians all share some blame for their troubles. College graduates earn much

“Et tu, Brute,” former Georgetown coach John Thompson said of Big East rivals who fled the conference on ESPN’s “A Requiem for the Big East.” “It’s just that simple.” He didn’t mention Syracuse. He didn’t have to. The rivalry between

An interesting tidbit of news, courtesy of CNBC: Verizon sent Netflix a letter demanding the streaming service cease and desist false claims and unfair business practices on Thursday. The letter comes after an article on Quartz reported Netflix displayed “error

Apatow, Rogen Blast WaPo Film Critic for Blaming Santa Barbara Rampage On Their Movies Lawdalmighty, what was Ann Hornaday thinking with this anti-science tripe that attempts to blame Seth Rogen’s “Neighbors” and Judd Apatow films for the actions of 22

ChiefExecutive.net 10th annual survey of 500 CEOs from across America on their views of the best and worst states for business rated California “The Worst,” and Texas “The Best.”   The annual survey of business leaders asks each CEO to

AT&T Bids to Become as Big as Comcast/Time Warner Cable Should the government approve the merger between Comcast and Time-Warner (and after Comcast spent billions buying Democrats, that’s likely to happen), that would give Comcast close to 30 million pay

California Senate Bill 962, requiring that all cell phones include a “kill switch,” was defeated on Thursday. According to the Sacramento Bee, the innovation, providing owners with the ability to shut down the phone rendering it useless if stolen, is strongly endorsed

The left-wing site Raw Story used a headline to falsely claim that Red Eye guest host Tom Shillue said during Tuesday night’s show that “poor people smell bad.” After Shillue complained they changed the headline to the just as misleading

Sally Beauty supply, a retail chain that sells hair and beauty items based in Denton, was hacked earlier this month according to a release obtained by Breitbart Texas. The company hired Verizon’s forensics firm to investigate the incident and pinpoint exactly how

It’s not the size of the beer. It’s the shape of the cup. That’s the pricing philosophy that has governed beer sales at Boise’s CenturyLink Arena. As expected, hockey enthusiasts were too drunk to notice. But two fans–Heath Forsey and

The US Justice Department said Thursday it has launched an antitrust probe of the mega merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable. The $45.2 billion tie-up would unite the largest US cable companies, which also are among the largest broadband

Autumn Radtke, the 28-year-old American CEO of the First Meta bitcoin exchange, was found dead in Singapore February 28 in an apparent suicide. Toxicology test results to determine why she died have not yet been concluded.  Notably, on February 10,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two days before attention shifts to the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, the White House is trying to create a little buzz for America’s future filmmakers. At a film festival Friday afternoon, President Barack Obama will

According to Reporters Without Borders, America dropped 13 spots on the World Press Freedom Index 2014, designed to rank 180 countries in terms of the freedoms journalists enjoy and the regulations placed on them by government authorities. The Index, published

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finally started to crack down on waste and fraud in its phone subsidy program for the poor by compiling a database of subscribers. The $1.85 billion program, called Lifeline, and popularly referred to as

If you were planning on attempting to enroll on the ObamaCare  website Saturday night you might want to go bowling instead. For the third time since its inception the website is going offline due to needed repairs, and will be

As the Democrats and White House watch President Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment crumble before the nation’s eyes, another rift has opened up right in the middle of late night television. While Obama has been given a pass for the past

How fitting that a documentary about a sports underdog would stand tall against the biggest movies Hollywood has to offer. Linsanity: The Movie, chronicling the improbable rise of Asian-American basketball player Jeremy Lin, scored the second-highest per-screen average at theaters

Those cynical about politicians’ inability to cut spending amid the government shutdown only need to look at the A’s and Raiders wins Sunday in the Oakland Coliseum. It used to be taxpayers might be asked to subsidize one stadium to