Archive for: June 2008
June 30, 2008
 The Federal Communications Commission today announced a public hearing to be held on Monday, July 21, 2008. It will be held at 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The hearing is open to the public, and seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.
June 29, 2008
 The Register reports how websites for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) were temporarily hijacked by the Turkish hacker group NetDevilz.
June 26, 2008
 The ICANN board voted unanimously on Thursday to approve plans to add more generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) to the Internet’s naming system. They also voted to put on a fast track the implementation of a limited number of Internationalized (non-ASCII) country code TLDs (IDN ccTLDs). The vote is the result of a Policy Development process that was initiated in 2005. Final implementation proposals will be presented to the board in Cairo in December.
Transcripts of the ICANN board’s discussion prior to the vote can be found on the ISOC-NY wiki
 At the Personal Democracy Forum this week FCC Commissioner Michael Adelstein announced the formation of InternetforEveryone.org – a new coalition to advocate universal Internet access in the United States. Headed by Free Press, the coalition involves many and varied organizations including the ACLU and Google. Individuals are also welcome to join.
June 25, 2008
We previously reported that the FCC plans to provide universal wireless broadband with content filtering. In a press release on Friday, June 20th they request comments on the plan to license access to the 2.1GHz Advanced Wireless Spectrum (AWS). The winning bidder must use 25% of the spectrum for free two-way broadband Internet service at a minimum rate of 768kps downstream. They must be able to provide the free service to 50% of the U.S in four years and at least 95% by the end of the 10-year license term.
June 24, 2008
 There’s been some discussion on the ISOC-NY discuss list as to whether a free market solution or government initiatives are best way to improve broadband access in the U.S. Part of that discussion is the question as to whether there actually has been an open and competitive market for broadband services.
A case where an independent ISP, Linkline Communications, alleged that AT&T charged excessive access fees that prevented them from competing in the broadband market will now be reviewed by the Supreme Court. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco had ruled against AT&T but the Bush Administration’s Office of U.S. Solicitor General sided with AT&T, maintaining that federal antitrust laws don’t cover the LinkLine claims.
June 23, 2008
 The 32nd ICANN general meeting is taking place this week in Paris, France. There appears to be no webcast. The best way to keep up is possibly via the Wiki updates.
Schedule
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ICANN blog
irc back channel | via web (help)
GNSO ICANN issues
Twemes: icann
Summize icann | #icann
Twitter: wseltzer | netfreedom
flickr: icann
Video: ICANN | dotSub | Qik | Blip | YouTube |
Live Question Tool: icann
 The Personal Democracy Forum takes place today & tomorrow at Lincoln Center. The theme this year is “Rebooting The System”. Your best chance of catching a live stream is via mogulus (may not work in firefox) or the ‘scobleizer’ link below.
Twemes: pdf
Summize pdf | #pdf | pdf2008 | pdfdebate
Twitter: inonate | mlsif
flickr: pdf2008
Video: scobleizer|Qik | Blip | YouTube
Live Question Tool: pdf2008
June 21, 2008
 Dawa Riley has posted up her notes of the panel on the Semantic Web at the LinkedData Conference 2008, held last week in NYC.
Topics covered during the panel included:
How can we monetize the semantic web?
Is the semantic web relevant and ready for what we’re doing today?
The importance of interoperability and standards.
Barriers to adoption of semantic technologies and how can we encourage adoption of it
Practical insights into the semantic web.
What technologies and products are available today?
June 20, 2008
 Representative Edward Markey (D-MA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet today introduced the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act. Rep Heather A. Wilson (R-NM) joined Rep Markey as an original co-sponsor of the bill.
The bill would amend the Communications Act to ensure that new Internet-enabled telephone and video services and equipment are accessible to and usable by people with disabilities and closes existing gaps in telecommunications laws. Provisions include hearing aid compatibility and Internet closed captioning to real-time text support for emergency services.
June 19, 2008
Some reforms may be made at the the upcoming Paris meeting of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) on June 23 – 28 which could greatly improve ICANN’s representative structure …. representation of public interest groups, NGOs, and …
June 18, 2008
 The Creative Commons Technology Summit is happening today in Mountain View CA. One topic under discussion – copyright registries.
blog
twemes topic
June 16, 2008
 Supernova 2008 is a conference, now in it’s 6th year, whose focus is discussing how decentralization and connectivity are changing the world.
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twitter
irc channel
Sevenload video channel
Mogulus video channel
flickr tag
twemes topic
June 13, 2008
 Pike & Fischer’s 4th annual Broadband Policy Summit is being held in Washington DC yesterday and today.
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