http://news.yahoo.com/european-court-google-must-yield-personal-120742508–finance.html
People should have some say over the results that pop up when they conduct a search of their own name online, Europe’s highest court said Tuesday.
In a landmark decision, The Court of Justice of the European Union said Google must listen and sometimes comply when individuals ask the Internet search giant to remove links to newspaper articles or websites containing their personal information.
http://online.wsj.com/news/article_email/SB10001424052702303627504579556200630931292-lMyQjAxMTA0MDEwMTExNDEyWj
The head of the Federal Communications Commission is revising proposed rules for regulating broadband Internet, including offering assurances that the agency won’t allow companies to segregate Web traffic into fast and slow lanes. The new language by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to be circulated as early as Monday is an attempt to address criticism of his proposal unveiled last month that would ban broadband providers from blocking or slowing down websites but allow them to strike deals in which content companies could pay them for faster delivery of Web content to customers.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/blog/2014/new-case-studies-show-schools-libraries-and-health-care-providers-play-key-role-broadband-
In 2010, the NTIA awarded more than $450 million in matching grants to establish or upgrade public computer centers and initiate innovative broadband adoption programs in underserved communities. Four years later, that investment has resulted in more than 3,000 new or improved public computer centers and produced 600,000 new household broadband subscriptions.
These grants complement the $3.4 billion in infrastructure investments from NTIA that have enabled BTOP grant recipients to connect more than 21,000 community anchor institutions with ultra-fast broadband, including 2,400 medical and health care providers, more than 1,300 libraries, and 8,000 K-12 schools.
Schools, libraries, and health care providers were pivotal in making this rapid expansion possible. These anchor institutions already had close ties to their communities, recognized the enormous benefits high-speed Internet affords, and possessed skilled staff to organize classes and broker learning resources.
Today at the Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband (SHLB) Coalition annual conference, the NTIA released four more of the 15 case studies that detail the impact of the BTOP public computer center and sustainable broadband adoption awards. With this release a total of seven studies are available to the public.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWTEjxE_Gek&list=PLT5km4NuWbjwikoPfyFpcKoTX9iSqDkps&feature=share&index=5
Joe Freddoso, the CEO of MCNC, has resigned his position effective June 30. Here is his video explaining his decision.
http://www.wcnc.com/news/business/Waiting-for-gigabit-internet-Local-company-may-beat-Google-to-it-257365101.html
There’s a lot of talk about Google Fiber offering gigabit Internet speeds in Charlotte and Raleigh. RST says it’ll offer these speeds by this summer in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville. They plan on providing the last mile wirelessly.