U.S. communications authorities Thursday took a small but significant step toward regulating high-speed Internet in a bid to reclaim oversight, setting the stage for an eventual legal showdown with industry heavyweights. Big broadband providers like AT&T // [T ... (Continue reading)
BP’s effort to clean up millions of gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico is turning to technology developed two decades ago by a researcher at the Idaho National Laboratory. The energy company has contracted to buy... (Continue reading)
Machines that separate oil from water—even allowing the oil to be refined later—can be on-site in the Gulf of Mexico within days, Jean-Michel Cousteau, president and founder of the Ocean Futures Society, told CNBC Thursday. Cousteau, who is... (Continue reading)
Fine print, baby. It’s all about the fine print. It’ll get you when you buy a car. When you rent an apartment. When you sign a prenup. Most of all, it’ll get you when you buy the new ... (Continue reading)
In an age when people obsessively track and share the most minute details of their personal lives, more individuals are doing the same thing when it comes to their health and fitness information. And as young consumers—and doctors—increasingly ... (Continue reading)
NEW YORK — AT&T’s epic iPhone 4 pre-order snafu on Tuesday was the latest in a long line of headaches the carrier has caused Apple. But even with concerns that AT&T accidentally revealed some subscribers’ account information... (Continue reading)
Businessman, entrepreneur and sports franchise owner Mark Cuban says even though the American spirit is alive and well, the government “doesn’t understand job creation at all and that is a real problem.” After appearing on The Strategy Session... (Continue reading)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has launched an investigation of the recent AT&T website security breach that exposed the email addresses of some Apple iPad users, an FBI spokeswoman confirmed to CNBC Thursday. AT&T announced on Wednesday that... (Continue reading)
IN the 1990s, Gary Reback, a Silicon Valley lawyer, almost single-handedly brought the antitrust weight of the federal government down on that era’s high-tech heavyweight, Microsoft . Now Mr. Reback contends there is a dangerous new monopolist in the catbird... (Continue reading)
The partnership announced Monday between Yahoo and Nokia will give Yahoo greater access to those “new to the net” and the vast pool of cell-phone users in emerging world, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz told CNBC Monday. In short: Nokia // [NOK ... (Continue reading)