MAKUHARI, Japan -- Panasonic produced prototype OLED panels and has had “lots of trials,” but hasn’t decided whether the technology will be used for TV, industrial or medical displays, Panasonic spokesman Atsushi Hinoki said at CEATEC.
The Justice Department needs more cooperation from attorneys concerned about cyberattacks, said Peter Roman, trial attorney in the agency’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, at a Thursday panel on hacking and cyberattacks hosted by the Federal Communications Bar Association. “I worry about the tendency to fortify yourself thinking that this solves all your problems,” he said, saying he was speaking for himself, not the department. Rather than focusing on self-reliance, Roman encouraged attorneys to work with Justice to “get the bad guys.” Instead of thinking about cybersecurity strategies as protecting one’s home, he said, “you need to think of the Internet like your neighborhood,” where one well-guarded house is unsafe if it’s surrounded by houses with little or no security.
The Justice Department needs more cooperation from attorneys concerned about cyberattacks, said Peter Roman, trial attorney in the agency’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, at a Thursday panel on hacking and cyberattacks hosted by the FCBA. “I worry about the tendency to fortify yourself thinking that this solves all your problems,” he said, saying he was speaking for himself, not the department. Rather than focusing on self-reliance, Roman encouraged attorneys to work with Justice to “get the bad guys.” Instead of thinking about cybersecurity strategies as protecting one’s home, he said, “you need to think of the Internet like your neighborhood,” where one well-guarded house is unsafe if it’s surrounded by houses with little or no security.
U.S. high-tech executives' confidence in the future of global trade and U.S. exports has grown significantly over the past two years, according to a UPS annual survey. It said 85 percent of U.S. high-tech executives believe the Obama administration's National Export Initiative goal to double exports by 2014 is either "very likely" or "somewhat likely" to be achieved, versus 40 percent two years ago.
The FCC on Friday approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that will establish rules for an incentive auction of broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband, to take place as early as 2014. The NPRM moves the FCC a step closer to what is already the most anticipated auction since the 700 MHz auction four years ago. Commissioner Ajit Pai concurred only on parts of the NPRM, saying the commission leaves too many critical questions unasked.
The FCC on Friday approved a notice of proposed rulemaking that will establish rules for an incentive auction of broadcast spectrum for wireless broadband, to take place as early as 2014. The NPRM moves the FCC a step closer to what is already the most anticipated auction since the 700 MHz auction four years ago. Commissioner Ajit Pai concurred only on parts of the NPRM, saying the commission leaves too many critical questions unasked. Meanwhile, CEA hailed the NPRM as “a great step forward."
AT&T said the FCC should reject CLEC proposals to adopt a de minimis exemption to the upcoming mandatory data request on the special access market (http://xrl.us/bnrhym). The proposals would exempt providers with less than a certain number of facilities-based building connections in a market from having to provide data. Several CLECs had made the requests, arguing an exemption could ease the burden on small companies whose data would be of little use to the commission’s analysis.
FirstNet may begin implementing the proposed nationwide 700 MHz national public safety broadband network (NPSBN) as soon as 2013, the FirstNet board said at its inaugural meeting Tuesday. All 15 members praised the $7 billion initiative and talked about next steps. But multiple organizations and a new report underscore FirstNet’s challenges of funding, scheduling and exclusion, and they questioned the manner in which the federal government has handled several suspended stimulus grants.
Rep. Cliff Stearns, R-Fla., and other GOP members expressed their displeasure with the way the FCC revoked its approval for LightSquared’s 4G wireless broadband network, during a subcommittee hearing on Friday. Stearns, the outgoing chairman of the House Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, capped his eight-month investigation Friday with a terse examination of the FCC’s role in the fiasco. “All of us are frustrated with the loss of this huge innovation leap and the loss of this company,” said Stearns, in what is likely to be his last hearing as subcommittee chairman.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate introduced the Internet Radio Fairness Act Friday, aimed at aligning the differing broadcast platform royalty payments under the same standard used to establish rates for cable and satellite radio services. The bipartisan, bicameral bills would level the playing field for Internet radio services by placing them under the Copyright Act 801(b) standard. The bill was backed by an array of technology and broadcasting groups but panned by some musician coalitions. It is unlikely that the bill will receive a floor vote in either the House or Senate when lawmakers return to the Hill after the November elections.