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Federal Communications Commission to seek comment on rules to curb surprise wireless charges. Federal regulators want to stop cell phone "bill shock" by requiring wireless companies to alert subscribers before they run out of minutes, hit data usage or text messaging caps or start racking up international roaming charges.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A large percentage of U.S. parents would support a law requiring companies to be barred from collecting information about Internet users unless they explicitly agree, according to a new poll out on Friday.

When it comes to protecting the privacy of their children, US parents give social networks a failing grade.

Pa. congresswoman's camp wants plug pulled on radio attack ad on health bill abortion funding. Attorneys for Democrat U.S. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper's campaign want four Erie radio stations to pull an ad by an anti-abortion group that contends her vote for health care reform resulted in "the largest expansion of taxpayer-funded abortions ever."

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless in a statement Sunday said it will pay millions of dollars in refunds to 15 million cell phone customers who were erroneously charged for data sessions or Internet use.

Federal Communications Commission seeks more information from Comcast, NBC Universal. The Federal Communications Commission is requesting additional information from Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal as it reviews the cable operator's plan to acquire a controlling stake in the media company.

Verizon Wireless to pay out millions to cell phone customers wrongly charged for data usage. Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years.

Verizon Wireless to pay out millions to cell phone customers wrongly charged for data usage. Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years.

US telecom titan Verizon Wireless will pay back up to 90 million dollars to some 15 million cell phone users who were charged for services they did not use, the New York Times said Sunday.

Verizon Wireless to pay out millions to cell phone customers wrongly charged for data usage. Verizon Wireless could pay out up to $90 million in refunds to cell phone customers who were improperly charged for inadvertent Web access or data usage over the past several years.

SC prisons chief says he's testing technology to block calls of inmates' smuggled cell phones. South Carolina's prison director still wants a system to jam all cell phone signals in prison, but said Thursday he is testing a less intrusive technology to block signals from phones illegally smuggled to inmates.

Deep packet inspection (DPI) can be relied on for security and forensics, but also can be used for snooping into online lives, reports Deb Radcliff.. Deep packet inspection (DPI) can be relied on for security and forensics, but also can be used for snooping into online lives, reports Deb Radcliff.Enterprises need better analysis to detect zero days, employee abuse and other nefarious behaviors on their networks. Government and law enforcement agencies need deeper intelligence to know what to collect in their sensors and what to actually analyze. Telecommunications companies and internet service providers (ISPs) need more visibility into their network traffic to provide better quality of service. To do all these things and much more, organizations are using deep packet inspection (DPI), although many would rather do so without the public noticing, due to privacy concerns. ?DPI has this image of Big Brother tracking what you load on your devices,? says Shira Levine, directing analyst at

Good news for couch potatoes: Senate votes to ban annoyingly loud TV commercials. Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become law.

With political ads swamping US airwaves ahead of November elections, the US Senate has passed a bill targeting overly loud television advertisements, its lead author said Thursday.

Good news for couch potatoes: Senate votes to ban annoyingly loud TV commercials. Legislation to turn down the volume on those loud TV commercials that send couch potatoes diving for their remote controls looks like it'll soon become law.

House Democrats shelve network neutrality proposal in face of Republican opposition. House Democrats have shelved a last-ditch effort to broker a compromise between phone, cable and Internet companies on rules that would prohibit broadband providers from blocking or degrading online traffic flowing over their networks.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A temporary legislative fix to regulate broadband traffic failed to garner Republican support, killing the chance of a remedy from the Congress before the mid-term elections, House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman said on Wednesday.

Supreme Court to consider appeal from Anna Nicole Smith estate in bid to collect $300M. The long-running legal fight over whether former Playmate Anna Nicole Smith should have gotten part of the fortune left behind by her elderly Texas billionaire husband landed at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices announced new cases to be argued in the upcoming 2010 term.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it would decide whether corporations like AT&T Inc can claim personal privacy to prevent the disclosure of government records about them under the freedom of information law.

Supreme Court to weigh whether corporations can claim personal privacy interests. The Supreme Court is getting involved in an unusual freedom of information dispute over whether corporations may assert personal privacy interests to prevent the government from releasing documents about them.