"My Government will introduce a Bill to ensure the communications infrastructure is fit for the digital age, supports future economic growth, delivers competitive communications and enhances public service broadcasting," said Her Majesty, an innocuous description of the about-to-be-introduced Digital Economy bill.

Ontario, Canada will have a smart meter in every home by the end of 2010, and its Information and Privacy Commissioner has now weighed in on the implications of placing detailed information on energy use online.

According to broadcasters and the government, one of the things that could be interfering with reception from indoor TV antennas is putting them near television sets.

FCC broadband advisor Blair Levin says he still needs more clarification from the National Association of Broadcasters on issues related to the impact of spectrum allocations on retransmission-consent negotiations.

President Barack Obama reached out to one of Cuba's most prominent dissidents, blogger Yoani Sanchez, and, in an interview posted on her popular blog, challenged the island's ruling gerontocracy to permit freedom of speech.

As they did throughout the president's visit, the Chinese government appeared to monitor carefully how President Obama's words were transmitted to China's public. They were especially vigilant about a report in the Southern Weekly , by some accounts, because Obama had turned down an interview request from CCTV, China's main national TV network.

With the finish line for round one of the broadband stimulus being pushed back even further, many are already growing increasingly concerned about the fate of the second round of broadband stimulus funds. Is the next round headed for disaster?

A federal judge granted preliminary approval to a revised settlement between Google and authors and publishers over the Internet giant's effort to create a vast digital library.

Washington policy makers, long concerned about how marketers use consumers' personal data to their guide sales pitches on the Internet, have stepped up scrutiny of the increasingly sophisticated ad-targeting techniques used in other media, ranging from mobile phones to TV commercials to the ads consumers get in their mail boxes.

Broadband penetration has continued to rise in the European Union this year, according to a new report from the European Commission. The report finds that 24 percent of the EU population had a broadband access line subscription in July 2009, up from 21.6 percent one year previously.