As parental oversight of kids’ Internet use has become a legislative issue, companies have stepped in to offer products and services that target parents, but in practice are used by others, sometimes illegally, industry and govt. officials told Washington Internet Daily. Generally developers are immune to liability for users’ violations of terms. But some software functions may border on unfair business practices, especially given FTC and state consumer protection authorities’ pursuit of Sony BMG for its CDs’ “rootkit” behavior.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is announcing that beginning March 15, 2007, truck carriers who participate in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE)Truck Manifest Test1, that have ACE non-portal accounts, can submit their electronic manifest (e-Manifest) information via the ACE Secure Data Portal using third parties that have ACE portal accounts.
On February 27, 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Ralph Basham testified before the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Homeland Security regarding CBP's fiscal year (FY) 2008 budget request.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice which announces the phased enforcement of mandatory ACE electronic manifest: Truck (e-Manifest: Truck) for advance cargo information purposes at all land border ports in Michigan and New York beginning May 24, 2007.
Microvision aims to landing 3-4 development agreements this year for its silicon-chip size microelectromechanical system (MEMS) with a goal of partners shipping products containing it in late 2008, Sales & Mktg. Vp Ian Brown told us.
The Departments. of Defense and Energy are nearly ready to test airborne communications systems designed to stand in for land-based systems in a major emergency. The communications craft, part of the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM), would be sent aloft on short notice by the President.
As part of its housekeeping campaign, the FCC said it wants to “refresh the record” on 2 proceedings involving the Lifeline/Link-Up program for low-income consumers. In one, the FCC had sought comments in 2004 on whether the program should be expanded to serve more individuals and whether it could reach more people if the FCC adopted rules instead of guidelines for advertising it. In the other, the FCC had sought comments in 2003 about how to extend Lifeline/Link-Up to areas adjacent to trial lands. In both, the FCC said comments may have become “stale” over the years or “moot or irrelevant in light of intervening events.” Comments on both will be due 30 days after the FCC’s notices are published in the Federal Register. Meanwhile, the agency asked for new comments on an investigation into GTE’s 1995 annual access filing. The GTE issue looks at the method the company used to determine “exogenous adjustments” to its price cap index to reflect the sale of local exchanges, the FCC said. Local exchange sales since the proceeding began many have a bearing on the issue, the FCC said. And the issues raised by the proceeding may “have become moot or outdated,” the FCC said. Those comments will be due April 11, replies April 26.
CE makers and retailers plan to ask Congress to allocate some funds from post-DTV transition spectrum sales to kickstart national e-waste recycling. E-waste recycling has “more of a link” to the transition than “other projects they are using that money for,” said CEA Environmental Counsel Parker Brugge. Industry believes Congress will allocate money only if packaged with a long-term e-waste recycling solution, he said.
LA JOLLA, Cal. -- That major publicly traded retailers reported depressed growth margins in an HDTV era that should bring record profits is proof that “something clearly did go wrong” at retail Q4, Dave Workman, PRO Buying Group exec. dir., told the DisplaySearch Flat Panel Display Conference here Tues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated "draft" deployment schedule for equipping land border ports with ACE e-Manifest: Truck capabilities.