
Obama administration unveils high-speed Internet projects
Vice President Joe Biden August 18, announced recovery act funded investments in 94 projects to provide high-speed Internet access to communities in 37 states.

Recovery Act brings broadband - and jobs - to rural communities
The administration is providing more than $1.3 billion to fund broadband projects in rural communities across the country.

Unemployed tell their stories - online
At the Unemployed Workers' Support Network and other Facebook pages, jobless workers tell their stories, and organize.

GodBlock inspires controversy — among atheists
One would expect that religious people would be offended by new "GodBlock" software that removes Biblical references from children's computer screens - but atheists don't like it either.

San Francisco requires cell phone industry to post radiation warnings
San Francisco on Tuesday became the first city in the country to require the $190 billion a year cell phone industry to post radiation levels of different types of devices.
Working-class and rural communities win victory in FCC ruling
A victory for equal access to the internet was scored recently with the decision of FCC chief Julius Genachowski to reassert the agency's authority to regulate the Internet.

Unemployed protest wins changes in system
Unemployed workers in Connecticut are having a little bit easier time filing their claims this week due to a mass phone call protest.

