The Federal Communications Commission is currently accepting public comments on its proposal to regulate pricing on broadband networks, commonly referred to as “net neutrality.” The Competitive Enterprise Institute is advising the Commission to drop the foray into broadband regulation entirely, emphasizing the predictable outcome of slower networks and fewer new innovations.

Google is renowned for brilliant programming. Google's founders (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) met in graduate school. Their search engine is famous for its speed and accuracy. Even Microsoft, with all its programming muscle, is unable to match it. Since becoming successful, Google has instituted hiring practices to insure they get only the brightest minds. Their entrance exams are legendary for toughness. It has been said there are so many geniuses at Google that they can't get anything done. Every person working there is used to being the smartest person in the room.

A North Yorkshire website agency is warning that new government regulations could mean thousands of UK businesses are breaking the law every time they send an email. They also believe that the rules will create extra bandwidth costs for businesses with high volumes of email traffic.

The law firm of Brayton Purcell won the battle against plagiarism of its popular web site, Elder Abuse Information, when an arbitrator awarded a total of over $180,000 in its favor. Without obtaining permission, a competing law firm, Recordon & Recordon, had posted large portions of material from the Elder Abuse Information web site on its own web site. Through its web site developers, Recordon copied the content word–for–word and even used the same graphics and lay–out.

The Federal Trade Commission and the Attorney General of California have brought a permanent halt to an operation that sent millions of spam messages that violated federal and state laws. The settlement will bar future violations of the spam laws, will require the operators to monitor affiliates closely to assure that they are not violating state and federal laws, and requires that they give up approximately $475,000 in ill-gotten gains.

GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of domain names worldwide, is petitioning the U.S. Department of Commerce to deny final approval of the controversial .COM Registry Agreement with VeriSign. GoDaddy.com and other top registrars, representing a majority of .COM registrars, want the deal sent back to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to be reworked in a way that is fair and equitable.