The US House of Representatives has voted to block online privacy regulations issued during the final months of the Obama administration, a first step towards allowing internet providers to sell the browsing habits of their customers.

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AT&T has agreed to pay $7.75m (almost €7m) for letting scammers accused of running a drug ring bill consumers for fake directory assistance.

Microsoft could be preparing to announce an update to the Xbox One, and perhaps a brand new Xbox, at E3 this summer.

Charter Communications, controlled by cable industry pioneer John Malone, has offered to buy Time Warner Cable for $56bn (€52bn), seeking to combine the number two and three US cable operators to compete against market leader Comcast.

Internet service providers must act in the “public interest” when providing a mobile connection to a US home or phone, under rules approved by a divided Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Mario Draghi can ‘do what it takes’ to save the eurozone, but must proceed with care while doing so.

BATS were flitting through the trees as I watched a group of aging Europeans with serious cases of waist-slippage drink Angkor beer and dine on slim frogs at a pavement restaurant by the riverside in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The saga of Janet Jackson’s wardrobe malfunction looks set to rumble on after the US Supreme Court ordered that a ruling quashing a fine over the incident be re-examined.

A NARROWLY divided Supreme Court yesterday ruled US regulators can impose fines on television and radio broadcasters for allowing “fleeting expletives” to go out over the airwaves.

A US appeals court today threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS for the 2004 Super Bowl half-time show that ended with Janet Jackson’s breast-baring “wardrobe malfunction”.

Ian McKellen’s acclaimed performance in King Lear is coming to America’s Public Broadcasting System – but his on-stage nude scene may not.

Apple’s much-hyped iPhone was unveiled this week after 30 months and millions of dollars in top-secret development.

US TV network CBS has once more appealed against a $550,000 (€430,833) fine imposed after Janet Jackson's 2004 Super Bowl 'wardrobe malfunction'.

America’s CBS television network has asked an appeal court to set aside a €445,000 fine by the Federal Communications Commission against the broadcaster for airing Janet Jackson’s breast-baring performance during a a half-time gala at the 2004 professional football championship game.

THE ISEQ plunged back into negative territory after the bank holiday weekend closing down 375.87 points to 7,303.15.

America’s crackdown on taste and decency on TV took a step further today - with stations axing war film Saving Private Ryan for being too rude.

American TV giant CBS is fighting the large fine imposed on 20 of its stations after Janet Jackson's breast exposure during February's Super Bowl, insisting the incident was not intentional.

American TV shows Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Will & Grace have been cleared of indecency, following complaints they contained unsuitable scenes of a sexual nature.

Media companies and artists have protested a ruling made against Bono over his use of a swear word at the 2003 Golden Globe awards.

Four new non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of Ulster Bank.

The MD of the public relations firm Weber Shandwick FCC, Ms Eileen Gleeson, has stepped down as managing director to take up the role of chairman.

US regulators have given media tycoon Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation the go-ahead to take over America’s largest satellite TV provider, in a €6.3bn deal.

Federal regulators in Washington are looking at making a pre-emptive strike against web surfers who share digital television shows across the internet.

When it comes to swearing, the US government says, it is all in the delivery.

A RADIO contest challenging listeners to have sex in public places for a free trip to Boston’s Sam Adams Brewery has won the broadcasters a $357,500 fine.

WE live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say, “It’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.” Then there are those who see the need and respond. I consider those people my heroes.

AN unholy sex stunt at St Patrick’s Cathedral has gotten shock jerks Opie and Anthony exorcised from New York radio.

The City of New York Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications [DOITT] will trial Digital Earth Systems' Geomode wireless location positioning software with the City's public safety and emergency services.

The $106bn merger of America Online and Time Warner has cleared its final government hurdle.