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FTC cracks international Web porn ring
News The Federal Trade Commission announced Wednesday it has won a federal injunction against an international porn ring that cloned 25 million Web pages and "hijacked" unsuspecting visitors to its smut sites.
[September 23, 1999, 9:29]
Intel-STMicro deal gets US antitrust probe
News US Federal Trade Commission officials are taking a deeper look into Intel's plans to create a private chip company with STMicroelectronics and private equity firm Francisco Partners, Intel said on Thursday.
[August 31, 2007, 9:27]
FTC plans formal investigation of Intel
News Intel's business practices will come under the scrutiny of the US Federal Trade Commission, which has opened a formal antitrust investigation of the chipmaker. Intel must now answer to the Federal Trade Commission, which is the appropriate way to...
[June 9, 2008, 14:56]
FTC to probe Google's DoubleClick purchase
News The Federal Trade Commission has begun an inquiry into the planned sale of DoubleClick to Google for $3.1bn (£1.5bn), according to reports. According to reports by Reuters, The New York Times and others, the inquiry began last week after the two...
[May 29, 2007, 13:30]
Green light for AOL-Time Warner merger
News FCC commissioner William Kennard announced Thursday that the agency approved the deal and imposed three additional restrictions beyond those already required by the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission approved the deal in...
[January 12, 2001, 7:58]
Home Internet security starts with you and the protection of your identity
White Papers According to the Federal Trade Commission's report National and State Trends in Fraud & Identity Theft, there were 246,570 identity theft complaints filed with that government agency in 2004. With the proliferation of broadband connections and the...
[May 25, 2006, 3:17]
Feds go after Sars spammers
News The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are warning that people who hawk products related to Sars (severe acute respiratory syndrome) could be subject to fines because their claims are not backed up by...
[May 12, 2003, 9:12]
Privacy advocates take aim at Windows XP
News Several privacy groups are set to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday, regarding Microsoft's imminent release of Windows XP, alleging unfair and deceptive trade practices. The complaint will ask for relief under Section 5...
[July 26, 2001, 10:28]
Microsoft adds privacy controls to Media Player
News Microsoft has begun to incorporate new privacy policies and procedures in upcoming products, apparently in response to this month's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. Last year, 14 consumer and privacy groups filed a complaint with the...
[August 28, 2002, 11:13]
Intel granted antitrust extension
News Facing allegations of antitrust violations in Japan, chip giant Intel requested and received on Thursday a two-week extension to respond to recommendations by the Japan Federal Trade Commission. Although the Japan FTC shares information and...
[March 18, 2005, 14:05]
Microsoft and Google clash over DoubleClick
News Drummond is stressing the difference because it matters to the Federal Trade Commission lawyers and economists who are reviewing the deal. The acquisition was announced in April but is still undergoing a review by the US Federal Trade Commission...
[September 27, 2007, 9:53]
FCC urged to act on net neutrality principles
News We have the FCC and the Federal Trade Commission, which have authority to enforce some policies in this area. Executives from AT&T and Verizon Communications said on Tuesday that it's important for the US Federal Communications Commission to take...
[June 18, 2008, 10:08]
US: Net-neutrality regulations unnecessary
News The Republican chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Deborah Platt Majoras, was almost as sceptical last year, and a formal report from the entire Federal Trade Commission in June came up with the same conclusion that no new laws were needed.
[September 7, 2007, 11:36]
The Day Ahead: Mileposts for AOL Time Warner
News Now that the AOL Time Warner merger has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission and is likely to be approved by the Federal Communications Commission any day now, it's time to examine what could move the stock.
[January 10, 2001, 14:03]
RIP Net neutrality?
News However, even though the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) came out in favour of the principle of network neutrality as early as 2004, followed by the US Federal Trade Commission at the end of 2005, over the last year or so, network...
[June 7, 2006, 15:30]
Rambus in EC antitrust probe
News While Federal Trade Commission (FTC) orders issued in August 2006 and in February 2007 found that Rambus had engaged in "illegal monopolisation", the "remedy" imposed by the FTC is applicable only to US patents.
[August 23, 2007, 15:31]
Weighing Bush's mixed technology legacy
News Bush's Federal Trade Commission warned that net-neutrality regulations would be dangerous, as did the Justice Department; but the FCC went ahead anyway and now is trying to defend its actions in court.
[January 20, 2009, 12:37]
Rambus launches more antitrust action
News Rambus is also empowered by a recent ruling from the Federal Trade Commission. Rambus' 36-page complaint cites evidence obtained through the Federal Trade Commission and its investigation into price fixing.
[May 6, 2004, 10:00]
Bush snubs tech VC for commerce post
News Evans, 54, is considered a confidant of Bush by most political observers, which should help him fight for turf representing an agency that often finds itself in jurisdictional conflict with the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Trade...
[December 20, 2000, 15:44]
Sunbelt ruffles spyware feathers
News The Federal Trade Commission also has gone to court in actions against alleged spyware peddlers. The Federal Trade Commission might attack such a restriction as unfair or deceptive. A proposed Federal law aims to immunise anti-spyware providers...
[November 11, 2005, 12:15]
