The 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games will require up to 20,000 separate wireless frequency licenses says Ofcom.
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Olympics ‘record’ wireless demand
Two and a half years into the crusade against distracted driving, automakers are equipping vehicles with new technology that might circumvent the 34 state laws that prohibit text messaging behind the wheel, which 95 percent of Americans say is dangerous. The manufacturers say the new hands-free text-messaging systems will reduce the risk of distraction. Safety advocates aren’t so sure. And experts say it will require careful analysis to determine whether laws that ban drivers from sending and receiving text messages will apply to hands-free methods. Read full article > >
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Automakers embrace hands-free text-messaging technology
Federal education officials are tightening oversight of the burgeoning for-profit higher-education sector with the release Thursday of a new regulation they say will require career preparatory programs to yield “gainful employment.” The action culminates a lengthy debate between the Obama administration and for-profit college leaders and includes several concessions to the industry meant to soften the regulatory impact. The most important change from a previous draft introduces a multiyear grace period before deficient programs are shut down. Read full article > >
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Federal ‘gainful employment’ rule tightens oversight of for-profit colleges
Republicans are unhappy with their field of presidential candidates and yearn for someone who will come along to save them. But here’s what the GOP doesn’t want to confront: its problem lies not in its candidates but in itself. The candidates appear much smaller than they are because the party’s primary voters and core interest groups insist upon cutting them down to size. To win a Republican nomination, a candidate has to move right, recant absolutely any past position that violates the current conservative catechism and never dare to speak the truth that solving our deficit problem will require new revenue — a.k.a. taxes. Read full article > >
An emerging view in Europe is that a permanent solution to Greece’s debt problem will require investors to take losses in a restructuring.
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Expectations Grow for Greek Debt Restructuring
The Department of Homeland Security will require additional screening on packages from outside the country and ban some toner and ink cartridges.
Those of you despairing of today’s partisan bickering, take heart: The Senate unanimously agreed late Wednesday that loud TV commercials are very annoying. The Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act, or CALM, will require television stations…
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Senate Turns Down the Volume
Federal ‘gainful employment’ rule tightens oversight of for-profit colleges
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
