Companies

Cable companies lobbying FCC to force customers into using set-top boxes

8 Feb 2012

According to a recent article at Public Knowledge, cables companies are pushing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconsider a rule regarding the encryption of the basic cable tier. During the early nineties, a rule was adopted by the FCC to make sure cable companies kept a portion of the broadcast stations completely unencrypted. Commonly known as “basic cable� by the public, these ...

Companies mixed on letting employees use their own gadgets for work

8 Feb 2012

While loath to alienate employees by being too restrictive, many executives fear their companies' confidential or critical business data could be accessed from poorly secured gadgets by hackers, who are attacking firms with increasing ferocity.

How chips, PCs, services companies are faring

8 Feb 2012

A look at how selected companies providing computers, components, services and related software are faring: