Grant Gross

The US$4.6 billion-a-year program that subsidizes telephone service to rural areas will go to broadband if a proposal from the federal regulator goes through. It's a move that's only just starting to be studied in Canada

The U.S. government needs to take a more active role in regulating cybersecurity, according to a former U.S. director of national intelligence. If confronted in a cyberwar today, the U.S. would not come out on top, he said.

The Australian Parliament's Web site was hit by an apparent denial-of-service attack Wednesday, two days after the hacking group Anonymous threatened attacks over the government's plan to filter Web content.

The White House and major mobile carriers have launched a text-messaging campaign aimed at improving the health of babies in the U.S. Pregnant women can sign up for health tips under the new program.

A $33.5 million broadband project in northern Georgia, funded by the U.S. government and touted by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden as bringing huge new benefits to the region, will instead compete with existing service in large parts of the area.

Intel used a 'systematic campaign' to cut off rivals' access to the marketplace, the agency says

Five technologies, including the trendy cloud computing and old workhorse open-source software, will see huge adoption increases in the U.S. government over the next five years, largely driven by efforts to contain costs, according to an analyst firm.

The defence contractor will fund cybersecurity research by three American universities