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White House says it won’t direct FCC to reclassify broadband

Daniel Terdiman/CNET The Obama administration said Tuesday that although the president “vigorously supports” a free and open Internet, he can’t order the Federal Communications Commission on how to proceed in reinstating Net neutrality protections. The statement was in response to an online petition asking that the White House order the FCC to reclassify broadband providers as so-called “common carriers,” which …

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Firefox OS sinks its teeth into low

Firefox OS is a smartphone operating system so far aimed at lower-end phones in cost-sensitive markets. Telefonica Brazil screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET In an impressive first-year achievement, Firefox OS has found a toehold in a fiercely competitive smartphone market. The next challenge for Mozilla’s browser-based mobile operating system will be to convert that toehold into a foothold. As the struggles …

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