Kim Hart
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Articles by Kim Hart
Tech Stocks Drop 9 Percent (September 30, 2008)
Google Goes to Washington, Gearing Up to Put Its Stamp on Government (September 29, 2008)
Lawmakers See Challenges for TV Transition (September 17, 2008)
N.C. City Switches to Digital TV (September 9, 2008)
Just as Storms Loom, N.C. Town To Switch Away From Analog TV (September 6, 2008)
A Social Network Where You Can Be Too Social (September 4, 2008)
Finding Use for the Airwaves' 'White Spaces' (August 28, 2008)
A New Breed Of Hackers Tracks Online Acts of War (August 27, 2008)
From the Ground Up (August 24, 2008)
Virtual Worlds Get Real About Punishment (August 20, 2008)
Longtime Battle Lines Are Recast In Russia and Georgia's Cyberwar (August 14, 2008)
Sprint Posts $344 Million Loss As Users Continue to Jump Ship (August 7, 2008)
Satellite Firms Return After Failure to Launch (August 4, 2008)
Seniors Tap Into Texting (August 1, 2008)
Digital TV Budget Sufficient, NTIA Says (July 29, 2008)
Satellite Radio Merger Approved (July 26, 2008)
XM, Sirius Deal Nears Finality As Companies Agree to Fines (July 25, 2008)
Not Everyone's a Fan of Facebook's Overhaul (July 24, 2008)
High-Stakes Race to Unlock a Wider Web (July 24, 2008)
Stocks Close A Big Week With a Whimper (July 19, 2008)
Move to Digital TV Faces Language Barrier (July 19, 2008)
Google and Microsoft Earnings Rise but Slightly Miss Estimates (July 18, 2008)
Congress Steps Up Questions On Google, Yahoo Ad Alliance (July 16, 2008)
Lawmakers Assail Digital TV Effort (July 11, 2008)
Venture-Backed IPO Tally: Zero (July 1, 2008)
Google Enters ComScore's Turf (June 30, 2008)
Access Denied (June 19, 2008)
Twitters From Mars! (June 14, 2008)
A Flashy Facebook Page, at a Cost to Privacy (June 12, 2008)
Many TV Viewers Unprepared For Switch (June 11, 2008)
Storms' Fury Cut Off Data Lines That Bind (June 7, 2008)
Social Networking Meets Madison Ave. (June 5, 2008)
GAO Finds Hurdles In Digital TV Switch (May 21, 2008)
Digital TV Transition Not as Easy as Advertised (May 20, 2008)
FCC to Test Transition to Digital TV in N.C. (May 8, 2008)
Clearwire, Sprint Nextel Set Course for WiMax (May 8, 2008)
The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody's Space (May 2, 2008)
Switching to the Recycling Channel (April 26, 2008)
The Smart Money Watches You Watch Videos (April 17, 2008)
Bethesda Start-Up Makes Writing a Little Less Lonely (April 14, 2008)
Rabbit Ears Fears? Converters Clear Picture. (April 12, 2008)
Yahoo Reiterates Stance After Threat by Microsoft (April 8, 2008)
As TV Goes Digital, Some Viewers May Be in the Dark (March 31, 2008)
Sprint Paid Former Chief $40 Million in '07 (March 28, 2008)
Justice Dept. Approves XM-Sirius Radio Merger (March 25, 2008)
Breaking the Law To Get a Break (March 21, 2008)
AOL to Buy Bebo to Compete In Social-Networking Market (March 14, 2008)
Gates Calls on Congress For Science Education, Visas (March 13, 2008)
Hollywood Tests Tolerance For Ads With Online Video (March 12, 2008)
Google Cleared To Buy Ad Firm (March 12, 2008)
Connecting . . . (March 11, 2008)
Advertising Sent To Cellphones Opens New Front In War on Spam (March 10, 2008)
Yelp Critiques Heard and Heeded in D.C. (February 27, 2008)
FCC Relaxes Digital-TV Transition Order (February 22, 2008)
Proxy Fight for Yahoo Is Predicted (February 20, 2008)
After Spurning Microsoft, Yahoo Reaches Out to AOL (February 12, 2008)
Yahoo Board Decides To Reject Microsoft's $44.6 Billion Offer (February 10, 2008)
Some Businesses at Mercy Of Google See Hope in Bid (February 7, 2008)
A Video Track Attack (January 31, 2008)
At DEMO, Innovations With High Aspirations (January 30, 2008)
Fading Out (January 19, 2008)
$25 Million Begins Google's Charity (January 18, 2008)
Sprint Takes On Partners to Boost WiMax (January 9, 2008)
Fighting Reputation of Waste, Electronics Show Goes Green (January 5, 2008)
Online Networking Goes Small, and Sponsors Follow (December 29, 2007)
Hesse Takes Charge at Sprint Nextel (December 19, 2007)
Web Leaders Seek More Searchable Government (December 11, 2007)
Groups to Press FCC To Prohibit Blocking Of Text Messages (December 11, 2007)
FCC Chairman Draws Fire for Cross-Ownership Plan (December 6, 2007)
Start-Ups Prep for Wireless Auction (December 3, 2007)
Verizon To Open Its Wireless Network (November 28, 2007)
No Cultural Merger At Sprint Nextel (November 24, 2007)
Constituents' E-Mail on XM Deal Not Well Received (November 22, 2007)
Rural Health Groups to Get Millions From FCC (November 20, 2007)
Head of Cable Lobby Condemns FCC Report (November 15, 2007)
XM, Sirius Shareholders Vote to Approve Merger (November 14, 2007)
Minority Firm Seeks Radio Stake (November 13, 2007)
Sprint, Clearwire Call Off WiMax Network Partnership (November 10, 2007)
Google Teams Up With Cell Industry (November 6, 2007)
Groups Press FCC on Comcast, Net Neutrality (November 3, 2007)
Quarter Adds to Troubles At Sprint (November 2, 2007)
You Can Hear Google Now (November 1, 2007)
FCC Ready to Ban Exclusive Cable Contracts (October 31, 2007)
Carlyle Considered Buying Out Sprint (October 29, 2007)
XM Loss Deepens in 3rd Quarter; Subscriptions Up (October 26, 2007)
Interim Sprint CEO Sets Out To Restore Company's Focus (October 19, 2007)
AT& T, Verizon Loosen Cell Contracts (October 18, 2007)
AOL to Cut 20 Percent of Workforce, 750 People Locally (October 16, 2007)
Talk of Returning Headquarters to Kansas Ripples Through Sprint (October 13, 2007)
Severance Could Total $54 Million for Departed Sprint CEO (October 10, 2007)
Sprint Nextel's Chief Resigns (October 9, 2007)
Forsee: WiMaxed Out (October 9, 2007)
Investors Critical of Sprint's Chief (October 5, 2007)
Sprint Attacks Phone Giants on Access (October 3, 2007)
Sprint Presses for Cheaper Access to Broadband Lines (October 2, 2007)
The Night The TVs Go Out (September 29, 2007)
Verizon Ends Text-Message Ban (September 28, 2007)
Sprint Wins Patent Case Against Vonage (September 26, 2007)
Selling a Long-Shot Idea: Free Internet Access (September 24, 2007)
Merger of Little-Known Telecoms May Mean Rival for Heavyweights (September 19, 2007)
FCC Tells Sprint to Speed Rerouting From Public-Safety Airwaves (September 12, 2007)
Shutting Down Big Downloaders (September 7, 2007)
Telecom Changes Put Competition on the Line (September 6, 2007)
SunRocket Sues Vonage Over Use of Customer List (August 24, 2007)
Cellphone Contracts: Hard to Get off the Hook (August 18, 2007)
Sprint's Technical Chief Sees Future In Affordable, Do-It-All Cellphones (August 17, 2007)
Microsoft Disputes FCC's Rejection of Web Devices That Use TV Airwaves (August 13, 2007)
A Loss And a Gain for Sprint (August 9, 2007)
Struggling Sprint Pushes Its Chips Toward WiMax (August 8, 2007)
Too Little Room in White Space (August 3, 2007)
FCC Approves Airwave Use For All Phones (August 1, 2007)
FCC to Rule on Wireless Auction (July 30, 2007)
Verizon Changes Course, Supports Open-Access Plan (July 26, 2007)
FCC Majority Backs Open-Access Plan for Airwaves (July 25, 2007)
Karmazin Makes New XM-Sirius Price Offer (July 24, 2007)
Wireless Spectrum for Safety Hits Roadblocks (July 23, 2007)
AT& T Changes Course on Auction (July 20, 2007)
Sprint Moves to Build WiMax Network (July 20, 2007)
For SunRocket Customers, Sounds of Silence (July 19, 2007)
SunRocket Goes Out of Business, Leaving Customers in the Lurch (July 18, 2007)
How to Sell the Airwaves? (July 13, 2007)
FCC Auction Should Allow for Open Wireless Network, Say Lawmakers (July 12, 2007)
Carving Up The Wireless Spectrum (July 9, 2007)
Graduating With a CP-Yay (July 6, 2007)
Wireless Firm LCC Cuts About 60 Jobs (July 4, 2007)
Internet-Phone-Service Provider Drops a Fourth of Its Staff (July 3, 2007)
Betting on Hype Tech (July 1, 2007)
Hype Meets Reality At iPhone's Debut (June 30, 2007)
Some Camp Out for the iPhone, Others Just Want to Make a Buck (June 28, 2007)
Sprint Ad Campaign Leaves Nextel's Name in the Dust (June 27, 2007)
Judge Offers Plan to Keep Vonage Afloat (June 26, 2007)
Calling All Competition (June 23, 2007)
British Investors Win Majority Stake in Intelsat (June 20, 2007)
Quietly, AT&T Discounts DSL to Meet Merger Demands (June 19, 2007)
Intelsat Puts Itself Back on the Auction Block (June 15, 2007)
Sprint Nextel to Buy Yet Another Affiliate (June 14, 2007)
NVR Seeks to Weather Downturn By Stockpiling Options to Build (June 12, 2007)
Executives Cashing In Shares At NVR (June 6, 2007)
Sprint Wins 'Consolation Prize' Telecom Contract (June 1, 2007)
Tysons Project Gets a Legal Eye (May 28, 2007)
Alltel Deal Takes Some Bidders by Surprise (May 22, 2007)
In Suburbs, Locked Into a High-Tech Lure (May 21, 2007)
Looking for a Few (or Many) Good Tenants (May 21, 2007)
After Boom and Bust, Diversity and Maturity (May 14, 2007)
Post-Merger Problems Catch Up With Sprint (May 3, 2007)
More Jobs Than People In Fairfax (April 30, 2007)
Mortgage Woes Send FBR to Quarterly Loss (April 27, 2007)
Fewer Area Firms Get More Venture Capital (April 24, 2007)
Firm to Mine Databases for National Security Threats (April 19, 2007)
Hats, Shirts or Jewelry: If It Says 'Hokie,' It's Flying Off the Shelves (April 19, 2007)
Cox to Add Wireless To Va. Cable Packages (April 17, 2007)
Riches to Ride (April 16, 2007)
Venture Capital Drawn to Freewebs (April 9, 2007)
Wave of Widgets Spreads on the Web (April 9, 2007)
TNS Says Loyalty Should Pay (April 5, 2007)
InPhonic to Restate Two Quarters' Results (April 4, 2007)
ComScore Plans Initial Public Offering (April 3, 2007)
From Three Dads, a Kid-Oriented Cellphone Service (April 2, 2007)
Government Telecom Deal Omits Sprint (March 30, 2007)
McLean's MicroStrategy Nets Three More Clients (March 29, 2007)
Not Just a Government Town (March 26, 2007)
McLean PR Firm Adopts New Name, Direction (March 22, 2007)
Telecoms Wait Nervously On $20 Billion Contract (March 14, 2007)
Generations of Change (March 12, 2007)
Pledged to Greek Gear (March 12, 2007)
Software Giant Symantec Buys Reston-Based Security Firm (March 8, 2007)
Finding a Hook in Silver Spring (March 5, 2007)
As Military Contracts Grow, So Do Protests (February 27, 2007)
Watergate Hotel May Not Go Co-Op After All (February 26, 2007)
ManTech Sells Subsidiary to Its Chief Executive (February 22, 2007)
Of Entrepreneurs and Government (February 15, 2007)
The Commerce of Love Slams Into a Snowdrift (February 15, 2007)
IBM Acquires Fairfax-Based Softek (February 8, 2007)
Making Deals Where Steaks Are High (February 8, 2007)
Sony Wins Bid for Ipix Camera Technology Patents (February 5, 2007)
Software Company's Strategy Pays Off (February 1, 2007)
Local Firms Zoom In on Windows Vista (January 31, 2007)
Tracking Who's Saying What About Whom (January 29, 2007)
Claraview Acquires Intelligence Firm (January 25, 2007)
Williams Joins Investment Firm (January 24, 2007)
Sallie Mae Discloses Probe Into Marketing (January 19, 2007)
After Technology Success, Kampf Looks to Help Others Grow (January 18, 2007)
The Lure of a Single Stoplight (January 15, 2007)
For Local News Site, Model Just Didn't Click (January 15, 2007)
17 Israeli Firms Expected at Security Technology Conference (January 11, 2007)
United Airlines Wins Right To Fly to China From Dulles (January 10, 2007)
Sprint Nextel Announces Plan to Lay Off 5,000 Workers (January 9, 2007)
The Weather Outside Is Frightful (January 8, 2007)
Hotels Hosting Galas Ring In Big Business Along With the New Year (January 2, 2007)
Where the Smart Money's Going in '07 (January 1, 2007)
Mills CEO: No Hidden Financial Problems (December 30, 2006)
Federal Contractors Set Sights on Route 1 (December 28, 2006)
Verizon Store Follows Apple's Example (December 28, 2006)
Perot Systems Acquires Government IT Firm (December 21, 2006)
WebMethods Names New Finance Chief (December 21, 2006)
FBR Settles With SEC Over Insider Trading Case (December 21, 2006)
December Detour (December 18, 2006)
AOL Alumni Seek Excitement of Start-Ups (December 18, 2006)
AOL Lays Off 450 At Dulles Office (December 14, 2006)
Aiming High, Students To Build Satellite (December 14, 2006)
More Foreign Firms Calling Fairfax Home (December 7, 2006)
IT Consulting Firm Founder Honored (December 7, 2006)
With Purchase of Consul, IBM Extends Its Reach in Herndon's Software 'Hotbed' (December 6, 2006)
Start-Ups Try to Plot A Complete Picture (November 27, 2006)
Definition of Confusion (November 24, 2006)
GMU Engineering School Lands $60,000 Scholarship (November 23, 2006)
Deal Propels SunRocket to Mainstream (November 20, 2006)
Fairfax Companies Busy Buying and Growing (November 16, 2006)
More Urban, Less Village (November 13, 2006)
Remade City Centers Find Mass Appeal (November 13, 2006)
Bringing Israeli Brainpower To N.Va. Industry, Investors (November 9, 2006)
Mills Investor Sues For an Annual Meeting (November 9, 2006)
New Local Firm Part of Wireless Revolution (November 2, 2006)
Orbital Finds Misdated Options (October 28, 2006)
Online Video Game Previews Army of Tomorrow (October 26, 2006)
Israeli Firm Offers Mills Corp. a Cash Infusion (October 26, 2006)
As Tire Sales Decline, Installers Deliver Service (October 21, 2006)
GMU Students, Tech Firm Zero In on Military Training (October 19, 2006)
Accounting Firms Ally To Take On The Big 4 (October 16, 2006)
Web-Based Real Estate Firm Shares Commission With Buyers (October 12, 2006)
Chairman Of Sprint Moves Up Exit Date (October 11, 2006)
In Phone Business, Big Is Big Again (October 9, 2006)
XM Radio Hits Some More Interference (October 5, 2006)
Taking Government Know-How to the Private Sector (October 5, 2006)
TNS Chief Ousted in Firm's 6th Management Shift (September 29, 2006)
Online Consumer Advice, Neighbor to Neighbor (September 28, 2006)
Bondholders Seek $21.5 Million in Damages From BearingPoint Default (September 28, 2006)
BearingPoint in Default On $200 Million of Bonds (September 27, 2006)
Mom-and-Pop to Try Cellphone Payment (September 25, 2006)
Qmobile, Disney Ring Up Content Deal for Cellphones (September 21, 2006)
Rowe Files for Bankruptcy Protection (September 20, 2006)
Smaller Firms Buy Overseas Shops (September 18, 2006)
CFO at WebMethods To Leave by Year-End (September 15, 2006)
Center Opens to Train New Web Protocol Users (September 14, 2006)
Firms Brace for Softened Market (September 11, 2006)
Growth Across Region Shows Signs of Slowing (September 8, 2006)
Calif. Software Firm Acquires Mobile 365 (September 7, 2006)
Decision By FCC a Break for XM Radio (August 28, 2006)
A Backwater's Incoming Tide (August 26, 2006)
Northwest Heads to Court To Block Attendants' Strike (August 25, 2006)
Deal for ISS Adds To IBM Buying Binge (August 24, 2006)
EchoStar Loses Court Ruling On Some TV Transmissions (August 23, 2006)
Rules of Travel Game Change, and Passengers Adjust (August 12, 2006)
Study Finds Immigrants Don't Hurt U.S. Jobs (August 11, 2006)
Viruses, Spyware Cost Users $7.8 Billion (August 8, 2006)
Wormed Out (August 6, 2006)
A Personal Trainer in Your MP3 Player (August 6, 2006)
Barging Into the Bloggers' Circle (August 5, 2006)
Microsoft to Buy Medical Software (July 27, 2006)
Rewriting the Web for Mobile Phones (July 26, 2006)
As Podcasts Spread, Advertisers Sniff Money (July 23, 2006)
Dell's Gloomy Forecast Puts Chill on Tech (July 22, 2006)
Portrait of a Blogger: Under 30 and Sociable (July 20, 2006)
Firms Aim at Business Networks (July 19, 2006)
A Bid to Get Religion? Wal-Mart Hires Ex-Nun (July 18, 2006)
Ethnic Youths Find Career Break Online (July 18, 2006)
Phish-Hooked (July 16, 2006)
Yahoo and Microsoft Connect Instant Messaging (July 13, 2006)
As Digital Alternative, Xpaper Marks the Spot (July 9, 2006)
Camp E-Mailaway (July 8, 2006)
Angry Customers Use Web to Shame Firms (July 5, 2006)
Tech Faceoff: Net Neutrality, In the Eye of the Beholder (July 2, 2006)