Anti-Indecency Forces Face Opposition
The push to crack down harder on radio and television indecency, which rose to national attention with Janet Jackson's brief exposure during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show, is beginning to stir...
View ArticleFCC Favors Bells in DSL Vote
The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that states cannot require regional phone companies to sell high-speed Internet service as a stand-alone product.
View ArticleSpotting an Opportunity for Trouble
William Campanale wanted to help his 18-year-old daughter earn some extra money. When an e-mail popped up in his inbox offering an opportunity to make money stuffing envelopes at home, he thought he...
View ArticleDNA Key to Decoding Human Factor
Powerful encryption software makes evidence gathering a significant challenge for investigators. The Secret Service is combining detective work and distributed-computing to build cases against online...
View ArticleFCC Ruling Limits Competition, ISP Tells Justices
A Bush administration lawyer urged the Supreme Court to accept a 2002 Federal Communications Commission ruling that gave cable companies the right to bar rival Internet service providers from their...
View ArticleSupreme Court Weighs File Sharing
The entertainment industry Tuesday took its campaign to stop illegal music and video sharing to the U.S. Supreme Court, telling the justices that popular online services such as Grokster and Kazaa...
View ArticleMicrosoft Seeks to ID Phishing Scam Authors
The world's largest software company filed 117 lawsuits in federal court today against "John Does" it alleges are responsible for targeting MSN and Hotmail users with various online scams....
View ArticleFCC Head Downplays Regulation
Cable companies worried about a regulatory clampdown on their industry got good news Wednesday when they met the new Federal Communications Commission chairman.
View ArticleOwnership Cap Could Stop Adelphia Deal
Joint bid by Time Warner Cable and Comcast to buy bankrupt Adelphia Communications's cable system could face hurdles if the government's top regulators take up a long-dormant cable ownership limit....
View ArticleVa. Lawmakers Aim to Hook Cyberscammers
The Virginia General Assembly this year passed a handful of new bills aimed at cracking down on computer and online crimes, including a statute that observers say is the nation's first law that...
View ArticleThe Battle Between Tinseltown and Techville
Creativity and innovation aren't qualities you'd ordinarily expect to be at war with one another. Both involve a type of inventiveness, a vision of something new, a stepping outside of mental...
View ArticleRIAA Targets Piracy Over Internet2 Network
The entertainment industry's effort to sue music pirates into submission is reaching into the next generation of the Internet with the filing of several hundred lawsuits tomorrow against college...
View ArticleLexisNexis Data Breach Bigger Than Estimated
Information broker LexisNexis Group said that the security breaches it announced last month could affect roughly 310,000 consumers -- about 10 times as many as first thought -- dealing a particularly...
View ArticleFDA Panel Opposes Silicone Gel Implants
A panel voted against allowing silicone gel breast implants back on the market for general use, saying that there are no assurances that newer versions would be safe.
View ArticleSilicone Implants Backed by FDA Panel
A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended yesterday that silicone gel breast implants made by Mentor Corp. be allowed back on the market for wider use -- a surprise decision that came...
View ArticleConsumers Not Told of Security Breaches
Executives of two major data brokers acknowledge to a Senate panel that their companies did not notify the public about security breaches that occurred before 2003. -The Washington Post
View ArticleCongress Moving to Tackle Spyware Problem
An anti-spyware bill is gaining momentum in Congress, but disagreements among technology interest groups and lawmakers about what qualifies as "spyware" could delay final action.
View ArticlePressure Is Building on NIH to Reconsider Conflict Rules
Two members of Congress have asked National Institutes of Health Director Elias A. Zerhouni to delay for 90 days the implementation of controversial new rules that aim to minimize conflicts of...
View ArticleSecurity Concerns Boosted Dot-Net Bid
In its quest to maintain its hold on the dot-net registry, VeriSign played up already heightened concerns about the stability and security of the Internet. -washingtonpost.com
View ArticleMerger Critics Seek Telecom Regulation
The proposed acquisitions of AT&T Corp. by SBC Communications Inc. and MCI Inc. by Verizon Communications Inc. raise questions about how smaller players will be able to compete, critics told the...
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