Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Caldera Obtains Win95 Code - A small software company wins what could be a far-reaching legal battle in the only private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   California Cans Spam - Two precedent-setting California laws aim to put a lid on spammers with heavy fines and prison terms. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]   California Library Ends Net Filtering - The Kern County Board of Supervisors, under threat of an imminent free-speech lawsuit, agrees to stop filtering content on its libraries' Internet terminals. [Wired News]   Calling the Public to Arms on Encryption - Sporting deep pockets, cross-industry backing, and political savvy, Americans for Computer Privacy is setting up for an all-out advertising, PR, and lobbying campaign aimed at getting regular folks to understand - and demand - unrestricted encryption. [Wired News]   Can We All Just Get Along? - The US government and the high-tech industry are seemingly at odds over everything these days. A conference hopes to open a new road toward reconciliation -- and long-term profitability. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Can't Have One Without the Other - A federal witness says it's impossible for computer users to access the Web when Internet Explorer is removed from Windows 98. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Canada Frees Up Crypto - In a move sure to irritate Washington, Canada will encourage the spread of strong data-scrambling technologies and won't ask its citizens to hand over keys to their privacy. By Matt Friedman. [Wired News]   Canadian Army Preps for Y2K - A high-ranking official with the Canadian Department of National Defense said the military has made potential Y2K-related fallout its top priority. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]   Canadian Hate Site Goes Dark - A British Columbia company has pulled the plug on its Web hosting service in the wake of complaints to federal investigators that the material violated anti-hate-crime laws. [Wired News]   Canadian Net Hate Debate Flares - An Internet service provider in small-town British Columbia is at the focus of a national debate about official efforts to contain online hate speech. [Wired News]   Canceling the Evidence on Usenet - It turned out that a series of threatening Net postings were not from the person suspected of killing Christopher Marquis, but AOL decided to remove the posts. Should it have? [Wired News]   Charting a Course to 'Safe Change' - As Al Gore proclaims the virtues of the New Economy, voters are caught between infatuation with and anxiety about the future. One of the vice president's strengths, allies say, is his ability to paint the land just over the horizon as a friendly place. [Wired News]   Chatting Up German Voters - The Web was little more than a novelty during Germany's general election four years ago, but this time, candidates -- even Chancellor Helmut Kohl -- are venturing online. By David Hudson and Karsten Lemm. [Wired News]   China: The Great Firewall - Hacktivists compromise China's firewall servers to deliver Western culture to the information-oppressed. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Click Here for Impeachment - An online gambling site allows visitors to bet on President Clinton's fate. Impeachment is looking strong. By Moira Muldoon. [Wired News]   Clinton Goes Crypto in Ireland - Encryption could get an unlikely boost when President Clinton "digitally" signs an ecommerce initiative in Ireland. Others call the use of electronic signatures grandstanding. By Karlin Lillington. [Wired News]   Clinton Too Late on Y2K? - After acknowledging the Year 2000 bug publicly for the first time yesterday, the president is lagging on what may be the most important computer issue in history, critics say. By Spencer Ante. [Wired News]   Clinton: 'First, Do No Harm' - President Clinton reaffirms his generally laissez-faire policy on electronic commerce at a White House meeting. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Clouds Loom for Chemical Makers - US chemical manufacturers see no major threat from Y2K, but many minor problems could add up to disaster. At least one industry leader will shut down come December 1999. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Clown Act - Taking a stance of marvelous courage, President Clinton recommends laying out more money to keep a bad "Just Say No" show on the road. From Suck.com. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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