Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1997 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   GOP Senator, Tech Leaders Back Legal Immigrants - The head of the Senate immigration subcommittee opposes restrictions on legal immigration, exposing a rift among Republicans on the issue. [Wired News]   Geeks Secretly Run the Media! - Jon Katz digs into the geek underground and finds them everywhere media is being created. [Wired News]   Geographic Mixup Could Mean Tax Break For Some - A lifetime of back taxes? Thanks to GPS and some fancy lawyering, it may happen for residents in northern Washington state. [Wired News]   German Academic Net Blocks Dutch Site - Responding to a warning from German federal prosecutors, officials at Europe's largest academic network shut off access to XS4All, which hosts the left-wing Radikal magazine. [Wired News]   German Hemp Partisans Long to Inhale - Germany lets its citizens wash their clothes with hemp soap and sip hemp beer, but a throng that turned out in Berlin this weekend wants the plant put to more recreational uses. [Wired News]   Germany Gets Radikal About Extremists on Web - Are the German government's tactics for barring extremist material on the Internet realistic? [Wired News]   Gingrich Retains Speakership - Despite ethical inquiries and opposition from prominent Republicans, Newt Gingrich is re-elected House Speaker. [Wired News]   Give Him a V! - With the Supreme Court possibly getting ready to take the letters C, D, and A out of the fight to shield children from online pornographers, President Clinton looks farther down the alphabet for help. [Wired News]   Global Pact Rejects US Crypto Policy - The Clinton administration argued to get OECD to adopt a policy that would give cops easy access to encrypted data. The OECD didn't buy it. [Wired News]   Global Trend Toward Telecom Competition - More nations are allowing deregulation, but they're still grappling with the question of who should pay what for which service, an OECD report says. ISPs may be the ones to cash in. [Wired News]   Gore, California Tech Pals to Talk Education - The vice president swings through California to meet with his unofficial technology cabinet. The main item on the agenda: tech in the classroom. [Wired News]   Got an Idea? They've Still Got the Dough - A $31 million fund accumulated by Network Solutions is intended to support the Net's 'intellectual infrastructure.' There's a catch, though: The agency calling the shots simply can't decide how the money should be handed out. [Wired News]   Gov't Brief Says CDA Will Save Free Speech - Todd Lappin says the government's brief in Reno v. ACLU reads with all the passion of a coroner's report. [Wired News]   Government Study: Keyboards Don't Cause Health Problems - The findings of a two-day study are unlikely to convince sufferers of chronic repetitive stress injuries. [Wired News]   Govs, Mayors Issue New Warning on Net Tax Bill - Moratorium on taxes would hurt economies, violate state sovereignty, they say. [Wired News]   Greenspan Plan: Boon for Banks, Bad for E-Commerce - Giving banks an extra day to cash local checks would allow them to slow spending on electronic processing technologies. [Wired News]   Group Seeks to Put Lid on Pandora's Cookie Jar - Internet privacy advocates say no one should write data on your hard drive without asking you first. That's why they're launching a campaign to limit the use of cookies on the Web. [Wired News]   HK Domain Names? Stick to Real Estate - HK97 looked like fertile ground for domain speculation. Although one address attracted a five-figure offer, the market has seen little action. [Wired News]   Harrods Wins Domain Name Ownership Suit - Trademarks are trademarks, even when it comes to domain names, a court rules. [Wired News]   Hatch's Dim View of Microsoft's Gag Clause - The Utah Republican says the software-maker's attempts to get clients to inform the company before talking to the government are not legal. Also: The House passes a bill including a provision that could make it harder to sell PCs overseas. ... The ACLU to challenge Bakersfield, California, library Net filtering. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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