Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1997 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   TV Forecast: Static, Some Digital Clearing - Two cable announcements last week show that the TV industry is moving toward a rollout of high-definition programming in the next couple of years. But it's still impossible to tell what digital choices consumers will have. [Wired News]   TV Industry Agrees to Content Ratings - After a long skirmish with parents and politicians, those who make and broadcast TV shows agree to use a system that includes specific labels for sex, violence, profanity, and suggestive content. [Wired News]   TV Rating Game Could Channel a Compromise - No one likes the new system, and a family-values Congress is scheming up new ways to keep kids from watching Melrose Place. [Wired News]   Taking on the 'Culture of Prohibition' - The Drug Reform Coordination Network agrees with The New York Times and the White House about one thing - the Internet plays an important part in the national drug issue. But where others fear the Net as a dope den, DRCNet sees it as an indispensable tool for bringing rationality to the debate. [Wired News]   Tax Bill Would Give Software Makers a Break - A bill introduced into the House would give software makers a tax break already enjoyed by most US manufacturers. [Wired News]   Tech Equity for Disabled on Horizon - Monday's planned announcement of the Worldwide Access Initiative is intended to spur development of common standards for the Web. Hopefully it will lead to greater accessibility as well. [Wired News]   Tech Execs Invade DC - Bill Gates, Andy Grove, Carol Bartz, and a crew of other powerhouse CEOs penetrate the Beltway with advice on how to keep their industry healthy and happy. [Wired News]   Tech Joins Ranks of Big Political Spenders - A study by the Center for Responsive Politics finds that the industry increased its contributions to federal candidates by more than 80 percent from 1994 to 1995-96. But tech lobbying is still far behind tobacco and telecom efforts. [Wired News]   Technotragedies, Part II: Listening to the Monster - Where Frankenstein, Batman, and The X-Files meet. [Wired News]   Teen Offers Way to Crack Blocking Software - A college student posts software to reveal a popular blocking program's list of blocked sites. The company is furious, and one lawyer active in Net cases says it might have grounds to act. [Wired News]   Telcos Attack FCC's School-Wiring Order - Telecom giant SBC has gone to court to overturn last month's Federal Communications Commission order to set up a $2.25 billion yearly fund for wiring the nation's schools and libraries. GTE has filed a separate suit, and other companies' suits are expected to follow. [Wired News]   Telcos and Techies Bash over Bandwidth - The Progress and Freedom Foundation hauled heavy hitters from technology and telephony into Colorado's high country to talk about how to put more bandwidth in place. World views collided. [Wired News]   Telecom Agreement Opens Market to Competition - The US held out signing the agreement until the last minute in a successful attempt to gain more access into Mexico and Japan. [Wired News]   Texas 'Secession' Leaves ISP a Dilemma - A quasi-military group has posted a declaration of independence. The network owner fears the FBI may seize his business if he doesn't take the site down. [Wired News]   Texas Backing Down in Privacy Fight with ISPs - State Attorney General Dan Morales got eight out of 10 Internet service providers to give him data about suspected members of the militant Republic of Texas. But he is shying away from a battle with two ISPs that resisted. [Wired News]   Texas ISPs Face Republic Fallout - Eight Internet service providers are catching flak for going along with a state request for information about subscribers involved in the secessionist Republic of Texas group. [Wired News]   Texas ISPs Targeted in Secessionist Case - Members of the secessionist Republic of Texas movement hang out online, not in the Alamo. So state officials have ordered Texas ISPs to turn over everything they know about group members. [Wired News]   Texas Secessionists in Standoff - A group whose online activity has drawn the scrutiny of Lone Star lawmen, hits the headlines by taking hostages in a West Texas subdivision. [Wired News]   That Reeking Smell? It's Journalism, not Chicken - The Food Lion-ABC News case smells sickeningly familiar to Jon Katz. [Wired News]   The Battle for Net Freedom Is Not Over - No matter what the Supreme Court decides after listening to Net censorship arguments, defenders of free speech on the Net already have new battles to fight. [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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