Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Colgate Hit by a White Tornado - The founder of Ajax.org says that a public boycott forced corporate giant Colgate-Palmolive to withdraw its hostile takeover of his domain name. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Congress Flexes Its Y2K Muscle - The House adopts a tried-and-true approach to the millennium bug. A new bill says send us reports, and lots of them. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Congressional Countdown - As the 105th Congress heads toward adjournment, the Senate Commerce Committee schedules a marathon session on a wide range of Internet issues. Anti-porn and intellectual property bills await House action. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]   Consumers Pay to Wire Schools - Americans will notice a new, unlabeled fee on their long-distance phone bills this month. It's a charge that riles some members of Congress so much they could chuck their computers into the Potomac. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]   Copyright Protection or Property Perversion? - A ruckus has broken out in the software industry over a bill before the House of Representatives that would bring the United States into compliance with a global treaty. [Wired News]   Corel Caught Digging for Dirt - The Canadian software company has dug deep into the past of Hedy Lamarr, an 84-year-old actress and networking innovator, to defend itself in court. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Countdown For Y2K Bills - Congress has only five weeks to rule on two separate millennium-bug bills that would open the debugging floodgates and stave off the lawyers. Meanwhile, Armageddon looms. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]   Crackers Attack China on Rights - On Monday, China launched a new Web site to offer an official perspective on the country's human rights record. Monday night, some crackers offered theirs. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Crackers Set Sights on Iraq - The group of network jockies behind a string of recent attacks on China says it's preparing to mount an assault on Iraq's internal computer system. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Crimes Canada Loves to Hate - Canada may make it a crime to keep hate propaganda on a hard drive, putting people who fight racism and hate crimes at risk. Matt Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]   Critics Decry New Net Government - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is poised to take over the day-to-day running of the medium. But there are still a few bumps in the road to administrative bliss. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Crunch Time for Y2K Suppliers - Companies selling bulk food, generators, and solar energy systems report backlogs of up to six months. The reason: nationwide hand-wringing over the millennium bug. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Crypto Advances Imperiled? - Gains made on easing encryption restrictions may be completely undone by a congressional effort to protect intellectual property online. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]   Crypto Canucks: Hands Off Our Keys! - The captains of Canada's cryptography industry sent a message to Ottawa yesterday: keep clear of domestic crypto controls, and lighten up on the export policies. Was anyone listening? [Wired News]   Crypto Kills -- Really, It Does - At a Washington conference, a senior DOJ official made a dramatic case for the government's desire for a back door into scrambled information: The more strong crypto spreads, the more people will die. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Crypto in the Arms Trade - As major electronic commerce and military weapons agreements are negotiated this fall, privacy groups are lobbying for less restrictive policies on the use of encryption software. By Chris Jones. [Wired News]   Cyber 'Vandals' Target Indonesia - Crackers deface Indonesian Web sites in an effort to call attention to the plight of ethnic Chinese victimized by racial strife in that country. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Cyber Terror Arsenal Grows - When a California teen was suspected of selling secrets to a terrorist via the Internet, the National Infrastructure Protection Center swung into action. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   DOJ Lets Microsoft Ruling Stand - The deadline for the Justice Department to file an appeal to reverse a pro-Microsoft federal ruling came last month and went on Tuesday. Not a word was heard from the feds. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   DOJ Zeroes in on Gates - Microsoft's CEO was the brains behind the strategy to crush Netscape and give Redmond a monopoly over the browser market, the Justice Department said in opening arguments of the landmark antitrust trial Monday. By Declan McCullagh. [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

About   Help   Content Filter   Terms   Privacy Policy © 2026 whatUseek