Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1998 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   DOJ: MS Tried to Sink Lotus - Microsoft considered assembling a "hit team" to pressure competitor IBM from advancing its Notes program. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Dag v. Goliath - An actor is seeking US$65 million in damages from Microsoft, claiming his Windows 98 upgrade did not go as smoothly as he'd hoped. By Jill Priluck. [Wired News]   Deadline to End IANA Looms - As of Wednesday, the White House must sign off on a detailed plan to take over the management of Internet domain names. But it's tough to please everyone. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Dealing With the Key-Recovery 'Devil' - At the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Austin, attendees hear a mostly gloomy outlook on prospects for liberalizing US encryption policy. [Wired News]   Debating Gene Monopolies - The biotechnology giants that proposed a private enterprise to finish up the work of the Human Genome Project last month are taking their case to the research community. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]   Defibrillators in for Y2K Shock - A new government report warns that the millennium bug threatens heart patients and other users of biomedical devices. If pacemakers take a licking, will they keep on ticking? By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]   Do Terrorists Troll the Net? - A man claiming to belong to a radical Indian separarist group has been prowling the haunts of crackers, trying to obtain information on US military networks, a Wired News investigation reveals. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Doing Nothing, Doing It Well - Ira Magaziner's art has been keeping government regulators at bay while the Internet prospers. That's what his fans say, anyway. By Declan McCullagh and Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Domain Response: Insiders vs. Outsiders - The Clinton administration has heard what the world has to say about its plan for revamping the way domain-names are administered. An official policy is next - but no one knows when. [Wired News]   Domains Get Another Seven Days - Today was the day Network Solutions was to hand over control of the top-level domains. But the feds have extended the deadline to ensure all goes well. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Don't Mess with Texas - If you have a criminal record in the Lone Star State, anyone with a little patience and some spare change can have a look at your file online. Privacy advocates are not very happy about that. By Marc Savlov. [Wired News]   Dr. Laura Drops Her Suit - The radio personality drops her privacy-invasion lawsuit more than a month after explicit photographs of her appeared on an adult Web site. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   E-word: An Apple for the Student - School textbooks are quickly outdated and expensive to replace. The chair of the Texas State Board of Education has a better idea: Schools should replace them with low-cast laptops. [Wired News]   EarthLink Wins Big in Spam Suit - The ISP's court victory against Sanford Wallace's Cyber Promotions looks like another nail in the spam king's coffin. [Wired News]   Eavesdropping on Europe - The European Parliament wants to know more about the Echelon surveillance system that secretly intercepts all Continental communications. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Ecommerce Gets One Last Chance - In a hearing on online consumer privacy, the Federal Trade Commission compares ecommerce companies to naughty schoolchildren and gives them a deadline for improving their grades. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]   Encryption Challenge Falls Flat - An Ohio federal judge has ruled that Commerce Department restrictions on cryptography are legal, in contradiction to a California ruling. The final decision may ultimately be up to the US Supreme Court. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]   Europe Is Listening - Big Brother will find it easier to keep his ear to the ground if the European Union approves legislation allowing law enforcement to tap into email and satellite phone calls. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   Eword: Digital Diplomat - Erstwhile federal trade commissioner Christine Varney is working to bridge the cultural gap that separates Silicon Valley from the Beltway. [Wired News]   Expanded Election Coverage - Today's California primary is the most wired election yet. As candidates use their Web sites to mobilize financial and volunteer support, it may even help level out the political playing field. By Molly Wright Steenson. [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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