Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Email Assist for Yugoslavs - An anonymous forwarding service sets up a special filter to help safeguard the identity of those filing unofficial and uncensored email reports from the NATO strike zone. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   English Only? Non! - A photographer digs in his heels and refuses to comply with a Quebec law that requires him to publish a version of his commercial Web site in French. Matthew Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]   Eolas Files Patent Lawsuit - A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges Microsoft products like Windows 98 and Internet Explorer violate patents held by Chicago-based Eolas Technologies. [Wired News]   Euro Commission to Probe NetSol - The European Commission joins the US Department of Commerce in launching an investigation of Network Solutions' domain-name registration practices. [Wired News]   Euro-ISPs: Don't Outlaw Caching - In the headlong rush to legislate what can and cannot be copied online, European ISPs worry that caching -- which is critical to network performance -- may be adversely affected. [Wired News]   Europe Demands Clean Computers - The European Commission's proposed ban on toxic chemicals could set the electronics industry back US$50 billion. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]   Europe's Internet Challenge - At the Internet Content Summit former White House technology adviser Ira Magaziner warns Europe to reconsider its restrictive Internet policies. [Wired News]   Europe: Flat Rate, or Else - New research says that Europe is an e-commerce gold mine waiting to happen. Europeans want to be connected at a flat rate, and will hold a mass strike to stress the point. [Wired News]   European Net Strikers Dig In - Organizers of Sunday's pan-European telecom strike said that close to a million people left their phones on the hook to protest metered Internet access. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]   Europeans Mobilize Against Spam - The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email launches a European counterpart to stem the rising tide of "les spam" in its tracks. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Europeans Try New Telco Boycott - Frustrated by telecommunications companies that refuse to budge, advocates of flat-rate phone rates turn to that time-honored European weapon, the boycott. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]   Ex-Spam King Shows No Mercy - Once the undisputed king of spam, Sanford Wallace sues a competitor for US$1 million for allegedly libeling him as a spammer. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]   Ex-Spy Returns to the Cold - A group opposing Internet censorship criticizes the British government for cracking down on a former spy's Web activities. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Execs: Regulations Won't Help - Businesses and creative professionals in England agree that governments should keep their paws off the Net. Alan Docherty reports from Exeter, England. [Wired News]   Expanding the Universe of Ideas - A new public license balances the open-source community's altruism and creative juju with the open market's steely-eyed regard for the bottom line. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]   Expecting a Miracle Cure? - A chilling new statistic from the nation's hospitals: Only 13 percent are Y2K-compliant. No problem, says an industry survey. Not so fast, say consumer advocates. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   FBI Subdues 'Privacy Gone Crazy' - Law-and-order conservatives join liberal Democrats to derail an amendment that would have extended more stringent privacy rights to banking records. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   FBI Warns of Crypto Danger - US law enforcers try to halt legislation that would allow US companies to export encryption. The House is sympathetic, but they've lined up squarely on the side of tech companies. [Wired News]   FCC Sides with FBI on Tapping - The Federal Communications Commission endorses a set of technical standards that would allow the FBI to track cellular phone users. By James Glave. [Wired News]   FCC Steers Clear of Broadband - Despite the pleas of local regulators, FCC Chairman William Kennard again rejects a probe of high-speed Internet services. Cable operators can breathe easy. [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 34 35 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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