Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Foes Target 'Know Your Customer' - Got the jitters about the government's plan to monitor all of your banking transactions? If congressional opponents prevail, you can sleep easy at night. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Forbes Squats on Bush Name - Presidential candidate Steve Forbes snaps up a cache of domain names that show Bush as his GOP running mate -- and it ain't George W. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]   Forbes Trumpets GOP Run Online - The magazine publisher puts up a press release on his Web site and calls it a first. [Wired News]   Foreign Policy, Tech Collide - China registers its "strong resentment" at Washington's decision to block the US$450 million satellite deal. The fallout could spell big trouble for the US industry. [Wired News]   France Weaves a Tangled Web - More than 47,000 Web sites go black in France after a judge rules in favor of a fashion model who complained about nude pictures of her on a single Web page. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]   Free Speech on Trial in Tacoma - Carl Johnson didn't stop ranting about the US government until it landed him in jail. Now the nation's most outspoken crypto advocates are in court to defend him. Declan McCullagh reports from Tacoma, Washington. [Wired News]   Freedom Helps, Not Harms, Kids - Cyber-rights supporters defend online freedoms at the Cyberspace 1999 conference at the University of Leeds. Alan Docherty reports from York, England. [Wired News]   Freeing Windows NT Source Code - A small Connecticut software firm claims Microsoft has locked up the source code to Windows NT in an effort to stifle competition. The software behemoth denies the charges. [Wired News]   GM Recalls Faulty Web Site - Until today, spammers could tap into the personal data of more than 10,000 online sweepstakes entrants at Pontiac's site. The company promised that would never happen. By James Glave. [Wired News]   GOP: Save the Net Smut Law - Five Republican congressmen ask a federal appeals court to save the Child Online Protection Act from the trash heap of history. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Gates: Microsoft 'More Than Fair' - Bill Gates denies that Microsoft tried to squash Bristol Technology in videotaped testimony played in a Connecticut federal court. [Wired News]   Gates: Pick One, Not Both - Microsoft gave its software partners a choice: They could distance themselves from Netscape or forget about their icons appearing on the Windows desktop. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Gates: Settlement Would Be Nice - Microsoft chief Bill Gates says his company is talking with the Justice Department about a possible settlement in the antitrust trial. [Wired News]   German Cops Combat Kiddie Porn - A special force dedicated to fighting cybercrime zeroes in on child pornography and vows to turn up the heat on the people who propagate it. [Wired News]   Germany Endorses Strong Crypto - The German government encourages companies and citizens to use and develop strong data scrambling technologies to help shield the nation from prying eyes and ears. [Wired News]   Germany Jails Software Pirate - A German court sentences a man for importing pirated Microsoft software. Also: Sellers of US$20 million of stolen US software are jailed. [Wired News]   Global Execs Back ICANN - An international group of high-profile business execs says the world should get behind controversial Net oversight body ICANN. But the Global Internet Project is also wary of European regulatory initiatives. Karlin Lillington reports from Brussels. [Wired News]   Going Postal over .us Domain - A proposal to block the US Postal Service from acquiring the right to administer the .us domain is tabled by a House subcommittee. Proponents say domain names should be run by the private sector. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Gore Going for High Tech - This close to announcing his candidacy for president, Al Gore breezed through California, promising more millions for high technology. [Wired News]   Gore Unveils Rise in IT Funding - The vice president tells scientists the government will pump a lot more cash into basic infotech R&D. [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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