Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Maori Win Wireless Rights - Airwaves existed long before European settlers arrived in New Zealand. That's why the proceeds from a wireless spectrum auction should go to the nation's indigenous people. Kim Griggs reports from Wellington, New Zealand. [Wired News]   Marketers Adopt Privacy Rules - The Direct Marketing Association will require members to follow a new set of privacy practices. It sounds good, but the devil is in the details. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Mascara Mogul Sues Excite - When a firm bought Est e Lauder's brand name on Excite, the cosmetics Goliath came back swinging in court, charging false advertising and bait-and-switch. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   McCain Offers Crypto Compromise - The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee has a new plan to appease law enforcement and protect the US software industry. It may be a sign that the encryption tide is turning. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   McCain on the Stump, on the Web - Senator John McCain -- foe of encryption and Net porn -- takes his presidential campaign online. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Measure Pushes Federal Net Tax - The Senate Finance Committee prepares to debate a 5 percent federal tax on Internet sales. Is the party over? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Medical Records Exposed - A hospital at the University of Michigan reveals confidential data to the world. And there's no federal law to protect patients. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Melissa Maker Nabbed - New Jersey State Police, along with the FBI's new infrastructure defense division, on Thursday arrested a man they say is the author of the Melissa virus. [Wired News]   Merger May Not Matter - The presiding judge says AOL's pending acquisition of Netscape may not have the impact on the Microsoft antitrust trial that he originally thought. [Wired News]   Microsoft Blames the Messenger - A lawyer leaks an internal memo about the software company's antitrust trial. It's probably not an accident. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Microsoft Exec Backs Down - A key defense witness retracts his testimony on cross-examination, and another brands Netscape's CEO as a rumormonger. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Microsoft Offer 'Inadequate' - State officials shoot down Redmond's proposed settlement, aimed at ending the thorny antitrust trial. A federal official says it may be no more than a public relations ploy. [Wired News]   Microsoft Settlement Unlikely - Things went too well for Justice Department lawyers to consider settling with the software giant in the antitrust case, experts say. The next step is to wait for a preliminary ruling by the presiding judge. [Wired News]   Microsoft's 'Harpoon' Defense - Call me Ishmael. Imagine Moby Dick without its famous opening line, and Microsoft says you can imagine how Windows 95 would look after Gateway Computer got through with it. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Microsoft, Intel Ties Explored - A top Redmond executive says his company only had Intel's best interests at heart when it urged the chipmaker to steer clear of software development, Java, and Netscape. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Microsoft-Bristol Trial Opens - Bristol Technology will testify that Microsoft's withholding its NT operating system source code has unlawfully hindered competition. [Wired News]   Miffed Judge Subpoenas AOL - A Pennsylvania judge, the subject of a hit piece on a muckraking Web site, subpoenas the online service to surrender the name of her anonymous accuser. Civil liberties groups rally to the writer's defense. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Military Vexed by Vaccine Scare - The Pentagon takes issue with Internet discussions warning that the military's mandatory anthrax inoculation is dangerous. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Mitnick Case Is Down to Dollars - Government and defense lawyers debate how much convicted cracker Kevin Mitnick should have to pay his victims: as much as they want or as much as he can afford? Stay tuned for the answer. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]   Mitnick Could Go Free in January - Good news for Kevin Mitnick: A federal judge turns him loose with only a token fine. Bad news: He can't touch a cell phone for three years. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [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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