Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Oh, Those Wacky Tele...bubbys? - The BBC is not amused with a Teletubbies parody Web site that depicts the fuzzy creatures smoking hash and drinking hard alcohol. The webmaster remains defiant. By James Glave. [Wired News]   On the Lam for Web Scams - A Florida Web designer is in hot water for an alleged string of scams on the Miami Beach Strip. And Playboy is taking him to court for using its name in a fake modeling contest. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Online Auctioneer Pleads Guilty - An eBay seller answers to charges of mail fraud for collecting thousands of dollars in payments for merchandise he never delivered. [Wired News]   Online Liquor Ban Approved - Congress passes legislation severely restricting the sale of alcohol over the Internet. The wine industry -- most of it, anyway -- is hopping mad. [Wired News]   Online Pharmacies Busted - The State of Kansas is suing several doctors, online drugstores, and individuals for dispensing drugs without prescriptions. Watch out, say state regulators. More sting operations are coming. [Wired News]   Only You Can Prevent Cybercrime - The man charged with streamlining the US government's cyber defenses says the public and private sectors must share resources to prevent attacks. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   Ontario Promotes Private Crypto - Is using personal encryption as basic as brushing teeth? A Canadian government official says it is, and that everyone should know how to do it. By Matt Friedman. [Wired News]   Open Access Fight Rages On - An ISP industry group tells a federal court that local governments should decide who gets access to cable networks. [Wired News]   Open Source in Open Court - A Harvard Law School professor takes the spirit of cooperation and altruism from the open-source software movement into the adversarial world of civil law. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Operation Tangled Mess - The US Defense Department gives itself a summer deadline to sort out the spaghetti that is its network infrastructure. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Overheard at the Trial - Lawyers say the darnedest things. They sure have at the Microsof trial -- and so have a few other characters. Compiled by Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   Overheard at the Trial - Lawyers say the darnedest things. They sure have at the Microsof trial -- and so have a few other characters. Compiled by Joe Nickell. [Wired News]   PC Exports: 'Like Banning Air' - Tech industry leaders tell Congress that limiting computer exports is a risky business that could harm national security in the long run. [Wired News]   PairGain Employee Gets Probation - The man who circulated a phony story on the Web to boost the price of his employer's stock is sentenced to five months home detention and ordered to pay restitution. [Wired News]   Panel: Loosen Crypto Rules - Relax your chokehold on cryptography, a presidential panel advises the White House. If only that would happen, says one critic. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Partial Eclipse of Sun Verdict - Microsoft scores a victory in its battle with Sun Microsystems. A federal appeals court overturns a preliminary injunction against MS, but says Sun is still likely to win the war. [Wired News]   Pastry Throwers Pay Up - It was one of the classic scenes of 1998 -- a stunned Bill Gates getting a faceful of custard pie in Brussels. Justice finally comes to the pair responsible: US$87 fines apiece. [Wired News]   Pentagon: We'll Be Ready for Y2K - The undersecretary of defense says that all critical military systems will be purged of the millennium bug before the inevitable deadline. Russia, though, is another story. [Wired News]   Philly Shoots for 'Smart' Guns - Philadelphia hasn't been friendly to gun control in the past, but a new bill proposed by the mayor is aimed at forcing consumers to purchase weapons equipped with smart-gun technology. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Phone Records Up for Grabs? - Information about whom you're calling, and where, may soon wind up in the hands of telemarketers, thanks to a court ruling against the FCC. By James Glave. [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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