Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Shaping Online Privacy - Cypherpunks meet senators and lawmen meet libertarians at an international conference on Internet privacy. They'll have plenty to talk about. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Shrink-Wrap Licenses Grow Teeth - A group of legal bigwigs considers a law that would validate those pesky shrink-wrap software licenses. Almost everybody thinks it's a bad idea. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]   Silicon Valley's Overtime Mandate - A new California measure would require employers to pay overtime for anything over eight hours in a single day. Critics claim it's bad business, and small start-ups will be hit the hardest. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Sites Must Retool for Disabled - Pending federal rules will force government Web sites -- and those run by companies doing business with the Feds -- to tweak their design and content to better accommodate disabled users. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Slow Progress on Y2K Bill - Key Senate Democrats agree to amendments that could advance Y2K liability legislation. The White House has already threatened a veto. [Wired News]   Smile for the US Secret Service - The feds want to know who you are and what you look like. New documents reveal plans for a national photographic database, whatever the cost to privacy. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Snooping OK on Pager Numbers? - A bill winding its way through Congress could let the police monitor numbers sent to pagers. Critics, including the US Justice Department, question why law enforcement types need it. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Software for Defense - US Defense Secretary William Cohen visits Microsoft to stress how important tech is to national security. Bill Gates plays host. Chris Stamper reports from Redmond. [Wired News]   Spy Report Imperils Crypto Bills - Revelations that the Chinese pilfered US nuclear weapons secrets threaten legislation to relax crypto export regulations, the bane of the US software industry for years. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Spying on the Spies - Concerned that the National Security Agency's Echelon worldwide surveillance network might be up to no good, the European Parliament asked an investigative reporter to dig around. Here's what he found. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]   States Seek OS Surrender - Nineteen states that have accused Microsoft of antitrust violations want to force the company to auction off its Windows operating system. There's still no hint of what the feds want. [Wired News]   Step Two for Encryption Bill - A measure to relax encryption exports clears the House Judiciary Committee, which rejected an amendment to require "back door" access by law enforcement. [Wired News]   Stiffer Fines Due for Pirates? - Members of the software industry joined the FBI and the Department of Justice to push through legislative amendments that would clean the clocks of those who steal software. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Stopping Censorship Down Under - A series of nationwide protests tries to raise awareness of proposed Australian legislation that would criminalize adult content on the Internet. [Wired News]   Stranger than Fiction - The New York state attorney general's office goes after an online literary agency for bilking writer wannabes. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Strike Up the Bandwidth - Lots of glass is going into the ground, but one senator says outdated FCC regs make it less likely to get to the living room. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Striking for Cheaper Phone Rates - America Online and a Web founder are at the forefront of a European protest seeking flat-rate local phone fees to foster wider use of the Net. David Brake reports from London. [Wired News]   Stripper: Barbie Lawsuit a Bust - Mattel is suing a Canadian stripper in an effort to stop her from using the domain name barbiebenson.com. She's fighting back. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   Study: Don't Tear Redmond Apart - What if Microsoft loses? The Association for Competitive Technology says in a new report that breaking up the company would cause more harm than good. [Wired News]   Study: Online Anonymity Critical - A National Science Foundation-funded study says that the Internet will not thrive unless Net users are allowed to hide their identities. By Chris Oakes. [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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