Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   The District of Calamity - The nation's capital has a distinguished history of bureaucratic bumbling. The Y2K problem could be the last straw. Perspective by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   The E-Rate Tax, Er, Charge - An upstart FCC commissioner calls a tax a tax. Harold Furchtgott-Roth has harsh words for his colleagues who would rather conceal e-rate levies. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   The E-Rate's First Report Card - The controversial fund has some rejected schools crying foul over the complex application process. USAC, charged with distributing the technology dollars, says there are a few kinks to iron out. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]   The E-Stamp of Disapproval - E-Stamp is trying to keep its trademarked name from becoming the Kleenex of Internet postage. It's a perfect example of trademark conflicts in the e-age. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Email Trail - The government confronts a Microsoft executive with a series of embarrassing emails showing efforts to shove Internet Explorer down customers' throats. He dismisses the correspondence as irrelevant. [Wired News]   The Golden State for Candidates - The presidential race is gaining speed in Silicon Valley, where candidates are competing for votes, money, and the vision thing. Who's ahead in the first lap? By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   The Greening of Tech - Open-source software gets a boost in Belgium at a conference promoting information technologies that are more environment-friendly. From the Environment News Service. [Wired News]   The Internet Capital Is Where? - If Al Gore invented the Internet, then Virginia is the Internet capital. No? Well, it says so on the state's new license plate. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]   The Laugh Is on Gore - Republicans scored some great one-liners after Al Gore claimed to have fathered the Internet. But they missed a prime opportunity to question the vice president's stand on tech issues. A perspective by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   The Media's Dangerous Liaisons - Plaintiffs in the First Amendment case try to keep their business plans out of the courtroom. Reporters covering COPA are caught between a rock and a hard place. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]   The Monopoly on Main Street - The judge in the Microsoft antitrust trial compares the software superpower to the retail giant Wal-Mart and wonders whether small players can ever compete. [Wired News]   The Multinational Net - Foreign-language Internet usage has risen dramatically this year. What will the marketeers have to change for the new global audience? By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]   The Myth of the 56K Modem - Not getting the zip your splashy new Sportster promised? Thanks to an old law, it's not your phone company's problem. Some think it should be. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   The Net: Enemy of the State? - You can't surf the Net in Tajikistan. A French media organization declares that nation, and 19 others, to be enemies of the Internet. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]   The Other Side of the Story - The US Department of Justice has spent months making its antitrust case against the software superpower. This week, it's finally Microsoft's turn. [Wired News]   The Postal Service Wants .us - The US Postal Service wants a piece of the online pie and outlines its plans at a Commerce Department hearing. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   The Price of Wiring Schools - Telephone taxes are about to zoom upwards by US$1 billion to give schools and libraries Internet discounts. The GOP blames it all on Al Gore. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   The Road Already Taken - A Democratic think tank claims government should play a role in the "new economy." Yeah, and what else is new? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   The Seedy Side of the FCC - A Federal Communications Commissioner accuses his colleagues of conducting shakedowns and extortion to advance their agenda. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   The Silver Lining of Y2K - All the attention being lavished on the calendar rollover bug should be transferred to protecting the nation's banks and power grid from cyber attacks, a new report says. 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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