Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Compaq: MS' Threats Justified - A Compaq official comes to Microsoft's defense and says the alleged browbeating made against the computer maker was due to a communication mix-up. [Wired News]   Compromise Near on Y2K Lawsuits - Senate Republicans say they're willing to take a second look at legislation limiting Y2K lawsuits. It's good news for Democrats and consumers, bad news for the nation's software industry. [Wired News]   CompuServe in Net-Privacy Suit - A clinic sues the online service, claiming anti-abortionists used a third-party site to compile a "database for terror." By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]   Congress Debates Tech Visas - A California Democrat wants to let tech firms hire more skilled workers. The AFL-CIO sees red. By Lakshmi Chaudhry and Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Congress Wants Broadband Study - After much prodding by America Online and ISPs, lawmakers say they want the FCC to study the way cable-TV companies are hogging the high-speed Net access business. [Wired News]   Congressman Grills ICANN - In a letter to the chair of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, a Republican congressman probes a domain name service fee. Here we go again, replies ICANN. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]   Copyright Laws Enter Digital Age - Copyright laws are a bugaboo for distance-learning projects. The US Copyright Office recommends changes to give teachers a break. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]   Counties Demand Net Taxes - Local governments challenge the authority of a congressional panel on Internet taxation, saying members are pro-tech and antitax. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Court Battle for Cable-TV Limits - AT T's buyout of MediaOne could be affected by a six-year-old law on cable-TV ownership -- that is, if they ever take effect. The regulations are complicated, so pay attention. [Wired News]   Court Has a Nasty Word for MS - As if Microsoft weren't having enough trouble with the courts these days, jurists are upset because Word 97 is doing a lousy job word-counting legal briefs. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Court Limits Online Speech - University professors are no more entitled to engage in "sexually explicit communication" online than any other state employee, a Virginia court rules. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Court Rules Site Is a Menace - A federal jury rules that an anti-abortion site intimidates doctors and denies access to clinics -- even though the site contained no explicit threats. [Wired News]   Cracker Indicted: Surprise! - The Israeli cracker arrested last year for breaking into US government computer systems learned of his Tuesday indictment from the Wednesday papers. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]   Cracker Pal Turns on Analyzer - A former cohort agrees to testify against the Israeli man arrested last year for attacking US government and university networks. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]   Crackers Penetrate FBI Site - Two days after crackers flooded the FBI's ISP, the Feds are keeping their site offline. An FBI inquiry into computer assaults prompted the latest attack. [Wired News]   Crackers Target Federal Sites - Computer crackers break into two government Web sites and threaten more intrusions unless the FBI stops "harrassing" hackers. [Wired News]   Cracking in Public - Thai police say someone tried to get at US military sites using a public Net terminal at last December's Asian Games in Bangkok. [Wired News]   Crypto Bill Back from Grave - A couple of representatives take another stab at passing a bill that would lift export controls on data scrambling software. This time, they say, it's going to stick. By James Glave. [Wired News]   Crypto Cabal: Make Code Not Guns - Crytographers and civil-liberties activists grouse about the privacy threats of a new arms-control treaty. A US Commerce Department official says they're missing the point. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Crypto Law: Little Guy Loses - Some experts say Clinton's loosening of encryption-export standards won't necessarily make online transactions more private. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [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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