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- 'Augusto, You Don't Know Me ...' - The battle to bring Augusto Pinochet to justice spills onto the Web. Care to have a word with Chile's former dictator? Send him an email. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21988.html
- 'Hey Orrin, Dot Com This' - Psst, Senator. Wanna buy your own domain name? A Florida man who owns senatororrinhatch.com offers it to the legislator who introduced an anti-cybersquatter law. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21122.html
- 'I Want My MTV Money' - In a clash of coastal and corporate cultures, Imagine Radio and MTV battle over cash and plans to create a startup on company time. This case could be a survival guide for tech takeovers. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21826.html
- 'Melissa' Police Work Lauded - Officials heap praise on investigators from a special division of the FBI created specifically to fight cyber crime. Their nimble footwork leads to the arrest of a suspect in the "Melissa virus" case. Deborah Scoblionkov reports from Trenton, New Jersey. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18935.html
- 'US Out of Broadband! Now!' - Government bureaucracy prevents widespread broadband access from becoming a reality, industry leaders say as they huddle at a major Net public policy conference. Chris Oakes reports from Aspen, Colorado. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21387.html
- .Web (TM)? - No one knows which new top-level domains will be added to the Web. But that's not stopping two companies from registering them as trademarks. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20838.html
- 2000 Looms for US Nuclear Plants - A third of the nation's nuclear plants will not meet a self-imposed deadline for Y2K compliance. What's more, 16 percent have yet to take the first step. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19419.html
- A Baby Step for Encryption - A congressional panel approves a measure to ease export restrictions on encrypted software. But the bill has a bumpy legislative road ahead. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18413.html
- A Campaign for Privacy - Presidential campaigns ask for ever-more detailed information about their supporters over the Web. Is anybody watching where the information goes? By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21574.html
- A Crackdown on Credit Fixers - Consumer advocates claim credit-repair sites are one of the top 10 scams on the Net. But a nationwide sweep aims to put them out of business. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17701.html
- A Digital Milestone for Congress - Senator Strom Thurmond, whose political career is as old as the ENIAC, joins his colleagues in submitting the first-ever piece of digital legislation. Ironically, the bill is encrypted with PGP. A Wired News analysis by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20775.html
- A Domain Name Is Not a Toy - Mattel files suit against two speculators hoping to cash in on Barbie-related domain names. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18032.html
- A European's Net View of US - Americans look at regulation and the Net differently than their brethren across the pond. Chris Oakes discusses some of the issues with Euro Union official Gerard De Graaf. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21476.html
- A Fertile Valley for GOP? - Every presidential candidate is courting Silicon Valley for its money and its votes. Although the area is traditionally Democratic, the Republicans see an opportunity. If only they can get the voters to commit. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21037.html
- A Mickey Mouse Copyright Law? - An online publisher of rare books challenges an extension to the federal copyright law. He blames pressure from Disney and the late Sonny Bono for a bad law. By Joyce Slaton. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17327.html
- A Personal Data Privacy Bureau? - The online industry has failed in its promise to protect consumer data, say privacy advocates who want to turn the job over to a new federal regulatory agency. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19537.html
- A Prescription for Trouble - Medical boards are cracking down on doctors who carelessly dispense prescription-strength drugs over the Net. New rules are on the way, and more busts are inevitable. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20310.html
- A Slow Twist on QuickTime - A Microsoft manager denies that his company tried to disable Apple's multimedia software, saying that if there were problems with QuickTime, Apple brought them on itself. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18112.html
- A Tale of Too-Big Cities - Why have Los Angeles, NYC, and Boston lured the hot multimedia firms, while Silicon Valley and Northern Virginia are hotbeds for high tech? It's all about space, and where the talent wants to live. Declan McCullagh reports from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21972.html
- A Tax Break for Snoopable Code - The chair of the House Intelligence committee introduces legislation that would give tax cuts to companies developing crackable crypto. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21014.html
- A Y2K Emergency Shopping List - A little food, maybe a flashlight, a half tank of gas, and a pocketful of folding money. That's all anybody needs to greet the new millennium. Or so says the White House. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21532.html
- Accord Reached on Y2K Bill - The technology industry gets its wish as the White House and GOP congressional leaders agree on a measure to limit Y2K liability lawsuits. Are consumers the losers? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20494.html
- Activists Sit Tight on Crypto - Don't post that code yet! The court ruling granting constitutional protection to crypto source code won't take effect for 45 days, and could stall even longer if the feds fight back. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19605.html
- Airlines Insured for Y2K - A major insurer for US airlines says its policies will cover passenger and airline losses, even if they're caused by Y2K. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20145.html
- All Study, No Action on Privacy - Congress considers spending US$1.8 billion to study online privacy. How many more studies to go before lawmakers produce real legislation? By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21732.html
- Amazon Relents, Reinstates Book - The online bookseller will resume selling the Scientology expose, A Piece of Blue Sky, except in Great Britain, where the book is banned. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19811.html
- An Email Bill for Employees - A pending California law would force employers to tell mouse-pushers that their work email is subject to monitoring. That's good for newbies, watchdogs say. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21792.html
- An IT Brain Drain in Canada? - Canada may have the highest quality of life in the world, but its high tax rate is driving the top information technology professionals south of the border, according to one study. Matt Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20754.html
- Analyzer Indicted in Israel - An Israeli youth implicated in a series of organized attacks on US government computer systems last year is not off the hook yet. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17833.html
- Annoy.com Peeved at Blacklisting - Although the site invites users to send their friends explicit, subversive postcards, Annoy.com's founder resents MindSpring filtering everything into the mulcher, as if it were common spam. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19680.html
- Another Amazon Title Gone - The online bookseller is forced to abandon a book that alleges murder and worse by Northern Ireland's top politico. Lawyers for David Trimble still plan to sue. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20242.html
- Another CDA II Challenge Coming - A grassroots coalition of 17 groups and companies on Monday will submit a brief supporting the ongoing ACLU lawsuit against the anti-smut bill. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17246.html
- Another Microsoft Investigation - Now the SEC is having a look at Redmond. The world's biggest software company admits the Feds are scrutinizing its accounting practices, although it won't give details. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20524.html
- Another Salvo Against Microsoft - Caldera, a small software company, doggedly pursues its antitrust suit against the software giant. Microsoft, meanwhile, wants to get the case dismissed. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19872.html
- Anti-Abortion Site on Trial - Does the content provoke violence against abortion providers, or is it a platform for free speech? An Oregon jury will decide. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17574.html
- Anti-Porn Law Under Fire - Several groups ganged up on the Child Online Protection Act Wednesday, arguing it was unconstitutional and asking an appeals court to overturn it. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Anti-Privacy Bank Rules Crushed - The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee invokes the specter of the former Soviet Union in shutting down a proposed banking-surveillance regulation. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18311.html
- Anti-Smut Law Struck Down - A federal judge rules that the controversial Child Online Protection Act is unconstitutional. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17664.html
- Antitrust II: The Sequel - The federal government challenges Intel's dominance of the computer chip market in a case that sounds remarkably like the Microsoft monopoly trial. [Wired News]
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- AOL Denies Browser Lust - In a Friday deposition, AOL CEO Steve Case counters Microsoft's defense by saying that AOL did not purchase Netscape for its Navigator browser and had no intention of competing with Microsoft. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19829.html
- AOL Fraud Touches West Virginia - With the help of his AOL account, a fast-food restaurant manager allegedly committed credit-card fraud against residents of his small town. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18436.html
- AOL Gets a Slice of .com - Network Solutions loses its lock on domain registration as America Online and four others join the competition. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19242.html
- AOL Loses Brazil Ruling - A Brazilian court rules that an Internet service provider in that country can keep using the domain name aol.com.br. America Online, which sued for trademark infringement, considers an appeal. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19918.html
- AOL on MS: 'They Can Hurt Us' - A defense lawyer grills an AOL executive about the decision to continue using Microsoft's Internet Explorer during AOL's negotiations to acquire rival Netscape. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20216.html
- AOL Playing Catch-up with Y2K - The online juggernaut reveals that it's not sure how many systems are vulnerable to Y2K. Worse, the company is only just starting to test its hardware. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17911.html
- AOL: MS Killed Browser Market - An AOL executive says Web browser market share was not a factor in its merger with Netscape, as Microsoft tries to strengthen its defense against antitrust charges. [Wired News]
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- AOL: You Haven't Got a Trademark - A federal judge says the world's largest ISP doesn't have a trademark on the email announcement, "You have mail." AT T declares victory. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21298.html
- Appeals Court Upholds E-Rate - A US federal appeals court upholds a US$2 billion program to subsidize Internet connections for schools and libraries. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21039.html
- Apple Sues iMac Clone - Apple tries to stop PC manufacturer Future Power from selling the E-Power machine, claiming the design is an iMac ripoff. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20537.html
- Argentine Government: Don't Sweat Y2K - Only one of Argentina's financial institutions remains unprepared for the millennium. Of course, the government won't say which bank the bug might bite. Declan McCullagh reports from Buenos Aires. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19577.html
- Army Bombs NT, Buys Mac - It's only an 'interim measure,' but the US Army's Web site has scrapped its Windows server in favor of one that runs on a Mac. Why? Crackers made 'em do it. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21725.html
- Arrest of a Web Pioneer - Patrick Naughton, arrested last week on sex charges, wasn't just another Disney suit. He led the team that created Java, he cybercast the Stones, and he wrote code that made high-traffic sites sing. [Wired News]
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- As the Microsoft Trial Turns - A government lawyer slowly grills an expert witness for the defense, even apologizing for the grueling pace. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17413.html
- Asking Jeeves to Pay Up - Now that Ask Jeeves coffers are brimming with IPO cash, it's attracting some unwanted attention. It's being sued by a company that claims a patent on natural language searches. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20688.html
- Asphyxiate Netscape? Never - Paul Maritz, a top Microsoft lieutenant, denies Intel's charges that he threatened to "cut off Netscape's air supply." [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17492.html
- AT&T Loses on Cable Access - Another municipality, this time Broward County in Florida, rules that cable TV franchises, namely AT T, have to open their high-speed Internet access networks to rival service providers. Ma Bell says she'll appeal. [Wired News]
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- AT&T Wins in SF - San Francisco's board of supervisors approves the acquisition of TCI but defers on the question of open access. Kristen Philipkoski and Joanna Glasner report from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20952.html
- Audiohighway: We Own Net Music - A digital audio content company has a message for those companies developing portable digital audio players such as the Rio: We've got the patent, and you don't. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20735.html
- Aussie Ethics Code Still Rankles - An updated draft of regulations issued by the Net industry association Down Under will still mean unnecessary censorship, activists say. Stewart Taggart reports from Sydney, Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21515.html
- Aussies Battle Censorship - Hacker activists in Australia are targeting technical loopholes in pending national legislation requiring ISPs to block Net content. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19962.html
- Aussies Sound Smut Alert - The Australian government invites community-minded citizens to ferret out Net porn. Also: A Japanese court sends a man to jail for posting porn online in the United States. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18594.html
- Australia Poised to Bury Porn - Legislation that would impose severe financial penalties on Internet service providers hosting adult Web sites is close to becoming law. If that happens, Australia will have one of the toughest online anti-porn laws in the world. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19888.html
- Australia: We Can Block Porn - The government minister behind a controversial Australian anti-pornography bill defends the legislation, which he says is a "non-issue" in Silicon Valley. A Wired News interview by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20013.html
- Australian Net Censor Law Passes - In passing a sweeping law that seeks to bar offensive content from the Internet, Australia joins nations such as China and Iran with strict rules about what can be seen online. Stewart Taggart reports from Canberra, Australia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20499.html
- Bad Advice - A public-interest law firm takes on an obscure federal agency. At stake is whether people ought to be penalized for expressing their views about commodity markets online. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17350.html
- Ballmer: Linux Is Threat to MS - In a speech at a Windows hardware conference, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer noted that the underdog operating system may not stay that way for long. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19002.html
- Bank Plan May be Doomed - A House Committee voted Thursday to kill a controversial plan by the government to monitor individuals' banking activities. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18271.html
- Barksdale Resigns from Tax Panel - In a move aimed at heading off a potential lawsuit, the Netscape CEO steps down from a government-appointed tax panel. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19376.html
- Battening COPA's Hatches - The government and the plaintiffs in the hearing on the anti-porn law both want to shut courtroom doors to protect testimony. The case stalls as both sides consider their options. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17485.html
- Beating Around the Bush - A site lampooning George W. Bush's campaign isn't going over too well with the presidential hopeful. And Bush wants the Federal Elections Commission to look into it. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19815.html
- Belgrade Satellite Link Safe - The Clinton administration has decided not to sever the link that allows Serbian ISPs to operate, saying that the Internet can only help the people of Yugoslavia know the truth. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19697.html
- Big Brother at the Bank? - The government's proposal for having banks report large deposits into individual accounts -- the so-called Know Your Customer plan -- is drawing heavy fire from everywhere. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18019.html
- Big Brother Is Your Friend - Science fiction writer David Brin looks forward to the day when surveillance cameras will be ubiquitous. All in the name of freedom. By Chris Gaither. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21840.html
- Big Brother Taps the Bitstream - Attendees at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference delve into how governments are listening in on their people in Russia, Austria, and yes, the United States. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18987.html
- Big Guns on a Little Bug - US armed forces are taking no chances on the world's Y2K readiness. Troops are already training for an emergency that may never occur. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18124.html
- Bill Restricts Wireless Wiretaps - A measure to restrict electronic eavesdropping clears its first hurdle in Congress. Privacy advocates say it misses the point. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17885.html
- Bill Swats Millennium Bug - An industry-backed bill limiting Y2K liability lawsuits clears the Senate Judiciary Committee. The measure caps punitive damages at US$250,000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18748.html
- Bills Would Fence Off the Facts - Database owners with big bucks want protection for their goods. But will the US Constitution allow them to privatize public information and ideas? By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20550.html
- BlueOvalNews.com Wins in Court - A federal court says a nursing student can continue to post internal documents about Ford autos and trucks on his Web site, as long as he reveals their source. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21620.html
- Book Pulls MS Off the Hook - Microsoft's anti-trust attorneys could do a lot worse than to take the advice of a new book by a couple of free-market economists. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21703.html
- Bradley Nets Strong Campaign - Bill Bradley has less money and a smaller following than Al Gore. So why is he doing so well in the early stages of the 2000 presidential primary race? The answer is on the Web. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21315.html
- Breaking Up Was Hard to Do - Microsoft tries to rebut the damaging testimony of a former IBM manager who testified about the recriminations from Redmond when the two software superpowers parted ways. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20089.html
- Bristol, MS: Enter the Fat Lady - Bristol Technology's antitrust suit against Microsoft enters its final stage in court. Lawyers say the case should go to a federal jury on Wednesday. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20684.html
- Brit Firms Rebuke Piracy Lobby - Two British organizations battle the antipiracy juggernaut of the Microsoft-backed Business Software Alliance. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20217.html
- Britain Shuts Down Spy Sites - An ex-spy leads the British government on a worldwide chase with his threats to post intelligence secrets on the Net. The sites are coming down as fast as Richard Tomlinson can put them up. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19620.html
- British Applaud E-Commerce Bill - Draft legislation to promote Great Britain as a haven for Net businesses finally sees the light of day. Those with a stake in e-commerce are generally pleased. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20937.html
- Bundling Serves Users, MS Says - Microsoft attorneys in the antitrust trial play videotapes that illustrate the benefits of integrating Internet Explorer and Windows. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17659.html
- Bush Peels Back the Curtain - Presidential candidate George W. Bush publishes a list on his Web site naming the source and size of every donation he's received. Privacy advocates are concerned. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21695.html
- Bye, Bye Brazil - Thinking of ringing in the new millennium in Brazil? Think again. The US State Department issues travel advisories for the countries it says are most likely to be affected by Y2K. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21750.html
- Cable ISPs Keep Their Monopoly - The Federal Communications Commission refuses to mess with cable TV's natural monopoly on high-speed access -- for now. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17615.html
- Cable-TV Rates Free to Rise - The FCC's jurisdiction over cable-TV prices is ending. The price of cable service is rising at four times the rate of inflation. Are even higher rates ahead? By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18884.html
- Caldera 2, Microsoft 0 - A judge orders Microsoft to give reporters access to potentially damaging documents in a Utah antitrust case. But Caldera is the big winner. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- Caldera Stands by its Suit - Microsoft urges a federal judge to throw out Caldera's antitrust lawsuit. But the Utah software company claims it's found a smoking gun among the reams of subpoenaed documents. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20128.html
- Caldera Trial Moves Forward - A federal judge denies Microsoft motions to dismiss a Utah software company's antitrust allegations. The case goes to trial in January. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20510.html
- Caldera Wins Again Against MS - The judge in Caldera's antitrust suit against Microsoft again rules in favor of the Utah software publisher. This time, he declines to dismiss part of Caldera's suit involving offshore activities. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20629.html
- Caldera: Throw Out MS Motion - In a special hearing to be held next week, Utah software firm Caldera will seek to have Microsoft's motions for dismissal denied. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20035.html
- Campaigns Online, Off the Mark - A citizens group wants presidential candidates to wrap their minds around technology -- and keep their hands off. Few contenders have a clue. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19979.html
- Can Media Make a Killer? - What causes a good geek to go very, very bad? A new federal lawsuit blames videogames, erotic Web sites, and a violent movie for the deaths of three Kentucky high-school students. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19088.html
- Canada Aligns with EU on Privacy - While the United States resists the European Data Privacy Directive, Canada declares its support for the law aimed at giving consumers more control over their personal information. Matt Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19210.html
- Canada Rolls into Fiscal 2000 - As the Canadian government begins fiscal year 2000, an army of bureaucrats keeps a sharp eye on Ottawa's mainframes. Matt Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
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- Canada Won't Regulate Net - The Canadian Internet industry breathes a sigh of relief as the government says that it won't ask Canadian Web sites to adhere to Canadian content policies. Not now, not ever. By Pierre Bourque. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19726.html
- Canada's Grid A-OK for Y2K - The Canadian Electricity Association promises a warm and bright Year 2000 for those north of the 49th parallel. Some power stations are already operating in the new century. Marlene Blanshay reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17467.html
- Canadian Furor Over Net Filters - A Canadian provincial government tries using filters to block its employees' access to Internet sites that feature weapon-making, sex, and hateful material. Opponents call it an abuse of power. Jennifer Ditchburn reports from Ottawa. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20391.html
- Canadian Industry Is Y2K-OK - A gathering of high-level industry execs in Canada assures the country that everyday services will run smoothly in the new year. Jennifer Ditchburn reports from Toronto. [Wired News]
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- Canadian Privacy Law Dying - A proposed Canadian law that would align the country with Europe on the consumer data privacy issue is all but dead, the apparent victim of Quebec separatist squabbling. By Matt Friedman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20175.html
- Case Closed for Cracker? - Kevin Mitnick's guilty plea won't stop the underground movement that bears his name. Their rallying cry says it all. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- Case: Netscape Makes Browsers? - AOL's chief executive says he'll have nothing to bolster Microsoft's defense when he's deposed as a hostile witness in the antitrust case. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19782.html
- Casting a Wider Net for Learning - An international project to set up educational resource centers that provide Net access in developing countries hopes to foster cultural and political awareness. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18916.html
- CDA II Bound for Dustbin? - The Child Online Protection Act will fail, a Vanderbilt University professor tells the court in the first day of this week's hearings in a challenge against the law. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17441.html
- CDA II Has Its Day in Court - A civil-liberties lawsuit challenging a new anti-Net-porn bill begins Wednesday. First Amendment backers are biting their nails. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17428.html
- CDAII: Tempest in a D-Cup - Does a discussion of large-breasted women constitute content "harmful to minors"? If not, what does? The government's anti-smut law lays it out, but opponents think there's too much room for interpretation. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17465.html
- Centraal Wins Keyword Court Spat - A court finds in favor of the Internet keyword vendor in a patent-infringement suit brought by its main competitor, Netword. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17286.html
- Chemical Plants Face Y2K Threat - A new report warns that chemical plants face "significant" risk of Y2K related failures. Worse, local governments seem to be oblivious to the problem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18469.html
- Chemical Plants Under Wraps - A congressman makes a plea not to publish disaster-preparedness information on the Net. He worries it could help terrorists plot an attack. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17841.html
- Child-Porn Ruling Splits Canada - Free-speech advocates are hailing a Canadian judge's ruling that merely possessing child pornography is no crime. Others, shocked, are trying to undo the decision. By Pierre Bourque. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17408.html
- China Cracks Down on Pagers - Shanghai orders paging stations and computer information providers to stop carrying political news. And those who wish to post Web news must ask the state's permission. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19843.html
- China Fought Bombs with Spam - NATO bombs Chinese embassy. Chinese hackers send junk email to NATO. A military official calls it an amateurish attempt at a "cyber blitz." [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21548.html
- China Jails a Software Pirate - A man who sold slightly modified software stolen from an unnamed company gets four years imprisonment in what is believed to be the first case of China punishing a software pirate. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21003.html
- China Regulates Internet Calls - Telecommunications firms will have to endure a six-month trial period before receiving a permit from the Chinese ministry for Internet phone calls. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18761.html
- China's PM: Trade Gap Is Good - Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji told an MIT audience that the trade deficit between his country and the United States can only spell good news for China's tech development. Jill Priluck reports from Cambridge, Massachusetts. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19130.html
- Chinese Emailer Sentenced - A Shanghai software engineer gets a two-year jail term for sending 30,000 email addresses to a US-based dissident publication. This is one government that doesn't want information to be free. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17430.html
- Chinese Engineer Appeals - A software engineer is fighting the two-year sentence that a Shanghai court gave him for providing email addresses to US-based publications. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17785.html
- Citizens Report from the Front - An Orthodox monk writing from the 'pulpit of his keyboard' sends news of the Kosovo crisis from a 663-year-old monastery, filling the void left by professional journalists. By Leander Kahney and James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18737.html
- Click Here for Safe Surfing - The White House and prominent Web sites react to fears that the Internet played a role in the Columbine High School massacre. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19505.html
- Clinton Combats Cyberterrorism - The president drafts a budget plan to defend against 21st century terrorism, including biological and chemical warfare and hacker attacks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17494.html
- Clinton Extends Ocean Monitoring - President Clinton signs a proclamation extending jurisdiction beyond US shores by 24 miles. Officials hope to catch more polluters and smugglers in the process. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21594.html
- Clinton Frees Up Search Site - The White House puts the brakes on a Commerce Department search engine after discovering the results come at a price. For the time being, gov.search is up and running -- and free. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19750.html
- Clinton Makes Play for Privacy - The White House proposes measures to protect consumers online. Privacy advocates say a surveillance clause goes too far. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19504.html
- Clinton Relaxes Crypto Exports - It's a major victory for the US tech industry, which says it can now compete internationally. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21786.html
- Clinton Tabs Privacy Point Man - An Ohio State law professor will represent the administration's views concerning online privacy, an issue which gains a little more momentum every day. By Declan McCullagh and James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18249.html
- Closing the Window on the War - After Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic pulled the plug on satellite transmissions from his country, TV networks have nothing to show but talking heads. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18780.html
- Clueless in the Capitol - The Senate releases its much-touted report on the millennium bug. The scariest part? That the nation's political leaders are so ill-informed. A perspective by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18218.html
- Cluing Congress into Net ABCs - When it comes to Congress and the Web, Washington players say there's a big problem: Lawmakers don't know what they're doing. Chris Oakes reports from Aspen. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21411.html
- Commerce Tech Boss Checks In - Trust is the key to the digital future, says the man with his hands on the reins of the federal government's e-commerce strategy. Christopher Jones reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19343.html
- Commerce to NSI: Give It Up - The Commerce Department says Network Solutions has no right to restrict access to its "whois" database of Net addresses and owners. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20950.html
- Companies Decry NetSol Policy - Free access to a special domain database only helps speculators abuse the system, says the domain-name purveyor. So it plans to limit who gets in. Independent registrars are up in arms. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17973.html
- Compaq Questioned MS Monopoly - A memo from Compaq, supposedly a pro-Microsoft witness, admits that even the world's largest computer company was once scared of the software giant. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17996.html
- Compaq: It Was All a Big Mix-Up - Microsoft admits to another videotape snafu in its antitrust trial. And testimony from a Compaq executive disputes government claims that Microsoft threatened to yank the computer maker's Windows license. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17938.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18025.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18394.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17188.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21139.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19102.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20357.html
- COPA Judge No Newbie - The man who will rule on the constitutionality of an anti-smut law is a veteran Web surfer who reads his broadsheet via email. He's also seen his share of smut. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17461.html
- COPA: An 'Electronic Brown Bag' - The ACLU says the Child Online Protection Act usurps parental authority, but as the hearing winds down the Justice Department maintains COPA protects children. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17557.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19922.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18203.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19584.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21096.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17876.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17700.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17850.html
- 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]
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- 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]
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- Crackers Target Federal Sites - Computer crackers break into two government Web sites and threaten more intrusions unless the FBI stops "harrassing" hackers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19955.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17587.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18132.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19018.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21790.html
- Crypto Wall Comes Tumblin' Down - When a professor tried to publish his crypto research back in 1995, the US government told him not to. Now, following a landmark First Amendment court challenge, he's itching to press "send." By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19571.html
- Cuban Telephone Crisis - Cuba's state-run telephone company cuts off service to the United States after US phone companies withhold payments. The shutdown is linked to two planes shot down by Cuba over international waters in 1996. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18189.html
- Cybersitter Stops the Music - Solid Oak's Cybersitter software will soon block day trading and MP3s in addition to porn sites. Net gambling filters are next, and who knows what else? By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20491.html
- Cyberstalking Law Invoked - In the first prosecution under California's new electronic stalking law, a Los Angeles County security guard is accused of targeting a woman who didn't want to date him. [Wired News]
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- Decoding the Crypto Policy Change - Why did the White House suddenly change its mind on regulating encryption? It couldn't be because the NSA has changed its spying agenda. Or could it? A Wired News perspective by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21810.html
- Deja News Backtracks on Tracking - After hearing complaints from privacy advocates, community site Deja News decides to stop logging the IP addresses of those who send email from Usenet posts on its site. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19435.html
- Democrats Shoot Down Y2K Vote - Democratic Senators stymie a Republican attempt to introduce Y2K legislation, saying that working on a gun-control measure is a higher priority. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19747.html
- Demon Lets Libel Ruling Stand - A UK Internet Service Provider has decided not to appeal a British High Court decision that found the firm responsible for the content of messages on its servers. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20107.html
- Demos to Prez: 'Use SAFE Text' - House Democrats want Bill Clinton to help them overturn his administration's own long-term policy restricting the export of strong encryption products. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21744.html
- Did AOL Fear Microsoft's Wrath? - Even as it moved to close the deal to acquire Netscape Communications, America Online kept a wary eye on Microsoft. So much so, in fact, that Netscape officials began to wonder if the deal would fall apart. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19387.html
- Did Russians Get Whitehouse.gov? - Anti-NATO crackers claim credit for an all-day outage at the official White House Web site. Sources call it a hardware problem. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18787.html
- Did Sun Inflate Mitnick Damages? - Sun Microsystems said that Kevin Mitnick's theft of source code cost the company US$80 million. There's just one problem, says the cracker's attorney: Sun gives the code away. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19820.html
- Did UK Internet Firms Aid Cops? - A free speech group in the UK obtains a police briefing prepared by the nation's Internet dialup industry. They say it has Big Brother's fingerprints all over it. Alan Docherty reports from London. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17678.html
- Digital John Hancocks - A bill before Congress would make electronic signatures legally binding -- and result in some very happy e-commerce vendors. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19937.html
- Digital Storage Tax Deferred - Canada was all set to impose a levy on recordable CDs and other blank media as a way of reimbursing recording artists for revenue lost to illegal copying. Now the tax is on hold while the bickering continues. Matthew Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17405.html
- Dirty Tricks in Philly Politics - The creators of a Web site impersonating that of Philadelphia's Democratic mayoral candidate are off the hook. The city's district attorney cites First Amendment protections. Deborah Scoblionkov reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18363.html
- Diverting the Digital Streams - Should Web sites pay to capture music streamed on another site? At least one Net music entrepreneur, tallying his losses, calls these "deep linkers" parasites. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21010.html
- DNA Databases Go Too Far - A Texas congressman says that the idea of the US government keeping biometric databases on its citizens stinks. And he's introducing legislation to pull the plug. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19338.html
- Do-it-Yourself News - The expulsion of foreign journalists from war-torn Yugoslavia hasn't stopped the flow of news from the region. Far from it. First-hand information about the Kosovo conflict is widely available on the Internet. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18754.html
- Does AOL Own 'Buddy List?' - A tiny California software firm accuses the online juggernaut of bullying it out of the market. AOL says it has dibs on the term "buddy list." Tribal Voice begs to differ. By Dan Cox. [Wired News]
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- Does Privacy Trump Piracy? - A bill to protect private information, such as medical records, meets strong opposition from companies who want the data to stay in the public domain. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18578.html
- DOJ Cracks Down on MP3 Pirate - Oregon U.S. Attorneys successfully prosecute a college student under the 1997 NET copyright act for distributing illegal MP3 files. More busts could be on the way. By Andy Patrizio. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21391.html
- DOJ to MS: Stop Those Leaks! - Justice Department officials say well-timed leaks by Microsoft to the press are hampering any effort at a settlement. But Microsoft says it's not leaking anything. [Wired News]
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- DOJ Tries to Keep Adult TV Fuzzy - Having lost its case against Playboy, the Department of Justice attempts to keep other purveyors of adult content from beaming scrambled signals when kids might be channel surfing. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17337.html
- DOJ Winds Up with a Whimper - The government's star witness pops the prosecution's bubble in the final day of the government's case against Microsoft. His admission: Microsoft hasn't hurt us. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17291.html
- DOJ, MS State Their Facts - They're wordy, they're lengthy, and they're snippy. They're the 'findings of fact' as the antitrust trial of the century heads into the stretch. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21704.html
- Dole: No Net Porn at Libraries - Elizabeth Dole says that denying children access to Web porn in public libraries doesn't go far enough. Adults shouldn't be looking at it on the taxpayers' dime either, she says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20558.html
- Domain Case Dismissed - A federal judge throws out a case assailing Network Solutions' first-come, first-served domain registration policy. Is it the antitrust vindication NSI makes it out to be? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19647.html
- Domain Fight Causes Brown Out - An opportunistic cybersquatter who holds key domain names in the race for San Francisco mayor is now on a candidate's payroll. Incumbent Willie Brown's Net identity is in jeopardy. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21201.html
- Domain Players Face the Music - Esther Dyson and the CEO of Network Solutions are on the hotseat during the first congressional hearing over the fate of the Net's domain name system. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20887.html
- Don't Cry For Bill, Argentina - Microsoft cuts a deal with Argentine President Carlos Sa l Menem. The company will promote the software economy in the South American country if the Argentines crack down on software piracy. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18711.html
- Don't Tell Me How to Listen - The music industry fails to stop the scrappy Rio MP3 player but gains a head start in its effort to throttle what people can do with their music. Earth to RIAA: Wake up. A Wired News perspective by James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20262.html
- Dr. Criminal? - The American Medical Association rails against online drug prescriptions and looks for alternatives to unsavory Web doctors. Regulating the Net drug world won't be easy. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20722.html
- Dr. Laura Saves Censorware Law - In an effort to save a foundering library filtering bill, the popular radio talk-show host asks loyal fans to lobby California lawmakers. Their calls might have done it. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19799.html
- Dyson Denies Collusion with DOJ - ICANN chairman Esther Dyson defends her communications with the Justice Department about Network Solutions and its domain monopoly in a letter to the chairman of the House Commerce Committee. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21100.html
- EBay Tangles with the Feds - EBay's big stock split is set for Monday, but the company announced Friday it was under federal investigation for those fraudulent transactions taking place on its site. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18184.html
- Economists Duel at MS Trial - The government's final witness in the antitrust trial nears the end of his testimony, and a Microsoft expert witness shoots down his arguments. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17275.html
- EFF Appoints New Director - With one foot in Silicon Valley and one on Capitol Hill, Tara Lemmey will lead the Electronic Frontier Foundation into the next millennium. Observers are beaming. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17941.html
- Email Assist for Yugoslavs - An anonymous forwarding service sets up a special filter to help safeguard the identity of those filing unofficial and uncensored email reports from the NATO strike zone. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18765.html
- English Only? Non! - A photographer digs in his heels and refuses to comply with a Quebec law that requires him to publish a version of his commercial Web site in French. Matthew Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20082.html
- Eolas Files Patent Lawsuit - A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges Microsoft products like Windows 98 and Internet Explorer violate patents held by Chicago-based Eolas Technologies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17688.html
- EU Expands Copyright Protection - The European Parliament says record companies should be "fairly compensated" when people make copies of music or videos for personal use. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17867.html
- EU Wrestling with Copyright Law - Should existing copyright protection be extended to cover material on the Internet? The European Parliament is gnashing its teeth over the issue now, and nobody seems very happy about it. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17788.html
- Euro Commission to Probe NetSol - The European Commission joins the US Department of Commerce in launching an investigation of Network Solutions' domain-name registration practices. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21027.html
- Euro-ISPs: Don't Outlaw Caching - In the headlong rush to legislate what can and cannot be copied online, European ISPs worry that caching -- which is critical to network performance -- may be adversely affected. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17787.html
- Europe Demands Clean Computers - The European Commission's proposed ban on toxic chemicals could set the electronics industry back US$50 billion. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19474.html
- Europe's Internet Challenge - At the Internet Content Summit former White House technology adviser Ira Magaziner warns Europe to reconsider its restrictive Internet policies. [Wired News]
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- Europe: Flat Rate, or Else - New research says that Europe is an e-commerce gold mine waiting to happen. Europeans want to be connected at a flat rate, and will hold a mass strike to stress the point. [Wired News]
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- European Net Strikers Dig In - Organizers of Sunday's pan-European telecom strike said that close to a million people left their phones on the hook to protest metered Internet access. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20059.html
- Europeans Mobilize Against Spam - The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email launches a European counterpart to stem the rising tide of "les spam" in its tracks. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17708.html
- Europeans Try New Telco Boycott - Frustrated by telecommunications companies that refuse to budge, advocates of flat-rate phone rates turn to that time-honored European weapon, the boycott. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]
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- Ex-Spam King Shows No Mercy - Once the undisputed king of spam, Sanford Wallace sues a competitor for US$1 million for allegedly libeling him as a spammer. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20618.html
- Ex-Spy Returns to the Cold - A group opposing Internet censorship criticizes the British government for cracking down on a former spy's Web activities. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19730.html
- Execs: Regulations Won't Help - Businesses and creative professionals in England agree that governments should keep their paws off the Net. Alan Docherty reports from Exeter, England. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18462.html
- Expanding the Universe of Ideas - A new public license balances the open-source community's altruism and creative juju with the open market's steely-eyed regard for the bottom line. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20276.html
- Expecting a Miracle Cure? - A chilling new statistic from the nation's hospitals: Only 13 percent are Y2K-compliant. No problem, says an industry survey. Not so fast, say consumer advocates. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18889.html
- FBI Subdues 'Privacy Gone Crazy' - Law-and-order conservatives join liberal Democrats to derail an amendment that would have extended more stringent privacy rights to banking records. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20554.html
- FBI Warns of Crypto Danger - US law enforcers try to halt legislation that would allow US companies to export encryption. The House is sympathetic, but they've lined up squarely on the side of tech companies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20714.html
- FCC Sides with FBI on Tapping - The Federal Communications Commission endorses a set of technical standards that would allow the FBI to track cellular phone users. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21477.html
- FCC Steers Clear of Broadband - Despite the pleas of local regulators, FCC Chairman William Kennard again rejects a probe of high-speed Internet services. Cable operators can breathe easy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21227.html
- FCC to Bells, GTE: Open Up - The FCC is pushing for more competition by ordering regional phone carriers to allow access to their equipment to new companies. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18563.html
- Fear and Hacking in Las Vegas - Hackers are in Sin City to share secrets, party at all-night raves, and try to figure out who among the T-shirted crowd is actually a snooping federal agent. Polly Sprenger reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20667.html
- Federal Site Yanks Truste Seal - A US government Web site yanks a Truste privacy seal, apparently responding to concerns that the program doesn't jibe with a federal privacy law. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20419.html
- Feds Accuse MS of Falsification - The sluggish Microsoft antitrust trial goes turbo when a government lawyer accuses the firm of manipulating videotaped evidence in a courtroom demo. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17689.html
- Feds Lose Billions on Y2K - A new General Accounting Office report says federal agencies have let billions of dollars earmarked for Y2K repairs slip through their fingers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19477.html
- Feds Plan Y2K Spin Control - The government preps a public-relations campaign to calm those jittery Americans who might be looking nervously toward Y2K. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17527.html
- Feds Tackle Online Privacy - Everyone seems to agree that online privacy needs to be protected. The sticking point is how safeguards are to be implemented and who should be responsible for them. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20832.html
- Feds Urge Net Gambling Ban - A federal commission says the Net gambling ban should continue. The two-year study suggests that Congress pass laws to deal with financial institutions that work with illegal casinos. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20033.html
- Feds' PR Can't Dispel Y2K Jitters - Despite the US government's (sometimes forked) reassurances that all will be well come 1 January 2000, many Americans are planning for Y2K disasters. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20929.html
- Fidnet Eases Up on Net Plan - The government's controversial surveillance network won't pry into private business "or the Internet in general," says the DOJ. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22001.html
- FIDNET Under Review - The Clinton administration responds to criticism of FIDNET, its planned surveillance system for government computers, by promising a legal review the plan's privacy implications. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21011.html
- First-Hand Lesson in Censorship - A student at Southern Utah University is booted out of the computer lab for viewing a site about Adolf Hitler. She says she was doing research. The university said she was violating the school's Internet policy. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18070.html
- Florida Court Airs Trial on Web - A high-profile Florida case is the first to be broadcast on the Web by the judicial system itself, and experts say this ushers in a new era of access to the trial process. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21279.html
- Foes Target 'Know Your Customer' - Got the jitters about the government's plan to monitor all of your banking transactions? If congressional opponents prevail, you can sleep easy at night. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17404.html
- Forbes Squats on Bush Name - Presidential candidate Steve Forbes snaps up a cache of domain names that show Bush as his GOP running mate -- and it ain't George W. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21563.html
- Forbes Trumpets GOP Run Online - The magazine publisher puts up a press release on his Web site and calls it a first. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18493.html
- Foreign Policy, Tech Collide - China registers its "strong resentment" at Washington's decision to block the US$450 million satellite deal. The fallout could spell big trouble for the US industry. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18126.html
- France Weaves a Tangled Web - More than 47,000 Web sites go black in France after a judge rules in favor of a fashion model who complained about nude pictures of her on a single Web page. Heather McCabe reports from Paris. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18274.html
- Free Speech on Trial in Tacoma - Carl Johnson didn't stop ranting about the US government until it landed him in jail. Now the nation's most outspoken crypto advocates are in court to defend him. Declan McCullagh reports from Tacoma, Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19145.html
- Freedom Helps, Not Harms, Kids - Cyber-rights supporters defend online freedoms at the Cyberspace 1999 conference at the University of Leeds. Alan Docherty reports from York, England. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18820.html
- Freeing Windows NT Source Code - A small Connecticut software firm claims Microsoft has locked up the source code to Windows NT in an effort to stifle competition. The software behemoth denies the charges. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19656.html
- FTC and Intel Call Off Trial - At the 11th hour, the Federal Trade Commission and the world's largest chip company reach a tentative agreement to call off the antitrust case. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18324.html
- FTC Asked to Halt Pentium III - Privacy groups are soliciting an unusual source -- the federal government -- to help protect consumer privacy. A complaint filed with the FTC crashes Intel's Pentium III party. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18152.html
- FTC Critics: Go Slow on Privacy - Congressional leaders and the Small Business Administration say new online privacy restrictions place an undue burden on small businesses. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20159.html
- FTC Slaps Health Sites - The Federal Trade Commission tells several health Web sites to stop touting miracle cures for cancer and other diseases. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20412.html
- FTC Spanks Kids Site on Privacy - The Federal Trade Commission enters into a proposed settlement with the company behind Young Investor, a site designed to teach kids about investing. The site gets its knuckles rapped for breaking its promises. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19542.html
- FTC, Intel Bury the Hatchet - In its settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Intel agrees to share technical information fairly -- even with those companies that it is fighting in court. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18533.html
- FTC: Hands Off Net Privacy - The Federal Trade Commission says online privacy may be important, but new laws are not the answer. Consumer advocates are hopping mad. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20687.html
- Gates: Microsoft 'More Than Fair' - Bill Gates denies that Microsoft tried to squash Bristol Technology in videotaped testimony played in a Connecticut federal court. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20076.html
- Gates: Pick One, Not Both - Microsoft gave its software partners a choice: They could distance themselves from Netscape or forget about their icons appearing on the Windows desktop. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17798.html
- Gates: Settlement Would Be Nice - Microsoft chief Bill Gates says his company is talking with the Justice Department about a possible settlement in the antitrust trial. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18699.html
- German Cops Combat Kiddie Porn - A special force dedicated to fighting cybercrime zeroes in on child pornography and vows to turn up the heat on the people who propagate it. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20198.html
- Germany Endorses Strong Crypto - The German government encourages companies and citizens to use and develop strong data scrambling technologies to help shield the nation from prying eyes and ears. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20023.html
- Germany Jails Software Pirate - A German court sentences a man for importing pirated Microsoft software. Also: Sellers of US$20 million of stolen US software are jailed. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20239.html
- Global Execs Back ICANN - An international group of high-profile business execs says the world should get behind controversial Net oversight body ICANN. But the Global Internet Project is also wary of European regulatory initiatives. Karlin Lillington reports from Brussels. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21787.html
- GM Recalls Faulty Web Site - Until today, spammers could tap into the personal data of more than 10,000 online sweepstakes entrants at Pontiac's site. The company promised that would never happen. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18602.html
- Going Postal over .us Domain - A proposal to block the US Postal Service from acquiring the right to administer the .us domain is tabled by a House subcommittee. Proponents say domain names should be run by the private sector. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21123.html
- GOP: Save the Net Smut Law - Five Republican congressmen ask a federal appeals court to save the Child Online Protection Act from the trash heap of history. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20813.html
- Gore Going for High Tech - This close to announcing his candidacy for president, Al Gore breezed through California, promising more millions for high technology. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17536.html
- Gore Unveils Rise in IT Funding - The vice president tells scientists the government will pump a lot more cash into basic infotech R&D. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17502.html
- Government Info Site on Hold - The Commerce Department changes its mind and pulls down a new fee-based government search engine, concerned that the charges might limit open access to public information. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19745.html
- Government, MS Not Talking - Rumors that the world's largest software maker will settle its antitrust suit are just that: rumors. A government source says nobody's talking. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18360.html
- Greenspan: Hands Off Technology - The Federal Reserve chairman warns against regulatory policies that could stem the growth of the technology industry and harm US productivity. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20209.html
- Grip on Crypto Loosening - Despite the objections of the United States, most countries prefer placing few restrictions on the manufacture and sale of strong encryption, a survey finds. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20106.html
- Group Wants EU to 'Save Web' - Feeling "a little desperate," a European grassroots coalition wants to bring attention to copyright and privacy issues on the Web. Steve Kettmann reports from Berlin. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21968.html
- Groups Keep Heat on DoubleClick - The nation's leading privacy watchdogs tell DoubleClick's shareholders that a proposed acquisition by the online marketer was bad news, indeed. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20485.html
- Guilty Verdict for Cypherpunk - A federal judge rejects arguments that newsgroup rants against Bill Gates and the IRS were expressions of free speech. Carl Johnson is convicted of threatening public officials. Chris Stamper reports from Tacoma, Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19239.html
- Harsh Regs Hurt the Little Guy - Privacy legislation may be aimed at protecting children from unscrupulous marketers and other online low-lifes, but some fear that the small-time Web-site operator is the guy who'll take it on the chin. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20851.html
- He Digs (Through) Gov't Muck - An otherwise obscure NYC architect amasses a huge collection of government documents and puts them online. And he's getting some interesting eyeballs. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22045.html
- Hillary for President? - There's a page on the official Federal Election Commission Web site that says so, plain as day. So it's not an Internet legend. But is it true? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21559.html
- Hillary Online: Socks, Not Sex - The first lady tells all -- about the White House pets -- in an AOL chat session. Will Buddy stand beside her in a US Senate campaign? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18450.html
- Hotmail Scofflaw? No Worries - OK, so you took advantage of the Hotmail security hole and peeked at your arch enemy's email. Should you be worried about legal recourse? Probably not. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21525.html
- Hotmail, the Anti-Spam? - The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail elects a new board member from the MSN's Hotmail email service. Will he give the anti-spamming organization some inside advice? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19346.html
- House Leader Scorns UN Tax Plan - House Majority Leader Dick Armey comes out swinging against a United Nations proposal to tax email and funnel the cash to developing nations. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20739.html
- House Member Preps Privacy Bill - Representative Ed Markey says he is putting the final touches on legislation that aims to give consumers broad control over how their data is collected and used online. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19004.html
- House OKs Wireless Privacy Bill - A bill that outlaws eavesdropping on private digital conversations easily clears the House. Now it's on to the Senate. Privacy advocates have some reservations. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18135.html
- House Panel Endorses Y2K Bill - The House Judiciary Committee, led by Republicans, approves a bill to curb Y2K lawsuits. Democrats charge that the legislation could hurt consumers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19497.html
- House Passes Y2K Bill - With the technology industry cheering them on, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would sharply limit the ability to sue companies over Y2K disasters. Now it needs Senate approval. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19658.html
- House to Hold ICANN Hearing - A Virginia republican has asked the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to attend a House hearing and defend its plans to ding domain name holders. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20746.html
- How Much Damage Did Mitnick Do? - Companies targeted by Kevin Mitnick claim the notorious cracker cost them US$300 million. But a hackers' journal supporting Mitnick thinks the figure is inflated. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19488.html
- How to Fight a Cyberwar - A think tank has some bizarre ideas for foiling tech-savvy terrorists -- ideas like itsy-bitsy aerial spies programmed to read "computer emanations." [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19208.html
- How to Reconcile Bank Privacy - Congress prepares to debate fundamentally different philosophies about sharing customer data with the government. What are the privacy implications? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20498.html
- IBM Admits Shoddy Bookkeeping - Big Blue underpaid Microsoft for software prior to the release of Windows 95, an IBM exec admits. Microsoft says that's why they withheld a license to its new OS. The Justice Department is skeptical. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20110.html
- ICANN Defends Funding Plea - The instrumental Internet naming organization is under fire for asking a White House staffer for help, but claims it did nothing illegal or improper. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21346.html
- ICANN Extends Testbed Deadline - The Net's new regulator loosens its deadline for testbed applicants for the new domain name registration business. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18759.html
- ICANN Fracas Moves to Singapore - A domain name activist wants to pull the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers out of the shadows. ICANN says she is barking up the wrong tree. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18048.html
- ICANN Points Finger at NSI - The Internet monitoring agency responds to criticism from a House committee by placing blame on Network Solutions. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20654.html
- ICANN Probe Aims at White House - The head of the House Commerce Committee turns his ICANN probe toward the White House. Did the Clinton administration illegally help raise money for the domain name organization? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21131.html
- ICANN Rules on Dot Com Disputes - The Net domain name arbiter is finally setting rules for disputes, adopting guidelines similar to the US trademark office. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21469.html
- ICANN Signs Up a Spin Doctor - Sensitive to charges that it is secretive and noncommunicative, the organization charged with governing the Internet turns to a bigshot PR agency for help. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17742.html
- ICANN Simmers in Singapore - At a pivotal meeting this week in Asia, the Internet's future domain authority will work to hammer out its identity and formal structure. Analysis by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18201.html
- ICANN to Unveil New Rules - The group charged with governing the Internet plans to test the waters of competition among domain-name registrars in coming months. First step: a trial run. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17563.html
- ICANN Too Tax You - The fledgling organization that oversees domain name registration takes heat from government watchdog groups for its lack of taxpayer accountability. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20293.html
- ICANN's Success in Singapore - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers concludes its first major gathering with a plan for overseeing the Net's domain name system. Critics? Sure -- but consensus too. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18273.html
- India Loosens Telecom Policy - Indian broadcasting could get a boost from private and foreign investment as the government hold is broken on telephone and satellite competition. New legislation goes into effect 1 January 2000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18760.html
- India: Code-Smuggling? Absurd - The FBI "suggests" that India may be responsible for the entry of security-threatening code. India tells the US to get real. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22041.html
- Indonesia, Ireland in Info War? - An Irish ISP says the Asian government is behind a series of sophisticated attacks against its servers, which host the East Timor country domain. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17562.html
- Industry Crypto Bill in Peril - An industry-supported measure on encryption could become its worst nightmare if a version favored by the House Armed Services Committee wins approval. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20872.html
- Industry May Get Its Way on Y2K - The Senate rejects a White House-backed bill limiting Y2K liability lawsuits, clearing the way for a measure backed by the software industry. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20131.html
- INET 99: Let Industry Lead - Panelists and pundits say the Net may be booming, but it's still too young and vulnerable to endure government regulation. Heidi Kriz reports from San Jose, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20388.html
- Infoseek Exec Faces Sex Charge - An Infoseek executive has been arrested for allegedly propositioning a teen-age girl in an online chat room. Authorities say Patrick Naughton was actually sending messages to an FBI agent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21835.html
- Inside the MS Spin Machine - Internal Microsoft emails shown at the company's antitrust trial offer a glimpse into the company's media-handling strategy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20038.html
- Inside the Virus Writer's Mind - Hackers who author the programs that infect PCs are not all adult sociopaths or adolescent dropouts. But they are usually male and well-to-do. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20624.html
- Intel on Privacy: 'Whoops!' - The world's largest chipmaker, under fire from both Washington and civil liberties groups, will offer Pentium III users the ability to deactivate a controversial surveillance technology. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17513.html
- Intel Says Spamming is Trespass - A California judge grants the chipmaker an injunction that bars a former employee from sending anti-company emails to current workers. The worker vows an appeal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19395.html
- Internet 'Kidnapping' Debunked - It seemed like another Internet chat room nightmare -- woman meets man online, man kidnaps woman. But this story has a different ending. Matt Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19293.html
- Internet Latest 'Great Satan' - An Iranian cleric worries that the Internet and satellite television could undermine Islam if people are allowed to surrender to their passions. He suggests making more movies with Islamic themes to divert eyes elsewhere. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17480.html
- Internet Ratings Redux - A global summit in Munich pushes for an international system to rate the Net's sites: Is it another doomed stab at making Web ratings work -- or an idea whose time has come? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21652.html
- Internet Taxes, Round One - The fractious federal commission on Net taxation erupts in conflict, and members are quick to choose sides. Declan McCullagh reports from Williamsburg, Virginia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20372.html
- Internic Poser to Pay Up - The FTC and an Australian consumer commission force an Internic copycat to reimburse overcharged domain name owners to the tune of US$161,000. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20063.html
- Intuit: Gates Behind Contracts - The company's CEO says the Microsoft chief was personally involved in forcing Intuit to give up Netscape -- contrary to Gates' videotape testimony. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17153.html
- Iraqi Paper's Online Edition - A weekly newspaper owned by Saddam Hussein's son launches a Web site to give the world an inside perspective on Iraq. The site may reveal more than he intended. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19737.html
- Is MS Beyond the Law? - Utah law doesn't apply. Neither do European and Japanese laws. Microsoft lawyers make their case for dismissing parts of Caldera's antitrust lawsuit. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20583.html
- ISP Reveals Scientology Critic - AT T WorldNet releases the identity of the Scientology critic to attorneys for the church. The critic says he fears for his safety. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20087.html
- ISPs Accuse China of Infowar - Two Canadian ISPs fend off sustained network attacks that they say originated with a government institution in China. They call the attacks an act of political infowar. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21030.html
- ISPs Clean Their Own Stables - An independent report praises the British Internet industry for stamping out kiddie porn without the government's help. The Home Office thinks that's smashing. Alan Docherty reports from London. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17891.html
- ISPs May Bear Content Liability - In the latest suit brought by a one-man Net libel crusader, a British judge is set to make a ruling that could significantly change Net law in the United Kingdom. Alan Docherty reports from London. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17953.html
- Israeli Court Freezes Sex Domain - An Israeli man with high hopes for striking it rich on the Net takes his domain-name dispute to the nation's highest court. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18403.html
- It's a Microsoft World After All - In testimony that was at times heated, an MIT economist told the court in the antitrust trial that we may all be bound to a life on Planet Windows. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17204.html
- Japan Risks Digital Pearl Harbor - Japan's leadership is ossified when it comes to understanding technology, leaving the country vulnerable to cyberterrorism and other forms of electronic attack, a critic says. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20484.html
- Japanese Cops Storm PC Maker - Authorities seize the assets of a computer maker because it is suspected of having ties to the doomsday cult that launched the 1995 nerve gas assault on a Tokyo subway. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20557.html
- Jerry Brown's Oakland.net - The former California governor is Oakland's new mayor. His challenge is to revive a major city that sits smack in the middle of high-tech America. So what's the plan? Christopher Jones reports from Oakland, California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18444.html
- Jesse Jackson's New Campaign - The civil rights leader says he'll fight to bridge the so-called digital divide between some minorities and the upper echelons of the technology industry. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18805.html
- Journalist Admits Eavesdropping - A freelance writer who taped phone conversations of celebrity couple Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise pleads guilty to a wiretapping charge. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18447.html
- Judge Bork: Break Up Microsoft - Keep Microsoft in line by splitting the company three ways, says the former Supreme Court nominee. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17374.html
- Judge: COPA Went Too Far - Hours before the controversial Child Online Protection Act was to become law, it's declared unconstitutional. What now for Net censorship? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17670.html
- Justice Department Appeals COPA - With only hours to spare, the Justice Department appealed its loss of a lawsuit that restricted online erotica in the name of protecting children. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18943.html
- Keeping Disaster Data Offline - A House committee passes a bill to keep worst-case chemical disaster assessments off the Internet. By Louise Knapp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20892.html
- Keeping Tabs on Sex Offenders - Texans -- and everyone else -- can locate the whereabouts of sex offenders by dropping in at the Texas Department of Public Safety Web site. Not everybody thinks that's a good idea. By Jill Priluck. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17345.html
- Keeping the FCC's Mitts Off Net - New legislation introduced Friday will end the Federal Communications Commission's policy of charging for metered Internet connections. Or will it? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18770.html
- Kennard Takes Up AOL's Cause - AOL gets a boost from the FCC in its quest to regulate what sorts of Internet access that cable companies will be allowed to provide. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19778.html
- Key US Computer Lags on Y2K - The US Department of Health and Human Services switches its tactics on Y2K compliance, jeopardizing federal funding for everything from Medicare to airports. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18588.html
- Kid Glove Treatment for Gates - Microsoft's chief gets a polite, if guarded, reception on Capitol Hill, where he's taking part in a technology summit. His antitrust troubles are scarcely mentioned. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20236.html
- King for the Domains in Sight - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers finalizes proposals that will lay down the law on .com -- as well as .biz, .xxx, and other future top-level domains. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18245.html
- Klein Mum on MS Trial - The Justice Department's top antitrust lawyer disappoints an audience waiting to hear his take on Microsoft. Free markets? Just another term for nothing left to sue. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Know Your (Customer) Rights - The defeat of far-reaching bank monitoring regulations won't protect individual accounts from surveillance. Privacy advocates of all political stripes mount protests online. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18821.html
- Kosovo Won't Be Televised - International live TV transmission from Kosovo went black Wednesday before the bombs started falling. Serbian police are blamed for a satellite shutdown, preventing Baghdad-like live telecasts. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18691.html
- Landmark Ruling on Encryption - A presidential order limiting encryption exports is ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals panel, which says encryption software is protected by the First Amendment. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19553.html
- Latest Cracker Caper: Nasdaq - The same group that cracked the Drudge Report, C-SPAN, and ABC-TV sites claims responsibility for attacking the Nasdaq-AMEX site. By Chris Oakes and Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21762.html
- Lawsuits: Free the Domain-Name 7 - There may be gold in f***.com or c***.com. But Network Solutions has refused to sell the domain names. Two separate litigants try to force their release. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19439.html
- Lawyer: Hackers Have Rights, Too - The lawyer to the stars of digital crime says hacking is getting a bum rap. The evolving rules need to consider the differences between the real and virtual worlds, she asserts. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20660.html
- Legal Swamp for Euro E-Commerce - Electronic commerce in Europe is held back by a mess of conflicting laws, a new report claims. If businesses want to open shop, they'll have to cozy up with lawmakers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17991.html
- Let the Documents Go Free - A pair of Washington-based taxpayer advocacy groups want the Feds to post more material to the Web, and launch a new campaign that they hope will open the floodgates. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- Libel Law Has Bark, and Bite - A Canadian man who waged a five-year Web campaign against a dog breeder now faces criminal libel charges that could put him behind bars. Matthew Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
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- Library Won't Appeal Porn Ruling - A cash-strapped Virginia library decides not to appeal a court ruling that it violated the First Amendment by installing Net filtering software. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- Liddy: Put a Lid on Libraries - Republican presidential contender Elizabeth Dole lays the first plank in her technology platform, calling on Congress to withhold federal funding from libraries that refuse to filter Net content. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Life Not Kosher for Mitnick - The infamous computer hacker refuses to eat during his first two days in a new detention facility because there is no kosher food in the joint. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- Lights, Camera, No Action - Microsoft engineers pull another all-nighter, trying to produce a videotape to disprove a government claim that Windows 98 and Internet Explorer are inseparable. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Lobbyist for the Masses - Proclaiming EParty an egalitarian lobbyist for the rest of us, the group's Silicon Valley founder promises that all issues will be considered. Especially those that hurt Silicon Valley interests. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
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- Log On, with a Note from Mother - You say you're a grown-up? Prove it. New rules regulating the online privacy of children say email verification doesn't go far enough. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Lost in Space and Red Tape - NASA should lead, follow, or get out of the way of private space exploration. That's the consensus at a conference on the future of space. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Magaziner: Change Is Good - The former White House tech guru says the Clinton administration was wise to abandon its futile opposition to crypto exports. And he says patience with ICANN will be rewarded by sound policy. Interview by Steve Kettmann. [Wired News]
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- Magaziner: Lead or Follow - The former technology adviser to President Clinton says self-regulation is the Internet industry's best defense against government interference. Jennifer Sullivan reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- Maine Wants to Stockpile for Y2K - Where do you put 13 million cubic feet of rice and beans? That's the question facing a Maine state legislator as she moves to stockpile emergency food in the event of Y2K failures. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Making the Grade on Free Speech - A media think tank says Congress and the White House are running roughshod over netizens' First Amendment rights, while federal courts are doing their job. Conservatives say it's the other way around. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- Microsoft-Bristol Trial Opens - Bristol Technology will testify that Microsoft's withholding its NT operating system source code has unlawfully hindered competition. [Wired News]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- Mitnick Fans Await Denouement - This week will likely spell the final chapter in what has been a long struggle for supporters of convicted cracker Kevin Mitnick. The system failed, they say. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- Mitnick Hurt in Car Crash - The convicted hacker was on his way to a facility that would provide him with kosher food, but he sustained minor injuries during the transfer. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- Mitnick Pleads Guilty - After languishing in jail for four years, celebrity cracker Kevin Mitnick pleads guilty only a month before his trial was to start. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- Mitnick Trial: Full Speed Ahead - The judge in the case against accused cracker Kevin Mitnick throws out defense motions that would have give him some breathing room. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- Mitnick's Judgment Day at Hand - A judge will consider the plea entered last week by Kevin Mitnick, the cracker's poster boy. Regardless of how she rules, he's not out of the legal woods yet. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
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- More Delays for Mitnick - The latest delay in the Mitnick case leaves the question of how much he'll owe still hanging. By Douglas Thomas. [Wired News]
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- More Legal Trouble for Microsoft - This week, a small Utah software company will once again press its antitrust case against Microsoft. Windows 95, Caldera claims, was just a kludge to drive DOS rivals out of business. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- More Than 6 Billion Served - Mother Nature will soon have more than 6 billion mouths to feed. Agricultural technology is improving, but food production is falling. Still, not everybody's worried. By Joe Ashbrook Nickell. [Wired News]
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- Moscow Mayor's Site: Hackski'd - Yuri Luzhkov, the mayor of Moscow, is quickly becoming one of Russia's most prominent politicians ... and open prey to some Web hackers. [Wired News]
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- MP3 Foes Cussing Out in DC - Stick MP3s loudest cheerleader up on a stage with a music industry lawyer and you end up with flared tempers and plenty of four-letter words. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MP3 Protector Steps Forward - Fearing that the music recording industry will torpedo MP3 at its first opportunity, a British group declares its intention to protect the technology. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
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- MP3 Search Engine Under Fire - An international music industry group is filing a lawsuit against the Norwegian company that built the MP3 search engine used on the Lycos site. [Wired News]
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- MS Antitrust Battle Resumes - After a three-month hiatus, the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit resumes Tuesday. Each side has a parade of witnesses lined up to defend, or slam, the world's biggest software company. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Antitrust Trial Adjourned - In the final hours of the Microsoft trial, government attorney David Boies openly assails the ethics of MIT's business school dean. And the judge questions whether the company was anticompetitive. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Asks Again: What's a Browser? - Microsoft lawyers again haggle over the definition of an Internet browser, an important part of the software company's defense in the antitrust lawsuit. [Wired News]
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- MS Could Face Huge Damages - In closing arguments of Bristol Technology's antitrust trial against Microsoft, lawyers urged jurors to slap the software giant with massive damages. [Wired News]
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- MS Decries AOL Browser Strategy - America Online continues using Internet Explorer, even though it is in the process of acquiring Netscape Communications. Microsoft officials say they smell a rat. [Wired News]
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- MS Exec Maligns Courts, Temps - The software giant's CFO shoots off his mouth about "nutty judges" on Monday and tries to eat his words on Wednesday. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- MS Fate Grim, Analysts Fear - Many observers think the judge will rule against Microsoft in the antitrust trial of the century, and they're apprehensive about what that means. [Wired News]
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- MS Got Mad, then Even, with IBM - Enraged by IBM's refusal to drop out of the operating system market in 1995, Microsoft exacted its revenge by ending some of the sweetheart deals between the two companies, a former IBM executive says. [Wired News]
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- MS Insists There's No Monopoly - Microsoft files an official summary of its antitrust trial this week. Its conclusions: that competititon is flourishing in the Web browser market, and consumers are the beneficiaries. [Wired News]
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- MS Kept Customers in the Dark - Netscape? What's Netscape? A government lawyer says Microsoft wanted customers to think its Internet Explorer Web browser was the only one on the market. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Lawyer Trips Up in Court - A Microsoft defense lawyer tries to define the software titan's competition, and ends up pointing out inconsistencies in Chairman Bill's public proclamations and company documents. [Wired News]
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- MS Loses Round with Temps - In a victory for Microsoft's contract workers, a federal court denies the company's request for a new hearing. More temps may now be considered common-law employees. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- MS on Racism: We Did Our Best - Microsoft says it removed offensive material from its publishing software months before a San Diego man charged the firm with racism. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- MS Points to 3Com, AOL Deal - Microsoft seizes on a deal between AOL and 3Com as further evidence that the business is tough, but fair. And a key Microsoft witness screws up his evidence. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Says Netscape Stretched Truth - Despite testimony by Netscape CEO Jim Barksdale that Microsoft's strong-arm tactics crippled his company's Navigator browser, documents produced by Microsoft attorneys tell a different story. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Targets Trademark Abuse - Microsoft pursues a German Web site for using the popular Linux call to arms, "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" It claims the slogan violates its trademark. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- MS to Bristol: Told You So - Bristol Technology makes a mere buck in its antitrust case against Microsoft. Gates and his empire come out of the trial clean as a whistle... well, almost. [Wired News]
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- MS to Gorton: Clam Up - Microsoft is quick to back away from its home-state supporter when Senator Slade Gorton insults the judge presiding in the company's antitrust trial. [Wired News]
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- MS Trial Approaches Finish Line - The final showdown between Microsoft and government lawyers begins, renewing the flurry of interest that marked the trial's early days. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Trial Resuming in May, Maybe - The judge presiding over the Microsoft antitrust trial says things won't start up again until 10 May. Meanwhile, Microsoft and government antitrust lawyers continue looking for a settlement. [Wired News]
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- MS Trial to Resume 1 June - With no settlement of its federal antitrust case on the horizon, Microsoft is slated to return to court after the Memorial Day weekend. [Wired News]
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- MS Trial: Bell Rings for Round 2 - The government comes out swinging as the Microsoft antitrust trial resumes after a three-month hiatus. An MIT economics professor takes a swipe at the pro-Microsoft testimony of a colleague. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Trial: Fear of Snoozing - As lawyers niggle for hours over weighty matters such as download delays, reporters wager on when the judge will call a break in the tedium. Perspective by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- MS Trial: Intent Is Key - Was Microsoft engaging in predatory pricing when it gave its Internet Explorer browser away for free? That's what the judge in the government antitrust trial wanted to know from the company's final witness. [Wired News]
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- MS Tries to Forget Tape Goof - In an effort to draw fire away from its videotape blunder earlier this week, the software company brings in a new witness to sing the praises of Windows. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Victory Portends Nothing - Despite a Connecticut jury's decision to reject Bristol Technology's antitrust suit against Microsoft, the software behemoth won't have it so easy against the Justice Department, experts say. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS Wags the Privacy Awards - The Big Brother Awards chide companies that threaten civil liberties, and reserve an especially grim gift for Redmond. But Microsoft plays it up, and comes off unscathed. By James Glave. [Wired News]
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- MS Witness Gets the Hook - A government lawyer abruptly ends his questioning of a Microsoft witness after he appears to impeach his own testimony. [Wired News]
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- MS Witness Sticks to His Guns - Under cross-examination, Microsoft's first witness agrees the company has no serious competition at the moment. But he says that can change overnight in the cutthroat software industry. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS, Antitrust Lawyers to Meet - Microsoft and government lawyers are set to meet next week to talk about the antitrust case. Even though the parties are far from an agreement, Microsoft shares rise in anticipation of a possible settlement. [Wired News]
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- MS, DOJ: No Deal Yet - Despite Microsoft's claims to the contrary, the government says the two sides have not begun discussing a possible settlement to the antitrust trial. James Glave reports from Scottsdale, Arizona. [Wired News]
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- MS, Government Back at Table - Microsoft and the Justice Department sit down for settlement talks. Will the discussion end the trial, or hit the same walls as a year ago, before the whole mess began? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS, Justice: 'We're Winning!' - Just before leaving for a one-month hiatus, attorneys for both sides in the Microsoft trial emerge to crow about the certainty of their victory. The cameras eat it up. Perspective by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- MS: A Prodigious Solution - A Microsoft rescue team is mobilized to dispel accusations of doctoring evidence. And the Justice Department backs down. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS: Caldera Can't Use Programs - Caldera turns up two copies of Windows 3.1 that it claims Microsoft used to manipulate error messages to confuse consumers. Too late, says Microsoft. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- MS: Conspiracy on Wall Street? - Microsoft is famous for always nailing its earnings targets. That has kept investors happy for years. A little too happy, the Securities and Exchange Commission seems to think. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
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- MS: From Partner to Litigant - It's a funny way to court partners: Sign a contract and take them to court. Yet Microsoft is suing Timeline for breach of a contract signed only a month ago. By Kristen Philipkoski. [Wired News]
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- MS: Rivals, Rivals Everywhere - A Microsoft executive tells the court that small scrappy rivals could easily bring the giant to its knees. Take Linux, for example. [Wired News]
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- MS: The Saga Continues - At the outset of the Microsoft case, the government promised a speedy settlement. More than a year later, the case continues to chug along -- and may not be completely wrapped up until 2003. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- MS: We're Not Java Pirates - A federal appellate panel hears oral arguments in Microsoft's appeal of Sun Microsystems' copyright-infringement lawsuit. Heidi Kriz reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- MSoft Goal: Limit Netscape - A top Microsoft executive admits that Redmond considered it a worthwhile "goal" to encourage other companies to limit Netscape's Navigator browser. [Wired News]
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- MTV Cries Foul - MTV Networks steamrolls the entrepreneurial spirit -- or vice versa? The media company files suit against the developers of one of its new Net music acquisitions. [Wired News]
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- Music for the Masses - The Electronic Frontier Foundation comes out fighting, with a major new push to protect free expression in the realm of digital music. James Glave reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
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- Nailing Net Hate Mail - A California man is sentenced for sending hate messages over the Internet that targeted Latinos. [Wired News]
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- NASA Budget Sent to Black Hole - The agency comes out fighting after a House subcommittee votes to slash its budget by 11 percent -- the deepest cuts since the end of the Apollo era. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- NATO Cracker Pleads Guilty - A Washington youth faces up to five years in prison and a US$250,000 fine for cracking Web sites from Washington to London. [Wired News]
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- Naughton's Messages Revealed - The Infoseek executive arrested on sex charges told a teen-age girl he met in an online chat room that he wanted to see her naked and suggested she skip school so they could meet, court documents say. [Wired News]
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- Net Casino Loses Its Gamble - In a precedent-setting decision, the New York Supreme Court rules that an offshore Internet casino must abide by state laws no matter where its servers are located. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
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- Net Delivers Justice for All - Time was when trials were a major attraction in small towns across America. Legal experts say a trial webcast from a Florida courtroom shows the allure remains. By Kristen Philipkoski [Wired News]
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- Net Dispatches from Kosovo's War - An Orthodox monk, writing from the "pulpit of his keyboard" in a medieval monastery, provides eyewitness accounts of NATO air strikes in Kosovo to the world. Civilians are being hit hard. By Leander Kahney and James Glave. [Wired News]
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- Net Group Stalks LA Gunman - An Internet human-rights watchdog group has the goods on Jewish Community Center shooting suspect Buford O. Furrow Jr., including ties to Aryan Nations and a photo in a Nazi uniform. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
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- Net Journalists Outwit Censors - Despite old-fashioned attempts to muzzle journalists, the Internet offers new ways of publishing the news. Journalists around the world use the Net to take control of information. Alan Docherty reports from London. [Wired News]
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- Net Overloads US Patent Agency - The US Patent and Trademark Office can't hire people fast enough to keep up with skyrocketing demand for Internet patents, let alone stay current with the technology. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Net Rumors Fry Stock Guru - Wade Cook's controversial investment advisory firm files a slander suit against anonymous users of a Yahoo bulletin board. [Wired News]
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- Net Tax Fan's Switcheroo - A proponent of Internet taxation is now eyeing a voluntary system. Also, a vote for Orrin Hatch is a vote for Orrin Hatch. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- Net Tax Panel Convenes, at Last - A federal advisory group meets to untangle the thorny issues surrounding Internet taxation. How will the panel's contentious beginning affect the business at hand? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Net Tax Policy on the Slow Track - The federal panel charged with creating Net tax guidelines seeks to balance the demands of business with state and local governments. It's not so easy with Congress breathing down its neck. [Wired News]
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- Net Tax Stalemate Snoozes On - Billions are at stake, but tax geeks spent much of the first E-Commerce Commission meeting adjusting ties, cradling chins, and drumming impatient fingers on the table. Declan McCullagh reports from Williamsburg, Virginia. [Wired News]
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- NetSol Cleared of Antitrust - A US Court of Appeals clears the domain-name registrar of charges that it refused to add new top-level domains to the .com, .net, and .org family. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- NetSol Spams Name Holders - The company in charge of all things .com, .net, and .org emails an unsolicted marketing message to thousands of domain-name holders. Network admins cry spam. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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- NetSol to Keep Domain Data - The US Department of Commerce extends Network Solutions control over the domain name database for four more years. The company agrees to lower prices and cooperate more with ICANN. [Wired News]
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- NetSol, ICANN Reach Accord - Network Solutions cuts a deal: ICANN gets the Whois datatase of registered domain names, but it promises to play nice. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- New Hearing in Caldera v. MS - Caldera questions the motives behind Microsoft's licensing agreements. Microsoft says the Utah software company is desperate. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]
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- New Push for Taxing E-Commerce - Despite a Clinton-supported moratorium on imposing a sales tax on Internet purchases, that's exactly what county government officials are urging Congress to do. [Wired News]
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- New Registrars Join the Melee - With eight more successful applicants, ICANN expands its list of eligible domain name registrars to 43. [Wired News]
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- Next They'll Ban Rubber Duckies - When the National Security Agency moved to ban fuzzy, adorable Furby dolls from its headquarters, spooks were none too impressed. Internal NSA discussion groups were buzzing with questions about how a toy could be a security risk. [Wired News]
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- No Credit Where It's Due - Vice President Gore tells a reporter the Internet was his idea. Nice try, Al. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- No Smut Please, We're Australian - A proposed Australian law would force Internet service providers to block foreign and domestic adult-oriented Web sites. Critics say the bill's footprints lead straight to the political offices of a Tasmanian devil. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19268.html
- Nosing Into Shopping Carts - A California supermarket drops its consumer discount cards. The bargains don't justify the loss of privacy for some customers. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19905.html
- Not for Sale: Bushsucks.com - Thinking of registering a parody George W. Bush domain, with an eye to lampooning the presidential hopeful? Sorry, they're all taken, and they all point to one place. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19703.html
- Noteworthy Threats on Netscape - An IBM manager says Redmond routinely demanded that Big Blue promote Microsoft products in lieu of other developers' applications. But it was especially adamant about not loading Netscape's browser on IBM PCs. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20092.html
- NSI Shares Dot-Com Registration - Register.com finally gives Network Solutions competition in the .com, .net, and .org domain name registration business. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20060.html
- Nukes Still Buggy - More than two dozen of the nation's nuclear power plants are not Y2K-compliant. The feds say the problems are insignificant. Ri-i-ight. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21107.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21542.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19761.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20766.html
- 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]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20151.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20609.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21140.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21748.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19253.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20368.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18715.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19951.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21510.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21471.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21402.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17139.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20150.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17360.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19421.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21429.html
- Piracy Rampant in Israel - The running joke is that the entire country shares the same disk. But that Israel faces possible US sanctions is no laughing matter. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21241.html
- Piracy Still Rampant in Russia - Although software piracy is on the decline worldwide, more than 90 percent of the software installed in Russia, China, and Vietnam in 1998 is pirated. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19866.html
- Plan B for Cyber Space - With his proposed federal surveillance system universally scorned, President Clinton trots out another cybercrime prevention program. This time, he's talking task force. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21191.html
- PlayStation Emulator Thwarted - A federal court blocks sales of the Virtual Game Station in what could be a precedent-setting decision. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19271.html
- Pols Angle for Tech Votes - As the presidential race heats up, Republicans scramble to impress Silicon Valley constituencies with their record of laissez-faire business policies. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20641.html
- Pols Draw a Bead on Child Porn - Congress begins debate on a measure targeting online pedophiles. Sponsors say any child who logs onto the Net is a potential victim. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19873.html
- Porn Industry Knows Its Worth - Boosters do the math for California state legislators in a play to stave off regulation. Its contribution to the economy? US$875 million from the Net alone, they say. Heidi Kriz reports from Sacramento. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19104.html
- Porn Shop Raided by Mounties - Thursday, Net porn-and-casino company Starnet was merrily planning its move onto the Nasdaq. Friday, it got nailed by the Canadian cops. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21376.html
- Porsche Sues Online Poachers - The luxury-car maufacturer files a lawsuit demanding that 130 domain-name holders hand over the addresses. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17316.html
- Post Office Barred from .us? - A House committee is set to vote on a plan to keep the US Postal Service from taking over the .us domain. The idea is for the private sector to take the lead. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21106.html
- Privacy Folks Plead for Czar - Who was speaking for the public when the Justice Department pushed a law allowing the FBI to break into suspected criminals' computers? Nobody, privacy advocates say. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21389.html
- Privacy Power to the People - Infomediaries like PrivaSeek will return the keys to consumers' personal data that Web marketers have locked away. That is, if users trust them. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18217.html
- Privacy's Protector Makes Debut - In his first public utterance since being named the Clinton administration's online privacy adviser, Peter Swire says he hopes the government doesn't have to enact laws to safeguard consumers. Not everyone is convinced. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18301.html
- Pro-Mitnick Demos in US, Russia - Supporters of notorious cracker Kevin Mitnick stage protests "worldwide" at federal courthouses and the US embassy in Moscow. Polly Sprenger reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20053.html
- Prodigy Prevails in Libel Suit - A New York court says Prodigy can't be held liable for forged emails. It's another boost for online services who say that they shouldn't be viewed as publishers. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17148.html
- Proposal To Put EU Online - The European Union is run by a horde of advisory committees whose legal authority is obscure. A proposal heard Monday will require the committees to post their secrets online. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20329.html
- Purity Protectors Counterattack - A passionately anti-porn computer science professor takes the stand Friday to argue that the Child Online Protection Act is critcal to the well-being of the Internet. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17475.html
- Reach Out and Target Someone - Two marketing giants hope to marry, with the likely goal of targeting Web pitches right down to your name and address. Privacy advocates fire off flares to Washington. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20335.html
- Reading the Privacy Fine Print - At a Senate hearing on a proposed law that would give consumers control over their personal data, a watchdog group says federal action is both necessary and inevitable. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20960.html
- RealNetworks Blacklisted Again - Streaming-media firm RealNetworks gets itself back on a blacklist when anti-spammers decide too many of its 60 million promotional emails are unwanted. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20675.html
- Recess Called for Caldera Case - A US district court judge calls a two-week recess from hearings in the civil antitrust suit against Microsoft. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20165.html
- Redmond to Intuit: Stop Whining - Responding to allegations that Microsoft has a chokehold on the PC desktop, an attorney says porno sites don't have real estate there, either. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17125.html
- Redmond's Public Defenders - Microsoft invites visitors to its corporate Web site to get involved with the company's antitrust defense by writing their elected representatives. Government lawyers call it another abuse of the company's power. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20294.html
- Reefer Madness Hits Congress - Web sites about marijuana? You won't even be able to link to them anymore, if California Senator Dianne Feinstein has her way. By Debbi Gardiner and Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21152.html
- Reefer Madness in Illinois - A bill that makes it a crime to send information about marijuana over the Web is advancing through the state legislature. Opponents expect it to go up in smoke. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19125.html
- Reining In Net Ribaldry - Legislators get behind the anti-smut sequel to the Communications Decency Act. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17349.html
- Report: CIA Plotting Cyberwar - President Clinton signs off on a super-secret plan to hack the Yugoslavian government's technological infrastructure. Formerly super-secret, that is. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19836.html
- Report: Crypto Will Harm Society - Pedophiles and pushers and thugs, oh my! If strong crypto spreads beyond America's borders, the bad guys will have a field day, two House committees warn. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20961.html
- Report: Feds Need Privacy Lesson - As the US government places pressure on Internet companies to be upfront about personal data collection, a new report suggests Uncle Sam should get his house in order first. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19183.html
- Report: Mideast Misses the Net - Censorship, taxes, and traditional Muslim mores have curbed Net use throughout much of the Middle East. A human rights organization reports on the restrictions. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20616.html
- Report: Net Gambling Must Stop - A congressional report recommends new laws that would restrict online credit-card gambling and asks the Justice Department to look into blocking offshore sites. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20301.html
- Report: UK Cybercrime Booms - Citing a boom in online pedophiles, cracking, and fraud, Britain's answer to the FBI wants a new cybercrime unit. Of course, they'd also need access to encrypted data. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20349.html
- Republican Slams Microradio Plan - The Federal Communications Commission wants to let a thousand low-powered radio stations flourish. No way, says the top congressman overseeing communications policy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17888.html
- Rethinking Tech Exports - A former Cold Warrior says it's pointless for the United States to restrict technology exports. The money would be better spent on spying. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20396.html
- RIAA, Diamond Sweep Away Suit - The recording industry makes peace with the MP3 maker, but questions over a new standard raises a new question: Will it last? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21089.html
- Rio Rolls Over RIAA - A federal judge rules that the Rio MP3 player isn't a recording device, as the recording industry lawsuit claimed. It's a computer peripheral. Chalk up one for MP3. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20235.html
- RSA Lands on British Shores - Three months after opening an Australian development house to bypass crypto export regs, RSA Data Security opens a European office to sell software from Down Under. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18825.html
- Rural Net Surfers Stuck in Limbo - US West says it's trying to bring high-speed access to rural areas, but is hamstrung by regulators. Hogwash, regulators say. By Joseph Rose. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18620.html
- Russia Not Rushing to Y2K Crisis - The safety of nuclear weapons built by the former Soviet Union is very much a question as Y2K approaches. But Russia still hasn't committed itself to help staff a vital US command center. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21642.html
- Russia, the Nuclear Wasteland - The government wants Russia to become the Lady Liberty of toxic rubbish. The cash-strapped nation is loosening laws to host the world's discarded radioactive materials. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21660.html
- Rx Firms Dumping in Albania - The World Health Organization says pharmaceutical firms have been shipping tons of unwanted inventory to Kosovar refugees, apparently for the tax writeoff. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20532.html
- Safe Harbor Swimming in Circles - European and US negotiators admit there is still a chance of a trade war if the two regions can't agree on a privacy policy. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19414.html
- Safe Harbor: No Port in a Storm? - A US government proposal to appease Europe on the hotly contested privacy-policy issue will only harm consumers on both sides of the pond, a coalition of consumer groups says. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19389.html
- Saudis Fed Up with Net Prices - Saudi users plan an all-day boycott to protest the high cost of connectivity. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22059.html
- Scammer Caught Red-Handed - The Miami-based Web designer pursued by Playboy Enterprises for staging fake talent contests is arrested in Atlanta. He tells law enforcement officers he did it to get on Howard Stern. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- Schools Not Ready for Y2K - US Secretary of Education Richard Riley fears that some universities won't be ready when the calendar hits 2000. Financial aid could get sort of messed up, he says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21127.html
- Schools Slobber Over Tech Cash - School bureaucrats meet at an education conference to sing the praises of technology spending. The effect of computers on test scores is still inconclusive. No matter, say educators. Just keep the tech cash coming. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20680.html
- Scientology Book an Open Issue - Sales of A Piece of Blue Sky have zoomed since Amazon.com reinstated the Jon Atack book on Scientology. But the online bookstore is still trying to untangle the legal muddle. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19869.html
- Scientology's Online Battle - The Church of Scientology subpoenas AT T WorldNet to obtain the identity of an online critic. It's part of an ongoing effort to curb the exposure of church doctrines on the Net. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19998.html
- SDMI on SDMI: A Better MP3? - SDMI executive director Leonardo Chiariglione defends the standard and explains how the music industry's initiative has been misunderstood. And privacy? That's not SDMI's problem. A Wired News Q A by Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20601.html
- Senate Backs Y2K Liability Limits - The US Senate overwhelmingly passes a measure to restrict millennium-bug liability lawsuits -- to the dismay of consumer advocates. The White House has threatened a veto. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20241.html
- Senate Committee Approves Crypto - The Senate Commerce Committee passes a bill that would relax strict controls of encryption technology. The legislation still has a long and rocky road ahead. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20383.html
- Senate Hears Y2K Liability Act - Two senators introduce the latest legislation to head off a raft of Year 2000 lawsuits arising from failed computer systems. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18259.html
- Senate OKs Cybersquatting Bill - The days of buying the domain names of famous people or trademarks may be numbered. The Senate sent a bill Thursday night to the House that would ban the practice. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21146.html
- Senate Raises Y2K Fears - Economic growth in the United States could come to a grinding halt because of that infamous computer glitch, according to a special Senate panel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21888.html
- Senator Gorton: End the Madness - Senator Slade Gorton, whose Washington state constituency includes Microsoft, makes an impassioned plea on the floor of the Senate to let the company off the Justice Department's antitrust hook. The full text of Gorton's speech. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18276.html
- Senator to DOJ: Back Off - While a software trade association report urges that Microsoft be split up, the company's home-state senator trashes the Justice Department and its case. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18279.html
- Serb TV Off the Air - Eutelsat, the European satellite broadcasting consortium, has taken Radio-TV Serbia off the air at the request of its member nations. Serbs aren't pleased. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19933.html
- Sex Offenders Want Offline - Oregon is set to launch a Web site divulging the names, addresses, and photos of the state's registered sex offenders. But a lawsuit filed by some of the offenders has kept the site from going live. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21546.html
- Shaky Start for Fraud Council - After a big send-off, the Internet Fraud Council is scurrying to correct the impression that it's an FBI-run venture blessed by President Clinton. It's actually a fee-based industry association. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19657.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18969.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20910.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20692.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19556.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19412.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21607.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20597.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17999.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19864.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19602.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18781.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18708.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19659.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19732.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17976.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17626.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20055.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20036.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17990.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20480.html
- Sun Executives Grilled by MS - What did Sun Microsystems executives know about the AOL-Netscape deal and when did they know it? Microsoft lawyers say the impending merger undercut their client's defense case. Heidi Kriz reports from San Francisco. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19447.html
- Sun on Privacy: 'Get Over It' - At the Monday night launch of Sun Microsystems' new Jini technology, CEO Scott McNealy calls consumer privacy a non-issue. The Federal Trade Commission has another view. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17538.html
- Supreme Court Setback for Annoy - The Supreme Court upholds a remaining strand of the CDA that makes it illegal to communicate with intent to annoy. It's a setback for free speech crusader and annoy.com editor Clinton Fein. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19205.html
- Surveillance Network Draws Fire - The administration's newest plan to combat cyberterrorism, draws the ire of Republicans and Democrats alike. Is the proposed monitoring system too intrusive? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20994.html
- Survey: Web Privacy Improving - While technology companies say survey findings show that the online industry is capable of self-regulation, others aren't so sure. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19643.html
- Sweeping UK Net Libel Decision - A British court rules that Internet service providers can be held responsible for libelous messages posted through their servers, casting a pall over the industry. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18764.html
- Swiss Exile Whistle-Blowing Spy - Swiss authorities have asked former British agent Richard Tomlinson to leave the country. The man accused of exposing the names of his fellow spies has also been barred from the United States, New Zealand, France, and the United Kingdom. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20073.html
- Tackling E-Privacy in New York - Frustrated by the lack of political will in Washington to protect personal privacy, Albany acts to protect consumers online. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19991.html
- Take My Email, but Not My Data - What kinds of information are people willing to share online? A new study purports to tell us. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19123.html
- Taking the Stand at Antitrust II - Computer industry leaders are expected to testify as the government prepares for another high-profile antitrust case. This time the target is Intel Corp. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18036.html
- TalkCity.com Taken to Task - A California chat site could be a test case for the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act. A trade group says TalkCity.com isn't protecting the privacy of minors. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19231.html
- Tech CEOs: Less Is More - CEOs from leading software companies share their collective vision of perfect government during a conclave in Washington. Needless to say, it doesn't involve much government at all. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20264.html
- Tentative Ruling on Java - The contentious litigation between Sun and Microsoft elicits a tentative ruling that would hand each company a partial victory. [Wired News]
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- Test Registrars Get Extension - The government and Network Solutions agree to extend a domain name registration test period, in order to work all the bugs out of the system. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20432.html
- Texas Judge Bans Law Software - Is selling a self-help program for filling out legal forms the same as practicing law illegally? A Dallas judge says yup. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- The Battle for Broadband Access - Internet service providers continue to press the Federal Communications Commission to guarantee open access to the Internet cable market. It's no surprise that cable operators resist regulation. [Wired News]
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- The Bill Gates Road Show - On an East Coast swing to trumpet his latest book, Microsoft's pooh-bah stops in at Georgetown University. He avoids any mention of his antitrust troubles, but leaves 'em laughing with a videotape showing the wacky side of Redmond's mandarins. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18729.html
- The Bug Inside the Beltway - A rosy report on Y2K readiness, this time from the White House. How do you reconcile its findings with congressional predictions of doom and gloom? A news analysis by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- The Bus Stops Everywhere - Republican senators take a bus tour of technology firms in Northern Virginia. They're eager to make new friends, but they've got a lot to learn. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- The Debate over DNA Evidence - A federal commisison says it's too soon for authorities to begin collecting DNA samples from everyone charged with a crime. Privacy advocates say it's just a matter of time. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18029.html
- 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]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21042.html
- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19978.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21809.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21922.html
- 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]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17449.html
- 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]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18365.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17759.html
- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
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- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21737.html
- 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]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21985.html
- 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]
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- The Spam That Started It All - Five years ago, a pair of lawyers pushed an advertisement out onto the Internet. Big deal? Actually, it was. That crack in the dam unleashed a cataclysm. Perspective by Ray Everett-Church. [Wired News]
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- The Web Privacy Seal, Take 2 - The Better Business Bureau begins stamping its own "seal of approval" on Web sites. Like Truste, the bureau hopes it can calm privacy-nervous consumers. By Chris Oakes and James Glave. [Wired News]
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- The Y2K Report Card - Congress gives failing grades to three federal agencies for their efforts to prepare for the Year 2000 computer glitch. But Social Security is safe, and so is nuclear power. [Wired News]
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- Thin Line Between Love and Hate - The ownership of godhatesfags.com is mysteriously transferred to the owner of godlovesfags.com. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21351.html
- Tobacco Industry's Smoking Gun - Millions of pages of tobacco industry strategy documents are laid bare on the Net. Among other things, they reveal plans to subvert anti-smoking legislation in California. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18901.html
- Tokyo Court KOs iMac Knock-Off - A Tokyo court issues a temporary injunction against a PC maker selling a look-alike to the iMac. A US version is still in limbo. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21839.html
- Top GOPs Hopping Mad - Republican leaders have gathered in Wyoming, and boy, are Clinton's ears burning. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22054.html
- Tripped Up on Commodity Tips - A federal lawsuit challenges basic regulatory principles in a case involving Web sites that dispense commodity-investment advice. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19476.html
- Truste Boss Plots His Course - Seasoned Internet marketing and operations pro Bob Lewin takes charge of the privacy seal program, with an eye to beefing up relationships inside the Beltway. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19517.html
- Truste Director Resigns - Susan Scott led the nonprofit group from obscurity to its current spot at the forefront of the Internet privacy self-regulation movement. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17367.html
- Tunis Fishes for Net Control - Tunisia is one of Africa's most wired countries, but its citizens are unable to access sites critical of the government because the president controls the ISPs. Carter Dougherty reports from Tunis. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22050.html
- Turkey-Day Crackers Arrested - Two former employees are accused of hacking into computers at Screaming Media and transferring secret business plans to their own computers. [Wired News]
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- Turning the Screws on Content - Forced by a new law to bar smut from their networks, Australian Internet service providers must now cope with a tangle of proxies, filtering programs, and enforcement guidelines. Analysis by Stewart Taggart. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20496.html
- UK Bans Porn Made in the USA - A British judge rules that adult Web sites in the United States are subject to British anti-porn laws. Privacy advocates are concerned. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20539.html
- UK E-Commerce: Mind the Gap - Britain is lagging far behind the United States in its effort to build an e-commerce empire. A law that would let Britannia rule is a political peat bog. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20812.html
- UK Ex-Spy Denies Posting List - "I'm innocent," claims a British ex-spy who made headlines this week by threatening to distribute a list of UK spies via the Internet. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
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- UK May Loosen Crypto Rules - A new UK government electronic commerce roadmap relaxes a once hard-line stance on scrambled communications. So why that secret meeting? Wendy Grossman reports from London. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18399.html
- UK's Royal Mail Does E-Commerce - The centuries-old institution introduces a secure document technology service aimed at the business sector. British consumers will likely be next in line. By Wendy Grossman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18508.html
- Ukraine Begs for Rocket Restart - The president of the Ukraine implores the Kazakh government to reopen a launch facility. They need the money as much as the Mir station needs to be restocked. [Wired News]
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- UN Discusses Y2K Preparations - A UN summit discusses Y2K on an international scale. The biggest worry is that simply educating people about the Y2K problem could cause panic. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20337.html
- UN Proposes Global Email Tax - A United Nations group proposes that nations place a levy on email to fund Internet infrastructure in developing nations. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]
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- UN Retreats from Email Tax - In the wake of widespread opposition, a United Nations group backpedals and says it has no plans to push for a tax on email to help developing nations. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20784.html
- Universal: Don't Link to Us - A Web site operator who links to movie trailers gets the big no-no from Universal. The movie studio says links to its servers are by invitation only. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
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- Unmasking Anonymous Posters - Companies are using an old legal tool, the subpoena, to expose anonymous posters on Internet discussion boards. Privacy advocates cry foul. Users, too. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20983.html
- Untangling the Web We Weave - The word from the Internet Content Summit is that filtering mechanisms are the only way for individuals to cope with the growth of the Internet. Steve Kettmann reports from Munich. [Wired News]
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- US Arming for Y2K - Gun dealers are thriving on fears about Y2K. First-time buyers are leading a strong surge in sales, and some dealers predict panic as 2000 draws near. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18716.html
- US Bucks European Noise Ban - Fearful that it would not be able to sell its second-hand aircraft to European markets if the ban goes into effect, the United States is lobbying intensely to get the legislation killed. From the Environment News Service. [Wired News]
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- US Considers Y2K Evacuation Plan - US State Department says Uncle Sam may have to come up with plans to get its citizens out of countries least prepared for Y2K. [Wired News]
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- US Crypto Policy 'Too Strict' - Germany recognizes the futility of limiting the availability of encryption products, a high-ranking official says at the Internet Content Summit. Steve Kettmann reports from Munich. [Wired News]
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- US Forces on Y2K Alert - The Pentagon gets set for really big Y2K fireworks -- systems failures that could leave the United States open to surprise attack. [Wired News]
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- US Government Exposes Itself - Nobody's giving away any state secrets, but a new search engine allows the public to poke around the myriad of federal sites out there. It isn't free, but at least there's a way to cut through the bureaucracy. By Lindsey Arent. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19725.html
- US Makes Case Against Intel - The Federal Trade Commission makes public its charges against the chipmaker before the antitrust trial begins next week. Despite recent dents in the company's dominance, the government maintains that Intel abused its power. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18192.html
- US May Pull Belgrade Bandwidth - A US trade embargo against Yugoslavia may threaten a satellite Internet link that serves as a critical communications channel for ordinary citizens. The link is safe -- for now. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19671.html
- US Senate Cracked Again - Bulgarian crackers scrawl graffiti over the official Web site of the US Senate. It's the second breach of Senate.gov in two weeks. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20180.html
- US Still Pushing Crypto Control - In an effort to strengthen crypto export restrictions, the Justice Department asks for a second look at an appeals panel decision that computer source code is entitled to First Amendment protection. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20333.html
- US Sunny on Y2K; Others Mope - "All is well," the White House Y2K liaison tells programmers. "Not so fast," a doomsayer retorts. And so it goes in Washington, where Declan McCullagh reports. [Wired News]
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- US Takes Heat for Y2K Warnings - The United States has begun telling Americans that Y2K can cause travel problems abroad. Other countries say Uncle Sam ought to mind his own problems. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21779.html
- US v. Microsoft: Timeline - From the first rumblings in Washington almost a decade ago to the biggest -- and perhaps dullest -- antitrust trial of the decade, here's how we got to where we are. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18814.html
- US v. Microsoft: Timeline - From the first rumblings in Washington almost a decade ago to the biggest -- and perhaps dullest -- antitrust trial of the decade, here's how we got to where we are. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19950.html
- US Web Site Outs British Spies - British intelligence struggles for damage control after discovering the names of its secret agents exposed on a US-based Web site. [Wired News]
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- US, EU Still Stuck on Privacy - The latest draft of a US plan to sidestep Europe's data privacy rules reveals the two approaches are still an ocean apart. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19232.html
- US, Microsoft Restate Claims - The government says that the antitrust trial shows a clear intent to stifle competition. Microsoft counters by saying the Justice Department failed to substantiate its charges. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21202.html
- US, MS Spit and Spar - Microsoft denies US claims it showed "complete disregard for antitrust law" during the trial's closing arguments. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21860.html
- US: Worry About the Y2K Nuts - The US government doesn't fear a collapse of society because of Y2K computer problems. Policymakers say the greater danger is overreaction. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18393.html
- V-Chip Rated PS (Political Sop) - Washington is trumpeting a device that aims to protect kids from objectionable TV shows. But consumers don't understand it and don't want it, critics say. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Valley VCs to CIA: 'Huh?' - So, the CIA has initiated a venture capital project to develop info technology. The traditional VC community can't stop laughing. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/22004.html
- Victims Want Bomb Sites Off Web - AOL, Walt Disney, and Yahoo are facing pressure to remove postings on bomb-making and other dangerous pursuits from their Web sites. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19785.html
- Virginia Passes Anti-Spam Bill - The governor says he'll sign the legislation, which would make sending junk email a crime and include stiff punitive penalties. AOL likes it; the ACLU doesn't. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18097.html
- Volunteer Army to Fight Patent - The World Wide Web Consortium will enlist an open source-style Internet army to try and overturn a patent that threatens what many believe is a key Web privacy standard. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19452.html
- Want Security? Forget Web Mail - Security holes are inevitable when it comes to Web-based email, experts say. So, if you want to sue MS, go ahead, but don't expect to win. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21498.html
- War's Legacy in the Balkans - The recent Balkans conflict wreaked havoc on the environment. Experts from several world organizations, including the United Nations, assess the damage. From the Environment News Service. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21766.html
- Warnings for Would-Be Crackers - The White House says breaking into government computers is not play, and dot-gov attackers will pay. Meanwhile, federal sites brace for future intrusions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19975.html
- Washington: The Net Must Pay - Like clockwork, every major American tragedy leads to renewed calls to limit the availability of information on the Internet. A Wired News analysis by Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- We Know What You Did Last Fall - Employers can use Investigator 2.0 to monitor every application an employee launches, every keystroke, every click. The software takes workplace spying to a scary new level. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21847.html
- Web Tax Fight Warning - City and county leaders threaten a lawsuit unless Capitol Hill ensures the objectivity of a Web tax panel. It's the second warning. Looks like they really mean it. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19113.html
- What To Do if the Lights Go Out - Don't worry about looters, electrical failures, or martial law. Nope, it's those darned traffic lights that might just bring society to its knees on 1 January 2000. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- What Would Windows Really Cost? - An MIT economics professor says if Microsoft were really a monopoly, it would jack up the price of its operating system to US$2,000. Judge Jackson is skeptical. [Wired News]
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- What's at Stake for Microsoft? - Co-plaintiffs wonder what sanctions to recommend if a judge rules against the software company in the antitrust trial. Dividing the company into several "Baby Bills" is just one option. [Wired News]
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- What's up Forbes' Sleeve? - Awkward but earnest Republican presidential candidate Steve Forbes talks to WN about tech policy. Internet taxes? He's against them. And privacy? He's for it. Declan McCullagh reports from Jackson, Wyoming. [Wired News]
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- What, Me Monopoly? - The defense phase of the Microsoft antitrust trial begins. Finally. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Where Pols Go, Tech Bucks Follow - High-technology executives, once slow to drop coins in candidates' coffers, are getting the religion of political influence. Decision makers are being written checks faster than you can say "Y2K." By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19438.html
- White House Fears Y2K Panic - As government agencies begin advising their employees on how to deal with the possible disruptions of the millennium bug, leaks are inevitable. They worry that their good intentions could be misconstrued and sow panic in the general public. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17986.html
- Who Owns Whois Database? - The Justice Department is sniffing around the offices of the reigning king of the dot-com business. Is Network Solutions risking an antitrust charge by refusing to share its database? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19539.html
- Who Will Regulate the Net? - Privacy, taxation, and intellectual property rights were the topics du jour at the Aspen Summit '99. Chris Oakes reports from Colorado. [Wired News]
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- Who's Taking Privacy's Pulse? - A new survey of Web sites will help chart the course of US privacy protection laws. But the so-called government study was designed and paid for by industry groups with a heavy stake in its outcome. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18314.html
- Whose Right to Know? - US and European Union negotiators struggle to resolve fundamental consumer privacy differences. What does it mean for data in the digital age? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18550.html
- Why The FTC Gave Up on Intel - Ten months ago, when FTC v. Intel first hit the courts, Intel was top dog in the chip manufacturing sector. Now that revenues aren't what they used to be, the feds have nary a leg to stand on. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18328.html
- Will Banks Protect Health Data? - Supporters of the Financial Services Act say it will protect the privacy of medical records. But others assert it will open them up to prying pencil pushers. By Kristen Philipkoski [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20559.html
- Will Curiosity Kill the Browser? - The judge in the Microsoft antitrust trial wants to know if a computer's security is compromised by the inclusion of a browser. Now why would he ask a question like that? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20139.html
- Wireless Billing Suit Advances - The Supreme Court rejects the appeal by an AT T subsidiary, which argued that federal control of telecommunications rates overrules state regulations. Now a consumer lawsuit can go forward. [Wired News]
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- Witness: MS Bullied Big Blue - An IBM manager testifies that Bill Gates, angered by IBM's intention to compete with Microsoft and not toe the Redmond line, withheld licensing for the Windows 95 operating system. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20065.html
- Y2K Aid Bill Clears Congress - The House approves an estimated US$500 million in loans for small businesses infestations of the millennium bug. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Bill Sails Through House - Congress overwhelmingly passes a compromise version of a bill limiting Y2K liability lawsuits. Next stop: the Senate. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Brings Open Skies to Mideast - Egyptians and Israelis compare notes on how their airports are progressing on the Y2K readiness front. Chalk up another one for the peace process. Tania Hershman reports from Jerusalem. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19151.html
- Y2K Conspiracy Goes Mainstream - Year 2000 martial-law conspiracies aren't just for Usenet anymore. Some US Congress members are fretting about President Clinton calling out the troops. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20751.html
- Y2K in China: Caught in Midair - China orders its airline executives to fly on New Year's Day, 2000. You can bet those execs are taking the Y2K problem seriously now. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17409.html
- Y2K Liability Battle Brewing - Caught between business interests on one side and legal lobbyists on the other, Congress must decide who, if anyone, can be held liable for losses stemming from Y2K failures. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Liability Bill May Be DOA - The White House threatens to veto a Y2K liability measure, saying it eliminates any incentive to solve the problem. There are not enough votes in the Senate to override a veto. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19384.html
- Y2K Trademark: Patently Absurd? - Meet Jeff Buhl, the financial consultant who owns a trademark on the term "Y2K." He's trying to collect licensing fees from companies that use the acronym. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20219.html
- Y2K Won't Tie Up the Line - As Americans buckle down for Y2K, the Federal Communications Commission has some good news: The nation's phone system should be up and running. Most of it, at least. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18841.html
- Y2K: A License to Print Money? - The presses are rolling at the US Federal Reserve Bank. Officials hope to stave off a millennium-bug bank run by distributing billions of dollars in cash. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19444.html
- Y2K: Americans Want to Know - A new survey reveals most Americans view the Year 2000 problem as one of the most important issues facing the country, and they want to learn how to deal with it. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17611.html
- Y2K: It's Real, Get Ready - The leaders of a Senate committee on Y2K urge people to "do a little stockpiling" of canned food and bottled water. It's not the end of the world. More like a hurricane. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18179.html
- Yahoo Boosts China's Net Hopes - The Internet industry sees hope despite a Chinese ban on foreign investment in its online industry. The reason: With apparent official blessing, Yahoo launches a joint-venture Web site in Beijing. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/21937.html
- Yahoo: Keep Your Homestead - Yahoo backs away from its controversial claim that it owns the content on all GeoCities Web sites. The decision came after a land rush by GeoCities homesteaders -- away from Yahoo.com. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20518.html
- Yahoo: No Opinion on Censorship - An Australian senator counts Yahoo among supporters of his Internet censorship bill. That's stretching the truth, the company says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20029.html
- You? A Terrorist? Yes! - If you've paid cash for a last-minute airline ticket and have a rental car waiting at your destination, you might fit the FAA's new definition of a terrorist. Airline computers know more about you than you think. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19218.html
- Your Data on the Black Market - A former FTC commissioner says a network of crackers are illegally selling personal data to businesses. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17297.html
- Your Driver License, For Sale? - A proposed law would stop states from selling drivers license information to marketers. But the Direct Marketing Association is trying to crush it. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20435.html
- Your Honor, May I Beam the Bench - A software executive testifying in the Microsoft antitrust trial tells the judge to check out his PalmPilot. It was his way of saying the Windows monopoly is anything but secure. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20268.html
- Your License or Your Life - Your next drivers license could reveal more about you than your driving record if new federal standards take effect next year. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/20881.html
- Your Money's Worth from MS Trial - High-profile ads demand to know what consumers are getting from the Microsoft antitrust trial. And a taxpayer group demands to know what it's costing. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/19977.html
- Yugoslav Dissident Lauded - The man who strung the Internet into embattled Yugoslavian broadcaster Radio B-92 won a Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. And he's there to claim his prize. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18990.html
- Yugoslav Free Radio Shut Down - Government officials have closed Radio B-92, Yugoslavia's main independent radio station, preventing it from reporting on the impending NATO attacks. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18695.html
- Yugoslav Net at the Brink - As missiles fall around him, the man in charge of keeping Yugoslavia's Internet together is doing his best. But the vital communications link might just fall apart. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18767.html
- Yugoslavia's B92 Goes Dark - In a dawn raid, Serbian police shut down Yugoslavia's last independent news outlet. A few overloaded Internet links now supply the last source of unbiased news inside Yugoslavia. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/18931.html
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