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- 'CDA II' Passes Senate - Two bills approved by the US Senate -- including a sequel to the Communications Decency Act -- are sending shock waves through the online civil liberties community. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13993.html
- 'Sun Violated My Privacy' - A consultant says Sun Microsystems redistributed his personal information -- even though he claims he explicitly told the company not to. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16929.html
- A Firm Grip on Digital TV - The vice president's handpicked panel votes to regulate digital TV. Critics say Washington is living in the past. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16913.html
- A Flap over Snap - Snap Technologies, an online education company, files suit against the Web indexing service, claiming dibs on the Snap name and brand. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16389.html
- A Full-Court Press on Encryption - At the end of a harried week for Washington's crypto community, observers say there's still hope that a crypto bill may move out of Congress before the summer break. By Ashley Craddock and Wayne Madsen. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12958.html
- A Geek for Indonesia? - Suharto's sudden exit leaves an engineering PhD with his own Web page in charge of the country. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12446.html
- A Man, a Plan, a Challenge - Gore's current visit to Silicon Valley highlights the network he and his advisors have built to get him from Number Two to Number One on the power totem pole. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9939.html
- A New Labor Movement - With independent contractors and long-term temps flooding the high-tech sector, labor activists are struggling to craft information-age labor protections. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13343.html
- A Whiff of CDA II - The Commerce Committee chairman tells a black-tie crowd of First Amendment types exactly what they don't want to hear: America needs a new anti-porn Internet law. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15923.html
- Adult Sites' Tax Break Curbed - The US Senate aims to hit adult Web site operators in the pocketbook by adding a version of CDA II to an Internet tax moratorium. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15487.html
- Alarms Ring for Online Freedom - A pair of unrelated Senate-bound bills pose a serious threat to liberty online, charges a loose coalition of activists. By Marc Savlov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13784.html
- All the News That's Fit to Cack - Crackers break into The New York Times, taunting security experts and a Times reporter in the first serious breach of a major media Web site. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14990.html
- Allegiance to a More Digital Nation - The power of online politics got another pledge today from a Minnesota politician, laying claim to another Internet first: a political-issue ad. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10097.html
- An Anne Murray Extravaganza - The Canadian government begins public hearings into if, when, and how it will regulate the Internet. What's in it for Canada? Pierre Bourque reports from Hull, Quebec. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16438.html
- An Easy Win for Free Speech - A judge temporarily bars the federal government from prosecuting a new anti-porn law. But the fight isn't over. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16387.html
- An Online Human Rights Fete - In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the activist organization is taking the party - and the call for participation - to the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9632.html
- Annoying, but Legal - A three-judge federal panel rules that Annoy.com's right to transmit indecent material "with intent to annoy" over the Internet is constitutionally protected. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15238.html
- Another MS Antitrust Trial - Microsoft and yet one more accuser, Bristol Technologies, claim satisfaction with a federal judge's Wednesday ruling in a source-code dispute. By Joanna Glasner. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17097.html
- Anti-Child Porn Laws Under Fire - A number of legislative initiatives aim to stamp out child pornography on the Net, but one vocal critic says Washington isn't doing nearly enough. By Marc Savlov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13567.html
- Anti-Microsoft Group Enlists Bob Dole - The group of high-tech companies aligned against Microsoft has an unlikely new weapon in its battle against the Redmond juggernaut: erstwhile senator and presidential candidate, Bob Dole. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11798.html
- Anti-Porn Bill Sneaks Under Wire - Despite objections from the Justice Department and the White House, the Communications Decency Act II will go before Congress on Wednesday as part of a sprawling spending bill. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15594.html
- Antitrust Conference Revs Up - As Bill Gates delivers his antitrust deposition behind closed doors in Redmond, a group of antitrust experts gathers in neighboring Seattle to debate the case. By Arik Hesseldahl and Jackie Bennion. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14711.html
- Any Recourse from US Domain Plan? - As the world waits for Clinton Net guru Ira Magaziner to release the official US policy on the future of the domain name system, some wonder what their options are if they don't like the plan. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12359.html
- AOL Case: Privacy Fears Remain - The settlement of a case involving America Online, the Navy, gay rights, and a sailor's career doesn't alleviate concerns over online privacy issues. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12971.html
- AOL Expands Spam-Fighting Effort - The online service announces three court victories against spammers and launches nine more. This time, it's going national. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16976.html
- AOL to Canada: Hands Off the Net - Lawyers for the online service tell the broadcast regulator there is no need to introduce regulations to preserve Canadian content in the digital age. Pierre Bourque reports from Hull, Quebec. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16472.html
- AOL, Microsoft Spar in Court - An America Online exec testifies that the software company used underhanded tactics to lure the online service to Internet Explorer. Microsoft, not surprisingly, denies it. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15896.html
- Averting an Electronic Waterloo - A task force on information warfare issues a chilling report on cyber terrorism and calls on the computer industry for help. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16875.html
- Background: The Year in Privacy - Internet companies say they will look after your privacy. But consumers are still left without meaningful control over the information that companies keep about them. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16878.html
- Backstage at the 'Spampaign' - On the eve of the election, some politicians are turning to a cheap, easy, and dubious tactic for using the Internet to reach voters. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15988.html
- Banking with Big Brother - Did you deposit or withdraw a lot of cash yesterday? Under proposed government regulations, your bank might be required to call the cops. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16749.html
- Banner Campaign: Support Clinton - The founder of a job site urges netizens to spread the anti-impeachment message. Can an issue-oriented Net barnstorming still work on today's commercialized Web? By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16934.html
- Beacon in the Baltics - The Internet thrives in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. What's needed is better organization. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16291.html
- Bell Canada Feels Wrath of ISPs - Angry ISPs have petitioned Canadian regulators, claiming that Bell Canada is pricing them out of the high-speed data market and effectively giving away the Internet. The inquiry could drag on for years. By Mike Bracken. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14491.html
- Bill Clamps Down on Biometrics - A bill in the California Legislature would make it a crime to sell databases of fingerprints or similar information. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12128.html
- Bridging Britain's Crypto Gap - The Foundation for Information Policy brings big government and techies together to wrestle Internet policy conflicts into submission. By Mike Bracken. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12624.html
- Bugged About Y2K Crisis - The millennium is coming, the bug is lurking ... and the government is sitting on its hands. And that earns the Clinton administration an 'F' for effort. By Ed Murrieta. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12677.html
- Caging the '800-Pound Gorilla' - It's official: Microsoft will face antitrust suits from the US Department of Justice, 20 states, and the District of Columbia. By James Glave and Randolph Court. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12372.html
- Calamity Gene - Hoax proves that the Web is ripe for truth tainting, and its surfers are a very gullible lot. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12152.html
- Caldera Obtains Win95 Code - A small software company wins what could be a far-reaching legal battle in the only private antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14085.html
- California Cans Spam - Two precedent-setting California laws aim to put a lid on spammers with heavy fines and prison terms. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15291.html
- California Library Ends Net Filtering - The Kern County Board of Supervisors, under threat of an imminent free-speech lawsuit, agrees to stop filtering content on its libraries' Internet terminals. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9928.html
- Calling the Public to Arms on Encryption - Sporting deep pockets, cross-industry backing, and political savvy, Americans for Computer Privacy is setting up for an all-out advertising, PR, and lobbying campaign aimed at getting regular folks to understand - and demand - unrestricted encryption. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10694.html
- Can We All Just Get Along? - The US government and the high-tech industry are seemingly at odds over everything these days. A conference hopes to open a new road toward reconciliation -- and long-term profitability. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16325.html
- Can't Have One Without the Other - A federal witness says it's impossible for computer users to access the Web when Internet Explorer is removed from Windows 98. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16824.html
- Canada Frees Up Crypto - In a move sure to irritate Washington, Canada will encourage the spread of strong data-scrambling technologies and won't ask its citizens to hand over keys to their privacy. By Matt Friedman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15362.html
- Canadian Army Preps for Y2K - A high-ranking official with the Canadian Department of National Defense said the military has made potential Y2K-related fallout its top priority. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15563.html
- Canadian Hate Site Goes Dark - A British Columbia company has pulled the plug on its Web hosting service in the wake of complaints to federal investigators that the material violated anti-hate-crime laws. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11932.html
- Canadian Net Hate Debate Flares - An Internet service provider in small-town British Columbia is at the focus of a national debate about official efforts to contain online hate speech. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11195.html
- Canceling the Evidence on Usenet - It turned out that a series of threatening Net postings were not from the person suspected of killing Christopher Marquis, but AOL decided to remove the posts. Should it have? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11263.html
- CDA II Bound for Clinton's Desk - Civil libertarians vow a return trip to the Supreme Court on the latest version of the Communications Decency Act, added as a rider to the omnibus spending bill. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15638.html
- Charting a Course to 'Safe Change' - As Al Gore proclaims the virtues of the New Economy, voters are caught between infatuation with and anxiety about the future. One of the vice president's strengths, allies say, is his ability to paint the land just over the horizon as a friendly place. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9984.html
- Chatting Up German Voters - The Web was little more than a novelty during Germany's general election four years ago, but this time, candidates -- even Chancellor Helmut Kohl -- are venturing online. By David Hudson and Karsten Lemm. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15062.html
- China: The Great Firewall - Hacktivists compromise China's firewall servers to deliver Western culture to the information-oppressed. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16545.html
- Click Here for Impeachment - An online gambling site allows visitors to bet on President Clinton's fate. Impeachment is looking strong. By Moira Muldoon. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15197.html
- Clinton Goes Crypto in Ireland - Encryption could get an unlikely boost when President Clinton "digitally" signs an ecommerce initiative in Ireland. Others call the use of electronic signatures grandstanding. By Karlin Lillington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14831.html
- Clinton Too Late on Y2K? - After acknowledging the Year 2000 bug publicly for the first time yesterday, the president is lagging on what may be the most important computer issue in history, critics say. By Spencer Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13736.html
- Clinton: 'First, Do No Harm' - President Clinton reaffirms his generally laissez-faire policy on electronic commerce at a White House meeting. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16542.html
- Clouds Loom for Chemical Makers - US chemical manufacturers see no major threat from Y2K, but many minor problems could add up to disaster. At least one industry leader will shut down come December 1999. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16946.html
- Clown Act - Taking a stance of marvelous courage, President Clinton recommends laying out more money to keep a bad "Just Say No" show on the road. From Suck.com. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15148.html
- Colgate Hit by a White Tornado - The founder of Ajax.org says that a public boycott forced corporate giant Colgate-Palmolive to withdraw its hostile takeover of his domain name. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15726.html
- Congress Flexes Its Y2K Muscle - The House adopts a tried-and-true approach to the millennium bug. A new bill says send us reports, and lots of them. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15618.html
- Congressional Countdown - As the 105th Congress heads toward adjournment, the Senate Commerce Committee schedules a marathon session on a wide range of Internet issues. Anti-porn and intellectual property bills await House action. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15351.html
- Consumers Pay to Wire Schools - Americans will notice a new, unlabeled fee on their long-distance phone bills this month. It's a charge that riles some members of Congress so much they could chuck their computers into the Potomac. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13414.html
- Copyright Protection or Property Perversion? - A ruckus has broken out in the software industry over a bill before the House of Representatives that would bring the United States into compliance with a global treaty. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11519.html
- Corel Caught Digging for Dirt - The Canadian software company has dug deep into the past of Hedy Lamarr, an 84-year-old actress and networking innovator, to defend itself in court. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16042.html
- Countdown For Y2K Bills - Congress has only five weeks to rule on two separate millennium-bug bills that would open the debugging floodgates and stave off the lawyers. Meanwhile, Armageddon looms. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14653.html
- Crackers Attack China on Rights - On Monday, China launched a new Web site to offer an official perspective on the country's human rights record. Monday night, some crackers offered theirs. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15857.html
- Crackers Set Sights on Iraq - The group of network jockies behind a string of recent attacks on China says it's preparing to mount an assault on Iraq's internal computer system. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17074.html
- Crimes Canada Loves to Hate - Canada may make it a crime to keep hate propaganda on a hard drive, putting people who fight racism and hate crimes at risk. Matt Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16525.html
- Critics Decry New Net Government - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is poised to take over the day-to-day running of the medium. But there are still a few bumps in the road to administrative bliss. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15482.html
- Crunch Time for Y2K Suppliers - Companies selling bulk food, generators, and solar energy systems report backlogs of up to six months. The reason: nationwide hand-wringing over the millennium bug. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16035.html
- Crypto Advances Imperiled? - Gains made on easing encryption restrictions may be completely undone by a congressional effort to protect intellectual property online. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12989.html
- Crypto Canucks: Hands Off Our Keys! - The captains of Canada's cryptography industry sent a message to Ottawa yesterday: keep clear of domestic crypto controls, and lighten up on the export policies. Was anyone listening? [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11397.html
- Crypto in the Arms Trade - As major electronic commerce and military weapons agreements are negotiated this fall, privacy groups are lobbying for less restrictive policies on the use of encryption software. By Chris Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15478.html
- Crypto Kills -- Really, It Does - At a Washington conference, a senior DOJ official made a dramatic case for the government's desire for a back door into scrambled information: The more strong crypto spreads, the more people will die. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12830.html
- Cyber 'Vandals' Target Indonesia - Crackers deface Indonesian Web sites in an effort to call attention to the plight of ethnic Chinese victimized by racial strife in that country. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14483.html
- Cyber Terror Arsenal Grows - When a California teen was suspected of selling secrets to a terrorist via the Internet, the National Infrastructure Protection Center swung into action. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15643.html
- Dag v. Goliath - An actor is seeking US$65 million in damages from Microsoft, claiming his Windows 98 upgrade did not go as smoothly as he'd hoped. By Jill Priluck. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13864.html
- Deadline to End IANA Looms - As of Wednesday, the White House must sign off on a detailed plan to take over the management of Internet domain names. But it's tough to please everyone. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15230.html
- Dealing With the Key-Recovery 'Devil' - At the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Austin, attendees hear a mostly gloomy outlook on prospects for liberalizing US encryption policy. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10437.html
- Debating Gene Monopolies - The biotechnology giants that proposed a private enterprise to finish up the work of the Human Genome Project last month are taking their case to the research community. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12784.html
- Defibrillators in for Y2K Shock - A new government report warns that the millennium bug threatens heart patients and other users of biomedical devices. If pacemakers take a licking, will they keep on ticking? By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15217.html
- Do Terrorists Troll the Net? - A man claiming to belong to a radical Indian separarist group has been prowling the haunts of crackers, trying to obtain information on US military networks, a Wired News investigation reveals. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15812.html
- Doing Nothing, Doing It Well - Ira Magaziner's art has been keeping government regulators at bay while the Internet prospers. That's what his fans say, anyway. By Declan McCullagh and Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16194.html
- DOJ Lets Microsoft Ruling Stand - The deadline for the Justice Department to file an appeal to reverse a pro-Microsoft federal ruling came last month and went on Tuesday. Not a word was heard from the feds. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13524.html
- DOJ Zeroes in on Gates - Microsoft's CEO was the brains behind the strategy to crush Netscape and give Redmond a monopoly over the browser market, the Justice Department said in opening arguments of the landmark antitrust trial Monday. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15702.html
- DOJ: MS Tried to Sink Lotus - Microsoft considered assembling a "hit team" to pressure competitor IBM from advancing its Notes program. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16847.html
- Domain Response: Insiders vs. Outsiders - The Clinton administration has heard what the world has to say about its plan for revamping the way domain-names are administered. An official policy is next - but no one knows when. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11439.html
- Domains Get Another Seven Days - Today was the day Network Solutions was to hand over control of the top-level domains. But the feds have extended the deadline to ensure all goes well. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15335.html
- Don't Mess with Texas - If you have a criminal record in the Lone Star State, anyone with a little patience and some spare change can have a look at your file online. Privacy advocates are not very happy about that. By Marc Savlov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13004.html
- Dr. Laura Drops Her Suit - The radio personality drops her privacy-invasion lawsuit more than a month after explicit photographs of her appeared on an adult Web site. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16843.html
- E-word: An Apple for the Student - School textbooks are quickly outdated and expensive to replace. The chair of the Texas State Board of Education has a better idea: Schools should replace them with low-cast laptops. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10028.html
- EarthLink Wins Big in Spam Suit - The ISP's court victory against Sanford Wallace's Cyber Promotions looks like another nail in the spam king's coffin. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11306.html
- Eavesdropping on Europe - The European Parliament wants to know more about the Echelon surveillance system that secretly intercepts all Continental communications. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15295.html
- Ecommerce Gets One Last Chance - In a hearing on online consumer privacy, the Federal Trade Commission compares ecommerce companies to naughty schoolchildren and gives them a deadline for improving their grades. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13895.html
- Encryption Challenge Falls Flat - An Ohio federal judge has ruled that Commerce Department restrictions on cryptography are legal, in contradiction to a California ruling. The final decision may ultimately be up to the US Supreme Court. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13482.html
- Europe Is Listening - Big Brother will find it easier to keep his ear to the ground if the European Union approves legislation allowing law enforcement to tap into email and satellite phone calls. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16588.html
- Eword: Digital Diplomat - Erstwhile federal trade commissioner Christine Varney is working to bridge the cultural gap that separates Silicon Valley from the Beltway. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10132.html
- Expanded Election Coverage - Today's California primary is the most wired election yet. As candidates use their Web sites to mobilize financial and volunteer support, it may even help level out the political playing field. By Molly Wright Steenson. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12678.html
- Explorer: Benefit or Burden? - Government lawyers portray Microsoft's decision to bundle its browser with Windows 98 as having no consumer benefit -- an important point as the landmark antitrust trial moves forward. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16317.html
- FCC Moves to Speed the Net - As regulators step in to relax local telco rules, the promise of high-speed data delivery to the home moves closer to reality, and has the fur flying. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14257.html
- FCC Paper: Net Needs New Regs - A new FCC working paper says 20-year-old regulatory distinctions between telephone, data, and cable carriers no longer make sense in the Internet age. The answer? New regulations. By Craig Bicknell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14830.html
- Feds Relax Encryption Rules - The Commerce Department finally eases its tight restrictions on the export of strong encryption. But is it too little, too late? By Niall McKay and James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15037.html
- Feds Slam GeoCities on Privacy - In a landmark case, the Federal Trade Commission says that the "largest community on the Web" misled its members about what it was doing with their personal information. GeoCities says it has done nothing wrong. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14412.html
- Feds Still Failing on Y2K - The departments of health and energy fared worst in the latest quarterly report card that grades government progress on fixing the Y2K problem. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14919.html
- Feds Urged to Use Open Source - Open-source activists' online petition calls on the government to consider software like Linux when planning new technology purchases. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16649.html
- Feds: Let Industry Lead on E-Commerce - Speaking at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference, a White House policy analyst said the federal government will let the industry take the first stab at regulating online business and commerce. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10413.html
- First Amendment? Not on the Job - The Constitution may protect your right to air unpopular opinions on the Net - but you leave your rights at the door when you enter the private sector, lawyers say. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10217.html
- Five Hundred Days and Counting - Come 1 January 2000, computers the world over will either tick in the new decade or shut down. Organizers of the Global Y2K Action Day conference are planning for the latter. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14504.html
- Free Speech, But Whose? - A British Don Quixote seeks to use plaintiff-friendly English libel law to quell free speech online. By Jill Priluck. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13467.html
- FTC Cracking Down On Net Fraud - In testimony before the House Commerce Committee, a Federal Trade Commission director said that the agency was getting serious about prosecuting Internet scams. But one critic said it could be doing more. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13268.html
- FTC Exposes Spam Scams - The Federal Trade Commission has released its "Dirty Dozen Spam Scam" list, which shows that most junk email schemes are not very original. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13710.html
- Fuzzy Reception for Euro DigiTV - Stifling regulations, apathy, cost, and an abundance of free TV are just some of the factors slowing digital TV in Europe. By Mike Bracken. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14918.html
- Game Companies: We Protect Kids - Washington is pressuring technology companies to watch out for the privacy of children on the Internet. The joystick brigade weighs in with its own ideas. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16547.html
- Gamers Raise Senate's Bet - After the Senate passed legislation that would effectively outlaw Internet gambling, US companies continue to find offshore havens and plenty of loopholes in the bill itself. By Moira Muldoon. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14263.html
- Gates Testimony Goes Thunk - Java? What's Java? The world's richest man is evasive in videotaped testimony played during the Microsoft antitrust trial. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16589.html
- Gates Won't Open to the Press - Microsoft has won the latest round in the battle to bar the press from Bill Gates' eagerly anticipated deposition. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14533.html
- Georgia Spampaign Backfires - A gubernatorial candidate in the Peach State found out the hard way that spam is unfit for the campaign trail. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13815.html
- Germans Plan 'Internet Strike' - It worked in Spain. Now a band of German activists is organizing a one-day boycott to force lower Internet access fees. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15352.html
- Germany Fears Net Backlash - Netizens in Germany worry that high-tech firms will shun their country after a judge ruled that the CompuServe executive was liable for failing to block illegal material from the site. By Sheryl Oring. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12726.html
- Germany's Internet Angst - The Felix Somm conviction was only the tip of the iceberg in the ocean of Germany's ill-conceived attempts to regulate speech online. By David Hudson. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12884.html
- Getting Out the Web Vote, Fraudulently - The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy ticket is the only candidate list not facing disqualification in Indiana University elections, after other candidates admitted to casting illegal votes via the Web. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11456.html
- Give Me Crypto or Give Me Death - Unless the United States reverses its policy blocking the export of strong encryption, personal privacy on the Internet will never be secured, two special interest groups say. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16999.html
- Going Postal, Going Nowhere - Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay the USPS from its appointed rounds. But high-tech competition just might. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16602.html
- Good Help is Hard to Find - Can Canada solve its shortage of high-tech workers without the controversy that has dogged the industry in America? By Jennifer Hattam. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12721.html
- Gore: Protect Privacy - The vice president says that Americans must have their privacy protected online and calls on the high-tech industry to redouble its efforts to see that it happens. By Ed Murrieta. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14170.html
- Government Ready to Dictate Privacy Rules? - With an ambitious program lagging to get Internet merchants and publishers to subscribe to a strict code of conduct, activists and entrepreneurs are wary that Washington will impose regulations. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11214.html
- Groups Challenge Antiporn Law - Repeating events of two years ago, the nation's leading online civil liberties groups file suit against the Justice Department to crush a Net content restriction law. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15762.html
- Gun Groups Take Aim at Database - If you want to buy a gun, Uncle Sam wants to get to know you first. Up in arms, the NRA files a lawsuit. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16561.html
- H-1B Visa Bill Passes House - Silicon Valley's long-sought bill to increase the number of foreign engineers allowed into the United States passes the House easily. A presidential signature may be only days away. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15199.html
- Hacking for Human Rights? - The leader of a Chinese hacking group that last year claimed to have disabled a satellite is now setting up a new group to target the networks of companies doing business with China. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13693.html
- Hacktivists Join Activists - Online hacktivists will join their real-world counterparts in marking the ninth anniversary of highly publicized political slayings in El Salvador. Trouble is, the activists are unimpressed. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16401.html
- High Tech and the Poor - The World Bank invites hundreds of participants worldwide to go online and debate how information technologies affect the have-nots of the world. By Theta Pavis. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13023.html
- Hotmail Backs Dying Spam Bill - The Microsoft subsidiary gets behind a bill that would stem the spam flood, but admits its support may be too little, too late. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13325.html
- Hotmail Bags Spammers - The free email service is touting a federal judgment fining spammers for forging Hotmail's domain to send spam. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13016.html
- House Sets Vote on Visas - Silicon Valley is rallying around a bill that would raise the cap on the number of temporary foreign workers allowed into the US. A vote looms, but so does a veto. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15007.html
- House Sides with Spammers - Despite outrage from Internet advocates, who say the latest antislamming proposal also contains provisions to legitimize spamming, a House subcommittee approves the measure. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14282.html
- House Takes Up Spam Bill - Free speech issues will likely dominate today's hearing on pending legislation to limit junk email. Net activists, meanwhile, vow their voices will be heard. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13187.html
- ICANN Gets Green Light - Now that ICANN has rewritten its bylaws, the White House has given it the go-ahead to become the organization that will manage the Net. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16469.html
- Indonesia's Net War - Internet postings have fueled the Indonesian pro-democracy movement, giving protesters access to information that would have been completely unavailable in a less-networked world. By Bertil Lintner and Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12609.html
- Intel Feared MS 'Divorce' - Microsoft responds to accusations that it bullied Intel out of developing Net software, pointing to a memo from the chipmaker saying that "divorce" would be "bad for the kids." Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16168.html
- Internet Tax-Free for Now - A bill is about to hit the Senate decks that will put a two-year freeze on taxing the Internet. Most senators are backing it -- with gusto. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15341.html
- Internet-Tax Decision Delayed - The US Senate postpones a vote on the Internet Tax Freedom Act so it can decide how much power to grant a new taxation commission. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15398.html
- Is China Listening? - Signs indicate that China might be more vulnerable to international opinion following President Clinton's recent visit. That may help a dissident arrested for treason on the Internet. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14250.html
- Is Strong Crypto a Human Right? - Electronic-privacy groups greet the UN's Human Rights Day with a flurry of email and faxes pushing encryption as a guarantor of fundamental liberties. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16768.html
- It Ain't Rocket Science - Women scientists at a national research center say they're fed up with discrimination and the perception that they're lower-tech than their male counterparts. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17027.html
- It's Curtains for Java Invaders - When Sun Microsystems asked a Web developer to change the name of his free Java-based clone of Space Invaders, he opted to just take the game down. That doesn't sit right with some developers. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12495.html
- Judge Blocks Anti-Smut Law - A federal judge says a new law restricting sexually explicit material on the Web probably violates the First Amendment. Declan McCullagh reports from Philadelphia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16370.html
- Judge Stops McVeigh Discharge, for Now - A federal judge has temporarily blocked Timothy McVeigh's discharge, slamming the Navy for running a "search and 'outing' mission" against the highly decorated sailor by pumping AOL for information. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9892.html
- Judge: Merger Changes Everything - The judge presiding over the Microsoft antitrust trial says a pending merger between AOL and Netscape may level the playing field between Microsoft and its competitors. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16873.html
- Justice: MS Floating 'Old Ideas' - Microsoft memos published this week suggest that Microsoft began its Internet strategy well before Netscape. But the Justice Department said that the material was disproven long ago. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14304.html
- Keeper of the Flame - Ira Magaziner, President Clinton's adviser to all things Internet, tells an industry conference that he's doing a swell job in Washington. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14631.html
- Keeping Big Brother Offline - A coalition of 34 political groups opposes a bill it says would allow the government too much latitude for snooping on netizens. By Lori Patel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13076.html
- Kicking Crackers Off the Grid - The justice system says those convicted of computer crimes should be kept away from computers. But does the punishment really fit the crime? By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14197.html
- Kid Info None of Their Beeswax - The number of children getting online is nearly double that of last year, making a bill that protects their privacy a top priority for lawmakers. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15191.html
- Knifing the Baby - Microsoft tried to persuade Apple to kill its own "child" as the two companies fought for dominance in the multimedia software market, an Apple executive testifies. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16082.html
- Least Connected Nation Status - In times of national crisis or war, citizens can turn to the Net for information. But not in Iraq. By Polly Sprenger. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16904.html
- Lessig: Give Government a Chance - Lawrence Lessig, who helped spur the Justice Department to take action against Microsoft, told the Aspen Summit 98 that government does have a role in regulating the Internet. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14589.html
- Let the Web Server Beware - In a case that sets hackers apart from crackers, the Norwegian supreme court rules that port scans and other means of probing computers are not a crime. By Christopher Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17024.html
- Library Computers Logged Off - A library system goes offline, avoiding a judge's order to remove Net filtering software from public computers. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16481.html
- Library Filters Must Go - A Virginia judge rules that local libraries must remove Net-filtering software on public computers, setting a nationwide precedent. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16455.html
- Linux Gets Application Boost - A software company has developed a Linux-based software suite that challenges Microsoft's Office in both price and performance. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15210.html
- Low-Power Radio Laid Low - Pirate broadcaster Stephen Dunifer's court challenge to the federal government's regulation of radio spectrums has been dismissed on a technicality. But the airwave activist says his movement is alive and well. By Ed Murrieta. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13091.html
- Magaziner Endorses DNS Competition - Clinton's Net guru is ready to recommend that the US government get out of the domain name management game. Who, and how many, will step in to fill its shoes is another question. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9867.html
- Magaziner: Back Off, Big Brother - President Clinton's leading Internet adviser came out strongly against a law proposed Tuesday that would aim to protect the privacy of consumers on the Net. A Wired News exclusive by Deborah Scoblionkov and James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13910.html
- Magaziner: ICANN, Mend Thy Ways - The White House says the recently anointed Internet authority isn't "open" enough. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16356.html
- Mandatory or Not, Feds Still Want Door to Data - A deputy attorney general got headlines for suggesting the Clinton administration has changed its tune about mandatory key recovery. Bottom line, though: The White House still wants a way for law enforcement to access encrypted data quickly. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10997.html
- McCain: Require Schools to Block Net Smut - The powerful chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee says he will put forward legislation requiring schools receiving federally sponsored wiring subsidies to filter Net content. Critics call the plan unconstitutional. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9770.html
- MCI Customers Drowning in Spam - Anti-spam overlords threaten MCI2000 over excessive spam traffic, but the ISP staves off the Usenet Death Penalty at the 11th hour. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14544.html
- Microsoft Asks for More Time - The software superpower files a "motion for fair and reasonable schedule" in its antitrust battle with the government - it says it needs seven more months to gather more evidence and interview people. By Randolph Court. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12460.html
- Microsoft Big Guns Fire Away - In the latest war of words in the Microsoft antitrust case, the call from camp Redmond is throw out this case, once and for all. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14891.html
- Microsoft Dealt a New Blow - A judge rules the government can submit new evidence in its antitrust case against Microsoft but says he will review the evidence point by point at trial. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15080.html
- Microsoft Lawyers Play Rough - The antitrust trial degenerates into namecalling, but an Intel executive sticks to his story that Microsoft ambushed an Intel software project. Declan McCullagh reporting from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16228.html
- Microsoft Seeks Case Dismissal - Microsoft formally asked a federal judge to reject a Justice Department request for a preliminary injunction against Windows 98 -- and also asked the government to drop its suit. Not likely, Justice replied. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14338.html
- Microsoft Subpoenas Bad Attitude - As it prepares to face down the Fed's antitrust charges, Redmond asks Netscape to turn over its internal mailing list on which employees wax vitriolic about their company. By Kaitlin Quistgaard. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14743.html
- Microsoft Sued over Source Code - Add a small Connecticut software developer to the list of groups filing antitrust suits against Microsoft. Bristol Technology says Redmond reneged on an agreement to allow access to its prized source code. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14516.html
- Microsoft Taps the Source - The author of a book critical of Bill Gates and his monolithic software empire says the company is trying to force her to divulge her sources. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16641.html
- Microsoft Wins Big in Court - A US appeals court ruling in favor of Microsoft seriously undermines the Justice Department's argument that the software company is harming consumers and competitors. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13209.html
- Microsoft's Fate - As the current phase of the trial nears an end, the state and federal governments are poised to go separate ways. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16982.html
- Microsoft: We Shall Overcome - In his response to the new federal and state lawsuits, Bill Gates lashed back at the government, saying his company had broken no laws and would emerge victorious. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12375.html
- Millennium Bug: Biting Hard - As the government's Year 2000 SWAT team takes to the road for a Y2K progress report, it's clear some states are ready. Others are not. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14821.html
- Minor Threat - The commentariat has been pretty much united on the need to put an all-new hurtin' on the Bully of Baghdad. But there are some bugs in the argument. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10127.html
- Mistaken Spammer Fights Back - After being falsely accused of spamming, Peter Hall is taking his ISP, Earthlink, to court. "If you want to systematically drive someone mad, this is how you'd do it," he says. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14213.html
- Mitnick's Trial Delayed - The accused computer cracker will go to trial in April rather than January after the judge grants a defense motion for the delay. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16627.html
- Mitnick: 'I Am Tired of Delays' - The accused computer cracker says he is weary of jail and his lawyers face a confusing pile of evidence in the case against him. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16684.html
- Monica and the Media - The role of the Web in Intern-gate? Jon Katz says Drudge only helped point out journalism's real importance. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10201.html
- More Room on the Dial? - Digital TV will open up more broadcast channels. Activists want to make sure civic, ethnic, and educational groups don't get edged out of the picture. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14779.html
- Mr. O'Connell Goes to Concord - In his effort to ferret out rumors that property developers were lining the pockets of his city's councilmembers, Marcus O'Connell became the first private citizen to compile a Web database of local campaign contributions. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11232.html
- MS: DOJ Should Give It Up - Is the government wasting taxpayer dollars by continuing to pursue its antitrust case against Microsoft? Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16474.html
- Msoft Speeds Win98 Release - A federal judge sets a September hearing in the federal-state antitrust case against Microsoft. Arguing for more time to prepare -- the company had requested a December court date -- the software superpower says its new OS will be available for consumers next week. By Randolph Court and Dan Brekke. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12479.html
- My Java's Purer than Yours - Sun and Microsoft get to exchange blows in court as testimonies begin over whether Microsoft attempted to derail Sun's ubiquitous programming language. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14893.html
- Nations Chart E-Commerce Plans - Representatives of 29 nations meet in Ottawa to try and reach agreement on the many issues -- including the flow of strong cryptography -- facing global e-commerce. By Chris Jones. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15473.html
- Negotiating the Global Net Filter - A conference today brings the global community together to examine issues of filtering online content. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12838.html
- Net Authority Passes to ICANN - The Clinton administration begins the process of handing over the governance of the Internet to a new nonprofit group. But there is a catch and some outstanding issues remain. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15718.html
- Net Government Leaders Crowned - Internet Society founder Michael Roberts and financier Esther Dyson will head up the newly formed non-profit group that will take over where the late Jon Postel left off. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15852.html
- Net Guru Named at Commerce - Commerce Department attorney Elliot Maxwell will assume the role held by Ira Magaziner, chief technology advisor to President Clinton. Insiders are thrilled. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16351.html
- Net Politics: a Mover, But Not a Shaker - Asia pundits gathered at a conference in Berkeley last week to discuss censorship and political expression on the Net. The conclusion: While it may be good for disseminating information, the Net is no great shakes for political movement. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11529.html
- Net Porn Bill Far From Resolved - A bill dubbed "Son of CDA," which protects children from online pornography, is revised again. Free speech advocates still say it's unconstitutional. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15231.html
- Net Porn Issues Back in Session - Congress and industry experts gather to hash out the controversial "Son of CDA," until now an amendment whistling through Congress sans debate. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14939.html
- Net Tax Bill Inches Forward - A two-year moratorium on Internet taxes would also protect the privacy of young surfers and reduce government red tape in the latest US Senate version. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15461.html
- NetDay Struggles to Grow Up - This weekend, the White House is expected to again lend a hand in what is now the fourth nationwide volunteer effort to wire America's schools. Is the program going anywhere? By Jenn Director Knudsen. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15761.html
- Netscape CEO Takes the Stand - Microsoft lawyers say Netscape's Jim Barksdale cozied up to federal officials to get them to file an antitrust lawsuit against his company's rival. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15736.html
- Netscape Fought MS 'Axis' - As the second week of the Microsoft trial kicks off, an exec from a competitor tells the court the software market in 1995 felt more like World War II. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15839.html
- Netscape: MS Withheld Vital Data - Deliberate footdragging by Microsoft engineers crippled Netscape's ability to integrate its browser with the Windows 95 operating system, the Justice Department maintains as it builds its case against Redmond. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15866.html
- NetVote '98 Targets Seniors - NetVote has teamed up with MCI and AARP to focus on the over-50 voter -- the fastest growing group on the Net. By Marc Savlov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14123.html
- Network Solutions Hangs On - The company that has held sway over the Net's most popular domains is granted an extension in its contract with the US government. But first it must hand over the databases. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15453.html
- Networks Unhappy with Spam Bill - Representatives of two Internet companies complain that antispam legislation headed toward approval doesn't go far enough to curb the problem. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13224.html
- New Charges 'Too Much, Too Late' - The US government fires back against Microsoft's request to throw out its latest allegations and to delay the trial by at least six months. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14806.html
- New Crypto Bill in Senate - Senators John Ashcroft and Patrick Leahy introduce a proposal that would derail the FBI drive for mandatory key recovery in encryption-enabled software. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12281.html
- New Economy: Logo Pirates Go High Tech - Customs officers have discovered a new breed of thief - one who, rather than smuggle goods into the country, steals the digital logos and embroiders them on cut-rate fabric to sell domestically. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10515.html
- New Internet Government Forged - A plan for governing the Internet of the future is released, and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is born. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14795.html
- New Media: DBS Rates Soar Sky-High - Satellite broadcasters are seeing static over a US Copyright Office ruling that quadruples the rates they pay for TV signals. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10397.html
- New Try at Privacy 'Self-Regulation' - The Online Privacy Alliance is the latest industry group aiming to stave off looming government regulation of electronic commerce in favor of self-regulation. But some say laws are just the ticket. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13158.html
- New White House Tech Chief Named - Commerce Department attorney Elliot Maxwell will assume the role currently held by Ira Magaziner, chief technology advisor to President Clinton. So far, insiders are thrilled. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16340.html
- Newt Caves on National ID Cards - A last-minute email campaign yields a one-year delay on standard US driver's licenses. Opponents say they're just national ID cards in disguise. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15635.html
- Newt Promises Crypto Change-o - The Speaker of the House told Silicon Valley movers and shakers that he plans to form a task force to address lifting export restrictions on encryption. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13382.html
- No Mere Dismissal - The Paula Jones dismissal was a victory for the public over DC's sex police. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11525.html
- No More Nukes in '99 - Some nuclear power plants aren't fit for the new millennium. So says an anti-nuclear group that wants to pull the plug on plants that aren't Y2K-compliant. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16772.html
- Nobody Shrugged - When libertarians convene in Silicon Valley to discuss the impact of excessive government on high technology, a lively time can be expected. And the Cato Institue delivers. By Ayla Jean Yackley. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16448.html
- NSI Tweaks Domain Dispute Rules - Network Solutions is altering its domain name disputes policy to tilt the scale of a conflict in the direction of trademark holders, critics charge. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10276.html
- On Tech Policy, Time to Walk the Walk - Many technology issues are perfect for a politician trying to get voters to see a rosy digital future - soft, fuzzy, easy to support. The bruising fight over US encryption policy, though, will test Gore's ability to mediate seemingly intractable foes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/9983.html
- Online Hate Has Its Limits - The Danish courts sidestep the problem of trying to control speech routed through offshore Internet service providers, opting instead to use local laws to go after hate speech. By Steven Snedker. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12996.html
- Open Deposition Still on Track - Judge Jackson refuses to set aside his ruling to allow journalists to sit in on Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates' testimony, but says both sides will have to agree on logistics. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14397.html
- Outage Slows Access to Report - A train derailment in Georgia severs fiber-optic cables, knocking out Internet service on one of the biggest days in Internet history. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14974.html
- Panel Debates Online Privacy Issues - A Commerce Department panel weighs the need to protect consumer privacy against the desire to promote Internet business growth. First of two parts. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13223.html
- Panel Endorses CDA's Daughter - A bill that strongly resembles the so-called Son of CDA moves through a House subcommittee. And the battle between online decency and free speech wears on. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15091.html
- Paper Gets AOL Member Name - The Orange County Register obtained the identity behind an AOL screen name by using a relatively simple tactic: the lawsuit and subpoena. Legal experts expect to see more maneuvers like this. By Kaitlin Quistgaard. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13851.html
- Parliamentary Procedure - Utter the word "encryption" to most members of Parliament, and watch as their eyes glaze over and their lower lips tremble. A group of Web activists is determined to help. Mike Bracken reports from London. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16778.html
- Peace Effort Grows From a Database - The US Department of Commerce is trying to use technology and entrepreneurship to move toward a goal diplomats and politicians have found elusive: peace in the Mideast. [Wired News]
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- Pentagon Deflects Web Assault - It was applet against applet yesterday, as a political protest targeted the Defense Department's Web servers. Both sides claimed victory. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
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- Planned Parenthood Wins Round in Domain Tiff - A federal judge rules that an anti-abortion activist cannot use plannedparenthood.com for his Web site because of the "significant likelihood" that people seeking the pro-choice family planning organization would be confused. [Wired News]
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- Players Convene for Feds vs. MS - As the antitrust trial of the decade draws near, both the Justice Department and Microsoft are assembling what they expect will be legal dream teams. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
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- Policing Privacy - A California sheriff's deputy violated the law to access and pass on information from his department's computer records, an invasion privacy advocates cite as a reason law enforcement officials should not be given the keys to scrambled confidential data. By Mika Belle. [Wired News]
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- Politician Spams 5 Million Users - A 22-year-old politician who lives with his parents sees no problem with spamming millions of Internet users who couldn't care less about his local Philadelphia election. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
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- Politics, Tech Don't Mix ... Yet - Voters are far more concerned with taxes and social security than they are with technology issues. That could be bad news for the industry, if legislators considered friendly to technology get the boot on Election Day. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- Porn Spammer Nailed - After months of trying, an ISP tracks down an elusive porn spammer and serves him with papers in a US$1 million lawsuit. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14828.html
- Postal Service Eyes .us Domain - The post office is circulating a draft laying out its case for taking over the United States' official top-level Internet domain as a means of accelerating ecommerce. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13129.html
- Power to the People - The impeachment of President Clinton took place despite the largest wave of online activism in history. What happened to the Net's promise of direct democracy? By Jennifer Hattam. [Wired News]
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- Pretty Poor Privacy - Privacy advocates beat up on ecommerce trade associations during the second day of a Commerce Department summit on Internet privacy. Will technology save the day? By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13256.html
- Prisoners Await Y2K Day - The prison system relies on databases and embedded computer chips to help keep the people on the inside where they belong. Will technology be able to do its job when the millennium arrives? By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
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- Release the Y2K Ratings! - Federal regulators say banks can't make their Year 2000 readiness ratings public. Banks and others say that secrecy is fanning consumer fears. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
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- Rogue Hackers Gallery - Kevin Mitnick isn't the only high-profile bit bandit nabbed by the feds. As the FBI steps up its computer crimes investigations, Wired News profiles some memorable cases. By Daryl Lindsey. [Wired News]
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- Rules, Britannia - England and Ireland, which have certainly had their differences in the past, are approaching the issue of cryptography in radically different ways. By Wendy Grossman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13509.html
- Sailor Settles Privacy Case - The settlement of a controversial case involving America Online, the Navy, gay rights, and an officer doesn't alleviate concerns over online privacy issues. By Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- Salon Dismisses 'Smear' Charge - The editor of the Internet magazine denies allegations by leading Republicans that a scoop run this week was part of a conspiracy to defuse the Starr report. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15096.html
- School Dazed by Speech Ruling - A judge says that a student has the right to rip his high school -- no matter how inarticulately or inanely -- without fear of reprisal. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/17068.html
- Schools and Software Piracy - In Berkeley, California, and other districts around the United States, teachers and staff are being forced into the role of intellectual cops in order to make sure software licenses are respected. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10654.html
- Selling America on Crypto - Ed Gillespie, executive director of the Americans for Computer Privacy, explains how to make encryption and key recovery more prominent issues in Americans' minds. [Wired News]
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- Senate Embraces Spam Bill - Much to the dismay of anti-spam crusaders, the Senate hearing on a controversial measure to control bulk email turns into a love-fest. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
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- Sex Sites and Self-Regulation - Civil rights lawyers and pornographers discuss freedom, censorship, and the threat of government crackdowns on Internet erotica. By Ed Murrieta. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14315.html
- Should Canada Regulate Net? - Canadian politicians have long wrangled over how, and when, to take control of the Internet. Now, the agency that keeps television and radio stocked with Canadian content might seek to do the same online. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14300.html
- Slamming the Gate - Bill Gates might -- might -- eventually face criminal charges, but not until the civil trial snakes its way to a close. By Declan Mcullagh. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15813.html
- Small Banks Hunker Down for Y2K - A state bank commissioner tells the House Banking Committee that he felt "particular concern" that small banks might not be ready for the millennium bug. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
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- So, Who's Getting Screwed Here? - The wily impresario who staged the recent online virgin hoax believes he is the injured party and is suing his former business partner to prove it. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
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- Spam Bill Gets Mixed Reviews - The Senate, in trying to outlaw the practice of phone company "slamming," passes an amendment that makes it illegal to falsify information about the origin of junk email. But anti-spam activists call the bill a step backward. [Wired News]
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- Spam King Forges Unholy Alliance - After renouncing his spamming ways last month, Sanford Wallace has decided to testify against spammers as an expert witness/consultant for an Atlanta-based law firm. [Wired News]
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- Spam King Loses Junk-Fax Suit - After renouncing his junk email business last week, Sanford Wallace was found liable on Friday for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 by sending unsolicited junk telephone faxes. The decision may squelch his plans for a revamped business. [Wired News]
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- Spam Law Bares Teeth - In what may be the first successful settlement under Washington state's new anti-spam law, a junk emailer was forced to pay a Seattle man today. By Ed Murietta. [Wired News]
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- Spam Treaty Aims to Keep the Peace - Sanford Wallace, the infamous head of Cyber Promotions, has signed on to a "peace treaty" promising he will change his business model and support federal legislation that would outlaw spam. [Wired News]
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- Spinning a Worldwide Y2K Web - The millennium bug affects the whole world. And a series of conferences beginning Tuesday will mobilize a cooperative global effort to eradicate it. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
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- Spying on the Spies - Echelon, the National Security Agency's worldwide electronic surveillance network, will be under the harsh glare of congressional scrutiny for the first time. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
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- Starr Report: A Double Standard? - In its rush to post the lurid details of the Starr report online, the government is flouting its own censorship standards, a civil liberties expert maintains. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15023.html
- Stars Spar over US Net Policy - Lawrence Lessig challenges Ira Magaziner on what he calls the Clinton administration's hasty approach to trying to solve big Internet issues. By Alyssa Katz. [Wired News]
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- State Department Lags on Y2K - The General Accounting Office finds that the State Department is making progress in fixing its Y2K mess, but glitches could still disrupt diplomacy and let terrorists in. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14724.html
- States Turn Schools Into Mini-ISPs - Several states are trying to promote Internet and email connections in public schools the old-fashioned way - through legislation. In Michigan, the law mandates that phone companies provide schools with "at cost" access to telecom services, la T1 and ISDN lines. [Wired News]
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- Strong Rules for Strong Crypto - More restrictions, not less, are in store for cryptography exports -- if the White House has anything to say about it. Declan McCullagh reports from Arlington, Virginia. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16693.html
- Students Wonder: How Smart? - Students at the University of Toronto fear that a new smartcard program might be threatening their privacy. By Marlene Blanshay. [Wired News]
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- Study: Self-Policing Fails - The Electronic Privacy Information Center finds that a self-regulatory effort by the Direct Marketing Association has bombed. Any effective consumer protection, EPIC concludes, must involve Washington. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13173.html
- Supreme Court Hears FCC Appeal - The FCC and long-distance carriers squared off against Baby Bells and state regulators Tuesday, in a landmark case to decide who enforces the 1996 Telecom Act. By Sean Donahue. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15595.html
- Survey: Privacy Laws Common - A new study finds that 40 out of 50 nations surveyed have strong consumer-data protection laws. It's a sign that online businesses in the United States may be out on a limb. By James Glave. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15428.html
- Talking the Talk on Antitrust - The US government's antitrust case against Microsoft dominates every discussion at a conference of top executives and officials. Senator Orrin Hatch's voice booms loudest. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15083.html
- Teach the Teachers First - President Clinton announces US$30 million in education grants to bring much-needed tech know-how to the nation's schools. It's the teachers who need it most, he says. By Jackie Bennion. [Wired News]
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- Tech Lobby's Schools Victory - Silicon Valley's home-grown lobbying group, the Technology Network, scores a goal with the signing of a California bill that will foster the spread of charter schools in the state. [Wired News]
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- Tech Visa Bill Resurrected - After several setbacks, Silicon Valley's bid to raise the number of skilled foreign workers allowed into the country may become law after all. By Pete Danko. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15591.html
- Technocracy R.I.P. - The rise of technology signals the fall of technocracy. [Wired News]
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- Texans Against Spam - Lone Star Republicans are first in the United States to adopt an antispam party plank. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13141.html
- The Über IT Trade Group - The Software Publishers Association and the Information Industry Association agree to merge, creating the most powerful lobby in the computer industry. By Chris Stamper. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16930.html
- The BBC Goes Portal - Beset by controversy and disorganization, the public broadcasting institution will abandon its "programming" model and jump on the Web aggregation bandwagon. By Mike Bracken. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13871.html
- The Blue Ribbon is Back - Two Senate bills aimed at addressing items in the Communications Decency Act that were struck down last year have prompted the Electronic Frontier Foundation to re-launch its Blue Ribbon Campaign. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
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- The Dawn of the E-Shamrock? - A new report co-authored by Vint Cerf and other Internet luminaries suggests that Ireland could catch up to the United States and become a European e-commerce player. Karlin Lillington reports from Dublin. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16331.html
- The Deregulation Paradox - As nations around the world rush to privatize and deregulate their telecom industries, they'd do well to look at what happened in Chile. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12432.html
- The Digital Divide - A Commerce Department report shows slow progress toward universal Internet access, particularly among US minorities and the poor. By Joe Nickell. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14069.html
- The FBI's Wish List - A conservative Republican says the FBI is trying to railroad a series of measures through Congress that would considerably broaden the agency's surveillance powers. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15350.html
- The FCC's Reverse Entrepreneur - After three years with Internet start-up NetNoir, Marcelino Ford-Livene has taken on an even bigger challenge -- quenching America's thirst for bandwidth. [Wired News]
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- The Future of Gene Sequencing - The man who wants to take the Human Genome Project private tells a House subcommittee that his new venture shouldn't keep the federal government from continuing its funding. By Kristi Coale. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13079.html
- The Golden Age of Hacktivism - As the Web becomes another soapbox for spin doctors, it also becomes a platform for politically motivated crackers with Unix smarts and an ax to grind. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/15129.html
- The Government Has Our Numbers - Critics fear that a Department of Transportation plan to verify Social Security numbers for ID purposes is one more step toward an omnipotent government. By Lori Patel. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13441.html
- The Great Pink-Out - Opponents of a recently passed Senate bill are tinting their Web sites to protest what they say is the promotion of unsolicited bulk email. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12628.html
- The Jackpot from Hell - A US senator prepares to save the nation's youth from the newest threat to their innocence: online gaming. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13065.html
- The Library Lawsuit - A Virginia county library restricts Internet access, causing one retired teacher to fight for the right to surf freely. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11926.html
- The Media Rant Movie Marathon, Part II - As Katz's movie marathon continues, Titanic rules, Tomorrow Never Dies drools, and Amistad plays us for fools. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Change? Phooey! - Less than a year after the US Supreme Court rejected the Communications Decency Act, a senator is taking another whack at censoring the Internet. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Europe on the Offense - The European Commission plans to adopt voluntary codes of conduct for European ISPs and online publishers, and encourage them to use content rating and filtering systems. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/10493.html
- The Netizen: Meet the New Boss - A changing of the guard recently took place at the FCC. Here's a who's who of the regulatory commission's new roster. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Patent Rending - A quiet storm is brewing over plans to change American patent law. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: The Electronic Voice of America - The VOA is turning to email to transmit news and information into China, where its shortwave broadcasts are routinely jammed. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Database Debacle - Publishing giants are lobbying Congress to pass a bill that would broaden database intellectual property rights, and sharply curtail use of information in the public domain. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Do Not Pass Go - Law enforcement officials have found an unexpected bounty in New York's commuter-friendly E-ZPass electronic toll-collection system: auto surveillance information. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Drudge Match - Cyberspace doesnt render libel law obsolete. But to preserve free speech and a vibrant press, its time to rethink how the law is applied. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Fixing the Numbers - The Federal Communications Commission is taking steps to stamp out fun and games - and perhaps illegal collusion - during spectrum auctions. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Maximum Copyright, Minimum Use - Overprotective digital-copyright rules have resurfaced in Europe. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Order Out of Chaos - A group of German vigilante hackers has found an unusual outlet for its talent: advising the government on information policy. [Wired News]
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- The Netizen: Taking the EFF to the Next Level - The Electronic Frontier Foundation's new leader, Barry Steinhardt, has his work cut out for him: He must shepherd the cyber rights organization, which has been low on cash and cloudy in vision, into maturity. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/11702.html
- The New Voters' Guide - From downloadable yard signs to Iggy Pop fundraising, candidates use the Web to reach their constituencies. And curious voters are visiting their sites. By Noah Shachtman. [Wired News]
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- The Next Crypto Poster Boy? - A federal grand jury appearance of a man distributing strong encryption online is called off, causing him to speculate that the government is retreating. By Chris Oakes. [Wired News]
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- The Politics of Digital TV - The buzz around digital TV isn't confined to New York, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. Capitol Hill is ringing in on the issue, too. By Michael Grebb. [Wired News]
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- The Road Ahead - Now that the case against Microsoft has been filed, where does it goes tomorrow? By Randolph Court and Jennifer Sullivan. [Wired News]
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- The Technology Also-Rans - A well-known think tank releases its report on how individual state governments are applying technology. And the winners are ... By Jackie Bennion. [Wired News]
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- The Unabomber's Legacy, Part I - We need to debate the issues behind the Unabomber's terror campaign, insists Jon Katz. [Wired News]
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- Thousands Join Internetstreik - The Internet goes black in Germany in a 24-hour strike against Deutsche Telekom charges. Organizers threaten to strike again. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]
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- Timeline: In and Out of Court Again - Microsoft has spent much of the 1990s under the federal government's legal lens. [Wired News]
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- Tracking Global Cybercrime - With help from Interpol, the International Chamber of Commerce will open a division designed to investigate and prosecute Internet fraud. By Claudia Graziano. [Wired News]
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- UK Encryption Wars - The British government's latest, and widely criticized, crypto policy results in its postal service planning to offer key recovery services this year. By Yaman Akdeniz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12492.html
- UK Stands Firm on Domains - A British court reaffirms a decision giving companies priority for domain names associated with their corporate brands. By Mike Bracken. [Wired News]
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- Uncle Sam Wants Spooks - You've got a knack for technology. You love intrigue. You look good in a trenchcoat, and you don't mind a middling salary. How about a career as a super-secret spy? By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
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- Upending Net's Rebel Nature - The Internet isn't the force for change that many believe, says an itinerant world traveler who visits the farthest corners of the Earth to train human-rights workers in the use of information technologies. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
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- UPS Fights Post Office on Crypto - The United Parcel Service filed a formal complaint with the US Postal Service watchdog, saying that the post office unfairly introduced a secure document technology. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
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- US Domain Name Plan Unveiled - Long-awaited draft of rules for both technical and commercial addressing issues calls for competition, international control, and ending the US government's role in Net regulation. [Wired News]
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- US Sees Bright, if Dicey, Digital Horizon - Information technology is pushing the economy forward faster -- and it could be a wonderful future if we manage the tumult carefully, says the Commerce Department's new report, "The Emerging Digital Economy." [Wired News]
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- Wary Optimism on US Domain Plan - The Clinton administration is expected to release its policy on administering the Net's domain name system in the next week or so. After months of criticizing the preliminary White House proposal, most skeptics are guardedly hopeful. [Wired News]
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- Washington Nabs a Spammer - The state files its first lawsuit against an alleged junk emailer, using a new consumer law aimed at spammers. You'll never guess the defendant's name. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
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- Watchdog Eyes Data Miners - The Center for Democracy and Technology wants to turn up the heat on online privacy. Will its new Web site make things hot enough? By Steve Silberman. [Wired News]
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- Wheels of Justice Grind Slowly - A lawsuit challenging the Clinton administration's controversial encryption policy cools its heels in appellate court while the judge waits for another court to rule on a similar case. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- When Spam Goes Bad - A consumer group and the Federal Trade Commission will cast light on the problem of junk email tomorrow -- with a comprehensive report and a "dirty dozen" spam-scam list. By Deborah Scoblionkov. [Wired News]
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- Who Gets to Cut Domain Deck? - Into the vacuum left by the White House domain-name policy have rushed a crowd of Net "stakeholders" who want to have a hand in charting the name system's future. Several conferences are in the offing. By Jennifer Sullivan and Dan Brekke. [Wired News]
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- Who's Minding the Net? - The organization that will govern the Internet has been established, pending final approval. But at least one sticky problem remains. By Niall McKay. [Wired News]
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- Whodunnit? - Why are the courts making such a mess of the Telecommunications Act of 1996? Former FCC chair Reed Hundt was hoping you'd ask. [Wired News]
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- Will AOL Deal Torpedo MS Case? - Microsoft claims the possible acquisition of Netscape by AOL "pulls the rug out from under" the Justice Department's antitrust case. Not so, says the prosecution. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Will Colleges Make the .edu Grade? - A nonprofit coalition of universities has stepped forward to take charge of the prestigious .edu domain. Critics want the domain to be more democratic and open to high schools and colleges. [Wired News]
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- Will Law Threaten Crypto Gains? - Newt Gingrich and Representative Bob Goodlatte toured Silicon Valley, promising to loosen restrictions on the encrpytion industry. But critics said a bill before Congress could unravel any progress the pair made Tuesday. By Ashley Craddock. [Wired News]
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- Wired News Privacy Report Card - Can you trust Netscape, Microsoft, Geocities, and others with your personal information? Wired News takes stock. Perspective by James Glave. [Wired News]
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- Wired Updata: Still Super - Malaysia's digital-infrastructure-rich city of tomorrow, Cyberjaya, the crown jewel of the Southeast Asian nation's multimedia strategy, is still keeping its head above water, despite a typhoon of a currency crisis. [Wired News]
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- Wiretapping Internet Phone Lines - How will companies that offer telephony be affected by federal wiretapping laws? It's up to the Federal Communications Commission. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]
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- Wiring Schools, in Fits and Starts - The FCC set up the Schools and Libraries Corp. to speed the process of getting schools online. The system is becoming a target for congressional flak. [Wired News]
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- With Newt in the Valley: A Silicon Dream - Gingrich and Oracle president Ray Lane said they'd work together to put computers in housing projects. The details were left a little fuzzy. [Wired News]
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- WTO: Unleash E-commerce Now - Experts say online transactions could be worth US$300 billion by 2000. But that will never happen unless global leaders get going, warns the head of the World Trade Organization. By Stewart Taggart. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Information No Longer Secret - The Senate prepares to vote on millennium bug legislation that would allow companies to share information on potential Y2K solutions without legal reprisal. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
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- Y2K SOS on 911 - Try to report a fire in the new millennium and you get no answer. Officials talk about how to get emergency communication networks ready for 2000. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Y2K Spells One Big Traffic Jam - Airplanes won't fall out the sky when 2000 arrives, but a Senate committee says the millennium bug could trigger major disturbances of US transport systems. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
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- Y2K: We're All in This Together - A ripple of community activism may reverse the tide of ignorance, denial, and sensationalism about the millennium bug. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
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- Y2Kaboom? - If either the Americans or the Russians fail to solve the millennium bug problems associated with their nuclear weapons arsenals, it could be a dark, cold winter. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16217.html
- Yahoo Yanks Investor Gossip - A Canadian company has been granted a dozen court orders demanding that ISPs hand over the names of those who posted inflammatory comments online about the firm in an investor forum. By Christine Whalen. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13645.html
- You Call This Self-Regulation? - Former FTC Commissioner Christine Varney warns that the market isn't doing much to protect consumer privacy -- and the alternative is government action. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12823.html
- You Will Do Windows - A Sun Microsystems engineer testifies that Microsoft might as well have been brandishing a knife when demanding that Java include Windows-specific features. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/16771.html
- You've Got War - Islamic proponents of holy war find the Net a handy place to defend their ideology and troll for new adherents to the cause. By Arik Hesseldahl. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/14608.html
- Your Vacation Plans For Sale? - Major airlines and the nation's largest flight reservation system will begin collecting private consumer data -- including travel itineraries and passenger contact information -- raising fears that the data could wind up in the hands of direct marketers. By Michael Stutz. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/13583.html
- Zeroing in on Valley Clout - Senator Conrad Burns, in Silicon Valley to rub shoulders with the captains of high tech, sees no end to the US battle over crypto policy but lauds the news that the FBI will talk to the industry about the issues. By Spencer E. Ante. [Wired News]
www.wired.com/news/news/story/12683.html
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