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- Cheney backs Net access tax ban, more R&D
spending
- White House proposes
spectrum plan
- Baby Bell Broadband
Deregulation Bill To Resurface
- Feds
look for better data on attacks against agency systems
- Worldwide
E-Government Still Overcoming Hurdles
- Desperado
storms Capitol Hill
- Microsoft
makes 'clean break' on security policy
- Canada
Earns Top Loyalty Points for E-Gov Services
- FTC
sues to stop gathering of personal data
- Siberia's
Silicon Valley
- FTC assesses
first fines for violating online kids' privacy law
- Frustrated
Tech Investors Trade Brokers for Lawyers
- Tech
lobbyists dangle stock carrot
- Fifty-Four
Percent in U.S. Support FBI E-mail Snooping
- Law
Requiring Schools To Filter Internet Access Causing Problems
- Bush
names insiders to FCC
- Europe
Learns Its E-Commerce Dos and Don'ts
- Computer
Vandals Face 10 Years' Jail Under NSW Laws
- Federal
government eyes more IT outsourcing
- E-mail
Could Cancel Saturday 'Snail Mail'
Cheney
backs Net access tax ban, more R&D spending
The Bush administration
supports a permanent ban on all Internet access taxes and wants Congress to approve
such a measure by the end of this year. White
House proposes spectrum plan
The Bush administration will support efforts
to move TV broadcasters off a portion of the airwaves earmarked for advanced wireless
services. Baby
Bell Broadband Deregulation Bill To Resurface
The leaders of the House
Energy and Commerce Committee plan to reintroduce legislation that would dramatically
expand the number of high-speed Internet customers that baby Bell operating companies
are permitted to serve. Feds
look for better data on attacks against agency systems
Federal officials
estimate that only about 20% of the computer crimes committed against government
agencies are being reported -- a level that the Bush administration and Congress
want to increase. Worldwide
E-Government Still Overcoming Hurdles
Although many government bodies
are taking steps to implement online services, a report released by consulting
firm Accenture concludes they still have "a long way to go." Desperado
storms Capitol Hill
The battle over online music drew stars to Congress,
as singer Alanis Morissette and former Eagles musician Don Henley joined Napster
and record label executives to debate the future of Net music. Microsoft
makes 'clean break' on security policy
Microsoft Corp. announced a broad
set of security initiatives and new product features that it says will make the
Windows product line among the most secure software on the market. Canada
Earns Top Loyalty Points for E-Gov Services
Noting that governments have
the largest customer bases of any entities in the world, global consulting giant
Accenture released the results of its eGovernment study of 22 countries and how
well they are delivering government services online to their citizens.
FTC
sues to stop gathering of personal data
The Federal Trade Commission said
it has filed lawsuits aimed at halting the operations of three online "information
brokers" that offer to locate personal financial data, such as bank balances,
in return for fees. Siberia's
Silicon Valley
When Dmitri Simonenko visits his company's 35 programmers,
it lends new meaning to the word commute. It's a 20-hour haul from his Chantilly,
Va., home to his native Novosibirsk, Russia, a city of 1.5 million people dubbed
"Siberia's Silicon Valley" FTC
assesses first fines for violating online kids' privacy law
The Federal
Trade Commission said three Web sites will pay penalties totaling $100,000 for
violating the year-old Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and warned that
more fines are likely in the next few months. Frustrated
Tech Investors Trade Brokers for Lawyers
Just over a year ago, investors
were pushing each other out of the way to place "buy" orders for soaring tech
stocks. Today, the crowds are forming instead at lawyers' offices. Tech
lobbyists dangle stock carrot
Back in the days of heady stock prices and
endless launch parties, a group of hotshot dot-com executives had a dream. Reveling
in the promise of newfound wealth, the group, formed Pac.com, a political action
committee that planned to collect money and stock from flush dot-commers and divvy
it out to candidates who supported a Democratic, tech-friendly vision.
Fifty-Four
Percent in U.S. Support FBI E-mail Snooping
"While an overwhelming majority
of U.S. residents worry about Internet crime like child pornography and credit
card theft, slightly more than half say it's OK for the FBI to monitor suspects'
e-mail. Law
Requiring Schools To Filter Internet Access Causing Problems
For Twin
Cities schools, the information age soon will be turned upside down. It won't
be what students see on the Internet that matters, but what they don't see.
Bush
names insiders to FCC
President George W. Bush has named three Washington
insiders with extensive experience in both policy-making and politics to the Federal
Communications Commission. Europe
Learns Its E-Commerce Dos and Don'ts
With European e-commerce lagging
some 18 months or so behind that in the States, the U.S. dot-com shakeout has
served as a highly visible business lesson for European e-tailers -- helping to
prevent them from making many of the same mistakes. Computer
Vandals Face 10 Years' Jail Under NSW Laws
"Online fraudsters and computer
vandals who spread viruses face up to 10 years jail under new cyber crime laws
introduced in the New South Wales parliament. Federal
government eyes more IT outsourcing
The Bush administration is ordering
federal agencies to consider outsourcing an increased amount of their services,
and IT operations are viewed as prime candidates. E-mail
Could Cancel Saturday 'Snail Mail'
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow can
keep mail carriers from their appointed rounds -- but maybe e-mail can. The easy,
instantaneous and worldwide communication offered by the Internet was one of the
factors cited by the U.S. Postal Service in its decision to consider the possibility
of eliminating Saturday delivery.
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