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- Whitehouse.gov No Place for Kids?
- For T-Online, the T Stands for Turmoil
- Capitol Rush to Sign Tech Bills
- Critics
blast FBI's first release of Carnivore documents
- Canada
or U.S.: Tough Tech Choice
- U.S. Shuts
Down Net Porn Billing Scam
- Crackdown
Looms for web 'Typosquatters'
- Microsoft,
Govt. Spar Over Appeal Schedule
- Senate
Judiciary Passes Watered-Down Cyber Crime Bill
- OpenTV
Files To Broaden Patent To 1-Click
- Commerce
Department Proposes Belgian Algorithm As New Encryption Standard
- Protecting
E-Copyrights
- Dot.eu on the way
- A
Closer Look At The E-signatures Law
- Privacy
Concerns Extend Beyond Online Transactions
- More
Mixed Reviews for UK E-Commerce
- Senate
Passes Net Liquor Ban
- Local Politics
Key to E-Biz Bliss
- Not Everyone Has
to Be Everywhere
- RIAA Unveils Digital
Music ID Plan
- Different B2B standards
could complicate things
- Technology
Bills Fall Short in Congress
Whitehouse.gov No Place for Kids?
The White House for Kids website
isn't required to comply with COPPA regulations, and doesn't. Also from Declan
McCullagh's D.C. notebook: Porno emails in Congress.... Reporter jailed for porno....
And a post office that wants to expand its domain. For T-Online, the T Stands
for Turmoil
T-Online is Europe's biggest ISP. So why are all its big
shots heading for the door? Capitol Rush to Sign
Tech Bills
Congress is itching to adjourn, but not before dealing with
library porn, mail privacy, cookies and Internet taxes. Those are all part of
massive spending bills Washington hopes to finish soon Critics blast FBI's first
release of Carnivore documents
The FBI released documents about its controversial
Carnivore technology, but critics blasted the lack of information and said they
still could not determine whether the email-tapping program would be an invasion
of privacy. Canada or U.S.: Tough
Tech Choice
Recent Canadian laws affecting capital gains taxes have startups
moving to the United States. Meanwhile, U.S. businesses decry the regs and occasionally
talk about crossing the border north U.S. Shuts Down Net Porn
Billing Scam
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday it
has charged an overseas company and its principals with billing consumers and
attempting to collect payment for Internet-based adult entertainment services
and international phone calls that were never purchased or authorized... Crackdown Looms for web
'Typosquatters'
It seemed genius at the time -- turning Net surfers'
typos into high-volume Web traffic for sale. But it's backfired for one site,
and the FBI is now on the case Microsoft, Govt. Spar
Over Appeal Schedule
Microsoft accused government lawyers of seeking
to curb the company's ability to appeal a breakup order, as both sides continued
sparring over the ground rules for the next phase in the two-year-old antitrust
case Senate Judiciary Passes
Watered-Down Cyber Crime Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved
a slimmed-down version of S. 2448, an anti-cyber crime bill that was stripped
of key privacy provisions and language that would give law enforcement agencies
the ability to obtain a single nationwide court order for wiretap investigations
OpenTV Files To Broaden
Patent To 1-Click
OpenTV, maker of software for digital interactive television,
said it had filed a request with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to broaden
the scope of one of its patents to include so-called 1-Click shopping technology
for television Commerce Department Proposes
Belgian Algorithm As New Encryption Standard
The Commerce Department
is proposing the work of two Belgian cryptographers for the nation's new Advanced
Encryption Standard, which is to be used in federal computer systems and in the
private sector to protect sensitive information. Protecting E-Copyrights
Jack Valenti believes in the unlimited right of movie studios to control
the distribution of their work. But professor Lawrence Lessig says, ''I believe
in the right to hack,'' even if that results in breaking codes that safeguard
new movies on DVD discs. Dot.eu on the way
The ".eu" domain name as an alternative for European business to dot.com should
be operational early in 2001 A Closer Look At The
E-signatures Law
Analysts, software vendors and users examine the impact
of the new e-signatures law on e-commerce Privacy Concerns Extend
Beyond Online Transactions
Legislative and regulatory interest in privacy
may soon broaden beyond online transactions to include wireless networks and off-line
databases, More Mixed Reviews for
UK E-Commerce
Adding haze to what is already a cloudy picture, a trio
of new reports asserts that slow delivery, security fears and pricing problems
will continue to hamstring e-commerce in the United Kingdom... Senate Passes Net Liquor
Ban
Legislators unanimously approve a bill that enables states that ban
online alcohol sales to prosecute firms outside their jurisdiction from selling
inside their borders. Local Politics Key to
E-Biz Bliss
Though California's Silicon Valley is famous for being the
world's haven for e-business, local governments need to better help industry management
and employees deal with the many challenges of life in the area Not Everyone Has to Be
Everywhere
Doing business across Latin America used to be an imperative
for Internet firms. Times sure have changed. RIAA Unveils Digital
Music ID Plan
With an eye toward improving its ability to monitor online
music downloads, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced
Thursday that it is working with other industry groups to develop a standardized
system for identifying digital files of songs... Different B2B standards
could complicate things
Groups of companies such as the RosettaNet organization
are starting to implement business-to-business standards for exchanging data across
supply chains. But enforcing a single set of B2B standards may not be easy. Technology Bills Fall
Short in Congress
The annual congressional circus of debating bills at
the last minute with little or no formal reflection is here again, but this time
Internet and telecom issues are taking center stage.
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