TechNet, a lobbying firm representing Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and more, have sent a letter to Congress in support of the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. More...
After more than a year of investigation, it seems that the FTC feels Google has been exploiting its position at the top of the market to ensure that rival services do not get a chance to oppose. More...
ZTE, a Chinese phone vendor, has been caught selling CISCO gear to Iran which goes against sanctions placed upon Iran and was planning to cover up the operation. Congress now wants to ban ZTE products More...
The U.S. House of Representatives' Intelligence Committee will release a report today that claims that products made by Chinese-based ZTE and Huawei should be kept out of the US for security reasons. More...
A bipartisan coalition of US Representatives is demanding answers about the lack of transparency regarding dubious copyright claims and the possibly illegal seizure of several domain names. More...
After the Republican party managed to reject the Cybersecurity Bill in Congress, indications have suggested Obama could issue an executive order for the bill, completely cutting Congress out. More...
CISPA, the bill hailed as 'the new SOPA,' passed through Congress by a healthy margin, despite cries from privacy advocates, and the Obama administration's threats to veto the bill. More...
A new piece of legislation is causing an uproar among privacy advocates regarding the bill, which encourages ISPs to share information regarding cybersecurity threats and piracy with the government. More...
Two United States Congressmen proposed a bill on Monday that would require most video games to carry a warning label, similar to those found on cigarettes, but cautioning about violent content. More...
Google has been called to Congress to talk about its new privacy policy but dont think about trying to attend as this meeting will be held behind closed doors. More...
Opposition to SOPA and PIPA continues to grow in the House of Representatives, while the Senate has more supporters of the bills than opponents as of Thursday evening. More...
Some of the proponents behind the Stop Online Piracy Act aren't practicing what they're preaching, as IP ranges coming from the US House of Representatives were traced to illegal downloads. More...
SOPA author Lamar Smith has released a list of his supporters. While they're mostly media companies, law firms and publishing companies, there are a few interesting exceptions. More...
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee is hold a hearing on Friday to deal with spectrum and public safety problems. Key Republican lawmakers have released a draft of spectrum auction and public safety band... More...
Every public tweet ever posted, since March 2006 when Twitter began, will be archived by the US Congress. Whether it be the first tweet by co-founder Jack Dorsey or Conan O'Brien's tweet announcing his surprise... More...
If you're getting confused about when the DTV transition will happen, you're not alone. As it stands today, Congress has passed a law to delay the DTV transition until June 12th; the bill... More...
Acer confirmed the launch of its smartphone on Wednesday in an invite to Pocketlint, an U.K based gadget news and reviews site. Since Acer acquired smartphone maker E-Ten (a.k.a) Glofiish last year there had been... More...
It seems as if Yahoo, which is currently playing second fiddle to Google in many of their competing offerings including search and online video, just can't get a break these days. Today, congressional investigators have... More...
Scott Cleland, chairman of net neutrality forum NETcompetition.org, believes moves to extend internet regulation in the US will stifle future web video innovation and hence urged the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet to... More...
Some technology vendors and advocacy groups see new opportunities in the U.S. Congress in 2007, with issues such as patent reform and data protection getting fresh life under a Democratic-controlled legislature. Democrats took control of... More...
With Tuesday's elections giving the U.S. Congress a Democratic bent from its previous slant to the Republican side, that means the shift will probably end the prospects for passage of a telecom reform bill. The... More...
The purported problem of violent and sexually explicit video games has resurfaced on politicians' agenda as the November election draws near. A U.S. House of Representatives committee on consumer protection says it will hold a... More...
Recycling paper, plastic, and glass has become routine, but what are you supposed to do with the old laptop or analog television that's taking up precious storage space in your attic or basement? Electronic devices... More...
Even as they move rapidly toward taking action against malicious software programs in the next few weeks, federal lawmakers recognize that any move they make will likely have a limited effect on the huge problem... More...
It will soon become legal to alter a motion picture so long as all the sex, profanity, and violence have been edited out, thanks to a bill called the Family Movie Act, an attachment to... More...
The U.S. Senate today announced legislation to stop identity theft. To accomplish this goal identify theft would have harsher penalties of up to two years in prison. However this bill does not address... More...
Some good news today came from Congress that the Anti-Spyware bill is making steady progress. Hopefully this bill will take a direct hit at spyware once it's passed. A U.S. congressional... More...
The U.S. Congress is considering removing scenes parents don't want their kids to see. This editing of movies won't require the consent of studios or directors reports The Inquirer. The U.S.... More...
Congress appears to be preparing assaults against peer-to-peer technology on multiple fronts. A draft bill recently circulated among members of the House judiciary committee would make it much easier for the Justice Department to pursue... More...
The Senate began debating a corporate tax bill yesterday that affects The Boeing Co. and Microsoft Corp. The House simultaneously started reworking its corporate tax cut, significantly reducing its cost to the U.S. Treasury, and... More...
Straight from the jaws of Slashdot: "Along with suing Novell - it was announced today that SCO has been lobbying Congress about the horrifying ways that Linux and the rest of open source... More...
Congress approved a bill Monday outlawing some of the most annoying forms of junk e-mail and creating a "do not spam" registry. By a voice vote, the House approved the bill containing... More...
Congress moved significantly closer to the first-ever federal protections against unwanted commercial e-mails with the House passing a bill Saturday that would impose new limits on sending irritating offers on the Internet. Final approval by... More...
Congress has reached an agreement on antispam legislation and could vote on it as early as Friday afternoon, a move that would end more than six years of failed attempts to enact a federal law... More...
Members of Congress on Thursday said new laws aimed at restricting pornography on peer-to-peer networks might be necessary, as police vowed to step up enforcement efforts. During a hearing of the House Government... More...
The first e-crime congress has opened the debate on online crime again and delegates have been told to view crime of this nature as an 'aggravated' form of normal crime. The UK National... More...
In an effort to find a way to safely dispose of high-tech waste, federal legislation was introduced this week that would impose a $10 fee on PCs, monitors and laptops to pay for recycling centers.... More...