PC Landfill Tax May Be On The Horizon
A group of prominent politicians is proposing a national sales tax on each CRT and LCD display sold, as well as on any device containing a CPU. The money would be used to help solve the problem of...
View ArticleP2P Fight Heads To The Supreme Court
On March 29th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of MGM vs. Grokster. A number of industry trade groups, consumer advocates and lawyers have filed briefs in support of peer-to-peer...
View ArticleThe Coming Crackdown On Blogging
According to experts, political blogs are in for some rough times in the coming months and years. New campaign reforms being proposed may alter how the political blogging community operates...
View ArticleOhio Residents Will Need License To Sell On eBay
A new Ohio law, effective May 2nd, requires residents to obtain a license and post a $50,000 bond in order to sell on eBay as part of a business. While occasional sellers are probably immune, it is...
View ArticleBlogging vs. Your Job
CNET has posted an interesting FAQ about blogging and your job. The bottom line is that if you blog, do it on your own time and don't talk about your employer in your blog. Also, employment laws will...
View ArticleKerry Claims Bush Supporters 'Hacked' US Election
Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of former presidential candidate John Kerry, has claimed that the 2004 presidential election might have been computer hacked by supporters of President Bush...
View ArticlePITAC Cyber Security Report
The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) has released the latest Cyber Security Report. Among other findings, the PITAC states that "The information technology infrastructure...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Goes After Violent Video Games
Hillary Clinton, a possible 2008 presidential candidate, has condemned violent videogames as a "major threat" to morality, and may make it one of the leading issues of her campaign...
View ArticleU.K. Government Funding Open Source Initiative
The government of the U.K. is funding an initiative, called the Open Source Academy, to increase the use of open source software within the public sector. The initial focus of the initiative is create...
View ArticleOnline Dating Sites May Soon Be Regulated in Some States
The State of Florida is debating legislation that would regulate online dating sites by forcing them to disclose information about what kind of member screening measures are in force at each particular...
View ArticleSpammer Who Was Making $750K Per Month Sentenced To 9 Years
One of the nation's biggest spammers has been sentenced to 9 years in prison. According to court records, his spamming operation was grossing about $750,000 per month by sending out at least 10 million...
View ArticleICANN Approves .JOBS and .TRAVEL Top Level Domains
The ICANN Board has approved the creation of two new top level domains (TLDs). The .jobs and .travel top level domain registries have been designated to be Employ Media and Tralliance Corporation,...
View ArticleWTO Ruling Puts U.S. Online Gambling Ban In Limbo
The U.S. ban on Internet gambling was dealt a blow this week, as the World Trade Organization ruled that certain aspects of the ban violated international trade agreements. The case was brought before...
View ArticleTheft of Personal Information on 310,000 Americans at LexisNexis
European data broker Reed Elsevier, operator of the LexisNexis system, today announced that 59 security breaches of its databases may have resulted in the theft of personal information on 310,000 U.S....
View ArticleBill Gates Wants To Eliminate H1-B Quotas
Bill Gates spoke at the Library of Congress and said that he wanted to see H1-B quotas, which currently stand at 65,000 per year, be eliminated. He said that H1-B quotas pose a great threat America's...
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