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ZDNet Government - Nov 15, 2008
The battle over net neutrality is back on. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) will introduce a bill in January to preserve neutrality, Reuters reports. Dorgan feels legislation is “definitely necessary,” said Frannie Wellings …
Also tagged: fcc, net neutrality
ZDNet Government - Oct 28, 2008
Well, here come the Congress-critters to carry water for the giant corporations that broadcast what they call television and are crazy to stop a national wireless network delivered over the so-called “white spaces,” …
Also tagged: white spaces
ZDNet Government - Oct 14, 2008
In addition to the Pro-IP Act, President Bush signed two other Internet-related bills, these related to kiddie porn and child predators. The Protect Our Children Act requires Internet companies to report child …
Also tagged: justice
ZDNet Government - Oct 14, 2008
Get ready for the Copyright Czar. President Bush just signed the Pro-IP Act (the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008), which provides for a new executive position dedicated to …
ZDNet Government - Oct 12, 2008
The bottom is falling out of the market for spying on Internet users. Adzilla says it is leaving the North American market to focus on a part of the world with a seemingly limitless appetite for snooping – Asia …
Also tagged: privacy
ZDNet Government - Oct 11, 2008
There’s no word yet on whether President Bush will sign the PRO-IP bill [ZDN] but big business and labor were united in favor of the bill that creates a copyright czar in the executive branch. The bill originally …
Also tagged: copyright
ZDNet Government - Oct 5, 2008
Update: Google and Yahoo agree to “briefly” delay the deal to give Justice time to look into it. (New York Times) Congress continued its poking around in the Google-Yahoo deal with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) calling on the …
Also tagged: google
ZDNet Government - Oct 2, 2008
The U.S. House of Representatives website continues to suffer severe latency this morning. A Firefox visit at 6:30 am Pacific time took easily 10 seconds to load and the associated style sheet never did load. The …
Also tagged: it management
ZDNet Government - Oct 1, 2008
The way economists see it, there’s the financial economy and the “real” economy. While Wall Street is in a genuine crisis and there’s clearly been a tightening of credit, it’s not clear that the collapse of the …
Also tagged: microsoft
ZDNet Government - Sep 30, 2008
The Senate passed the Webcaster Settlement Act, described here. The bill goes to President Bush, who is expected to sign it. “I’m relieved, optimistic, and grateful to our listeners,” said Tim Westergren, founder of …
Also tagged: riaa