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Google trials text search
News Google representatives could not be immediately reached for comment. Select publishers including Random House, Knopf Publishing Group, and Macfarlane, Walter & Ross are participating in the pilot programme with Google.
[December 18, 2003, 8:40]
Microsoft takes Web services to the home
News Sun representatives were not immediately available to comment. And the online directories needed to house information on devices don’t yet exist, said Mendlen. Microsoft on Tuesday will bring Web services one step closer to home.
[May 4, 2004, 14:40]
Emotional machines - Do we want them?
News ZDNet Australia conducted a short Q&A with Mindsystems representatives. Yes, we have the library in Java, COM and C++/C packages for game machines; and it can be tailored for custom hardware, such as, warning systems or even house hold appliances...
[June 21, 2002, 9:36]
Homeland agency scores 'F' for network security
News The report, prepared for the House of Representatives' Committee on Government Reform, found that almost all agencies had improved their computer-security grade since last year. US federal departments and agencies are showing some improvement in...
[December 10, 2003, 7:55]
Report to Lords will show extra cost of snooping bill
News Many industry representatives describe the Smith Report figures as highly conservative. A report to be presented to the House of Lords Monday claims the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill will cost Britain's ISPs far more than has been...
[June 12, 2000, 9:03]
US Homeland Security CIO blamed for IT woes
News The department charged with safeguarding the security of US computer systems has not been setting a good example and chief information officer Scott Charbo hasn't shown he's serious about fixing its vulnerabilities, said Bennie Thompson, chairman...
[June 21, 2007, 10:35]
HP's email bugging secrets revealed
News HP investigators used the services of ReadNotify.com to trace an email sent to reporter Dawn Kawamoto in an attempt to uncover her source in a media leak, Fred Adler, an HP security employee, said during testimony before a US House of...
[September 29, 2006, 9:35]
Internet firms attack US broadband bill
News Barton is the chairman of the House of Representatives' Energy and Commerce Committee. Internet companies including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are protesting new federal legislation that would not strictly regulate how broadband operators can...
[March 29, 2006, 16:00]
On the merits of data retention
News While news of this legislation certainly comes as no surprise - a Parliament committee voted on the measure in late November - I find it interesting that the passing of this law coincided with the US House of Representatives' approval to extend...
[January 10, 2006, 14:35]
Microsoft bans employees from music swapping
News Microsoft distributed the email the same day that the House of Representatives introduced a bill that would allow copyright owners to legally hack into peer-to-peer networks. Microsoft warned its employees on Thursday night that no swapping of...
[July 29, 2002, 9:07]
Google fends off Katrina criticism
News The initial news attracted concerns from Representative Brad Miller, a North Carolina Democrat, chairman of a House of Representatives science oversight subcommittee. Accused by a Democrat in the US Congress of "airbrushing history", Google said it...
[April 3, 2007, 9:29]
Nanoethics review
Reviews Nanoethics: The Ethical and Social Implications of Nanotechnology reprints Joy's essay, along with testimony Kurzweil gave to the Committee on Science, US House of Representatives, in 2003. You don't have to resort to fearing 'grey goo' to see that...
[October 15, 2007, 12:39]
Court rules in favour of ICANN
News In June, two members of the House of Representatives introduced a bill to block the move. A federal judge has denied a preliminary injunction filed against the organisation that oversees Internet domain names and addresses.
[November 17, 2003, 11:10]
Google keeps up porn probe battle
News But Google's resistance sparked a furore over privacy, with Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, asking the Justice Department for details, and a bill appearing in the House of Representatives that would require Web sites to delete...
[February 20, 2006, 8:05]
Massachusetts CIO steps down
News Earlier this summer, the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Senate did not pass a bond bill that would have financed several technology projects. The chief information officer of Massachusetts is stepping down, complaining about a lack of...
[October 5, 2006, 10:05]
PayPal settles gambling allegations
News The US House of Representatives in May approved restrictions on Internet gambling, but the Senate has not acted. PayPal will pay the US government $10m (£6.16m) to settle allegations that it knowingly transferred funds to unlawful offshore gambling...
[July 28, 2003, 12:21]
Superstars blast file swapping
News On Thursday, industry executives will testify before a US House of Representatives subcommittee in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. On Thursday, a coalition of artists and labels will start running print, radio and TV ads featuring dozens of...
[September 26, 2002, 7:36]
Cash reward offered for arrest of sex.com fraudster
News According to a US House of Representatives report, the online pornography sector averaged $2.7m (£1.84m) per day during 1999, making porn the most consistently successful e-commerce product on the Web.
[June 1, 2001, 17:04]
EC seeking opinion on Google Books project
News The Wall Street Journal on Monday reported that the US House of Representatives's Judiciary Committee is also considering a look at the matter, citing unknown people with whom the committee discussed its plans, and a Google spokesman quoted as...
[July 21, 2009, 9:34]
Anti-spam laws may 'do more harm than good'
News In response to public outcry and clogged inboxes, politicians have been busily drafting more and more anti-spam proposals, none of which has been approved by either the Senate or the House of Representatives.
[August 20, 2003, 11:10]
