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Schneier gets 'uninvited' from TSA body scanner hearing

...by the US Transportation Security Administration, was asked to testify before the US Congress about TSA's security screening initiatives, only to be "formally uninvited... Read more

27 March, 2012 by Elinor Mills

US Congress probes iOS app makers over privacy

US congressmen have sent letters to Apple boss Tim Cook and 33 iOS app makers as they extend their probe of privacy policies concerning mobile apps Read more

23 March, 2012 by Josh Lowensohn
Stolen NASA laptop held space station codes

Stolen NASA laptop held space station codes

...that contained sensitive information, the space agency's inspector general told the US Congress on Wednesday in testimony highlighting NASA's security challenges."The March... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Steven Musil
NASA's 2013 budget boosts manned flights

NASA's 2013 budget boosts manned flights

The Obama administration's budget plan for NASA in 2013 includes funding for the ISS and commercial manned spaceflight, but cuts the amount of cash available for Mars exploration Read more

14 February, 2012 by William Harwood

Websites employ pop-ups to protest piracy bill

Some websites in the US have resorted to pop-ups alerting users to the Stop Online Piracy Act being debated in Congress Read more

17 November, 2011 by Elinor Mills

CISPA cybersecurity bill clears US Congress

The US Congress has passed a highly controversial cybersecurity bill, despite President Obama's... Read more

27 April, 2012

US Congress to vote against net-neutrality policy

A committee in the House of Representatives is planning to vote on whether to rescind net-neutrality regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission in December Read more

1 March, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
<endeca_term>US Congress</endeca_term> Committees 1.5

US Congress Committees 1.5

...State -By Party -By House Committee -By Senate Committee The goal of US Congress Committees is to provide all citizens with important information about their... Read more

23 February, 2012
<endeca_term>US Congress</endeca_term> Watch for iOS 1.0

US Congress Watch for iOS 1.0

...even view their twitter and youtube pages! And the best part is US Congress Watch is free!Stay in Touch with US Congress!- Only app... Read more

20 September, 2011

US renews Patriot Act despite surveillance concerns

...The US Congress has approved a four-year extension of the Patriot Act despite... Read more

31 May, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

SOPA, Protect IP support wavers in face of online protest

...copyright bill may be working: some of its previous supporters in the US Congress are backing down. A number of US politicians have withdrawn support... Read more

19 January, 2012 by Declan McCullagh and Elinor Mills

Wikipedia to turn off for 24 hours in SOPA protest

...and other content providers, were seen as having unassailable support in the US Congress and Senate, but a crescendo of dissent from technology and online... Read more

16 January, 2012

Book review: Republic, Lost

...Republic, Lost, Lessig does not cite McGinnis in tracing the way the US Congress has been corrupted without being criminally corrupt, but he could have... Read more

9 January, 2012
Pioneer Goetz rebuts software patent critics

Pioneer Goetz rebuts software patent critics

Marty Goetz — the man granted the first software patent in 1965 — wades back into the intellectual-property debate with more views on why software should be patentable Read more

17 December, 2011 by Marty Goetz

EU and US sign draft passenger data pact

...the DHS Office of Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, and the US Congress, provisions which were not in the 2007 agreement, according to the... Read more

18 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

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JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

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pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

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Jake Rayson

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archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

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unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

15 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

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DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

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Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

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Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

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UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

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Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

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Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

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Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

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apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

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