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BBC seeks US funding to help fight censorship

...BBC World Service Trust is in the early stages of applying for US State Department funding for research into combating the censorship of foreign media... Read more

21 March, 2011

Wikileaks blames Guardian for security breach

...newspaper of disclosing the password that allowed access to the 251,000 US State Department cables. The password was allegedly included in WikiLeaks: Inside Julian... Read more

1 September, 2011 by Steven Musil

Congressman wants Wikileaks on terrorist list

...sarin gas on the Tokyo subway. The organisation, which has started releasing US State Department diplomatic cables, "appears to meet the legal criteria" of a... Read more

29 November, 2010 by Declan McCullagh
Longitude for iPad 5.2.5.2

Longitude for iPad 5.2.5.2

...Foreign Affairs, similar to the relationship between "Foreign Affairs" magazine and the US State Department.The magazines mission is to promote the internationalization of political... Read more

22 January, 2012

US quarantines visa system after virus attack

An attack of the Welchia worm lead the US Department of State to shut down its system for filtering visa applications in search of potential terrorists Read more

25 September, 2003 by Matt Hines

US Report: US to spur third-world e-commerce

An initiative to spur e-commerce in developing nations, spearheaded by the US State Department, will grow out of an existing program to help African... Read more

1 December, 1998 by Maria Seminerio

The curious case of the cables on the seabed

...of the Commsday piece where Bob Fonow, one of those ubiquitous ex US State Department advisors who percolate through the industry, talks about the possibilities... Read more

18 August, 2009
Geekender Gallery: Mutant Clones from China

Geekender Gallery: Mutant Clones from China

...Beatles will reform and Gary McKinnon will get a job in the US State Department before Apple's lawyers allow this little beauty within ten... Read more

31 July, 2009 by Rupert Goodwins

Failed on Earth? Try orbit

...folly of a public satellite phone system, has only survived because the US State Department picked it up for a song and made it the... Read more

27 January, 2009

Europe and US finalise GPS-Galileo system

...be significant interference, as well as to provide more comprehensive global coverage. US State Department principal deputy assistant secretary, Reno Harnish, said in a statement... Read more

30 July, 2007 by Natasha Lomas

Renamed Philips Semi wins US passport contract

...added, will be one of the two companies selling chips to the US State Department. The US plans to issue 15 million e-passports in... Read more

1 September, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

Oiling the wheels of education

...average of 19 percent in the last five years, according to the US State Department, and its per-capita GDP will soon be the highest... Read more

23 January, 2006 by Michael Kanellos

Scientists pore over biometric-spoofing tests

...Face scanning is actually less accurate than most, but consultants for the US State Department say the technology was chosen for electronic passports because that... Read more

22 December, 2005 by Michael Kanellos

ICANN still rules the Internet roost

...big deal, if not particularly unexpected — the Bush administration, and therefore the US State Department, had vowed to fight the growing international demand that ICANN... Read more

23 November, 2005 by John McCormick

Internet governance battles to continue

...into this and determine roles by entities without giving sufficient thought." A US State Department official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the United... Read more

18 November, 2005 by Declan McCullagh

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