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Congressman criticised for GSM quote
News The GSM community has responded to a southern California congressman who has called for the adoption of CDMA mobile technology in post-war Iraq, to ensure the rebuilding efforts don't benefit European vendors at the expense of US industry.
[March 31, 2003, 10:09]
Let studios hack P2P networks, says US politician
News A California congressman is preparing a bill that would let copyright owners, such as record labels or movie studios, launch high-tech attacks against file-swapping networks where their wares are traded.
[June 26, 2002, 12:00]
Google fends off Katrina criticism
News Despite a recent Google blog post that attempts to clarify the situation, the subcommittee still expects responses to Miller's letter, said Luann Canipe, communications director for the congressman. The congressman's concern is that it was...
[April 3, 2007, 9:29]
US Report: E-mail announces Bradley 2000 bid
News On the Republican side, former California Congressman Bob Dornan has an unofficial site hosted by an ad-hoc group of supporters. Ohio Congressman John Kasich has an official site for his own exploratory committee.
[December 10, 1998, 9:05]
Al "I invented the Internet" Gore bars press from speech
Blog Comment A]s the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President.
[March 26, 2008, 16:34]
Scarborough Country
Downloads Former Congressman Joe Scarborough hosts a nightly blend of political commentary and fiery debate on MSNBC. The show features interviews with politicians and opinion leaders on the days top stories, plus the real deal.
[May 2, 2007, 7:11]
US law targets e-waste 'nightmare'
News Hoping to wake the country from its "e-waste nightmare," a US congressman has introduced a Bill intended to address the increasing volumes of obsolete computers. The Computer Hazardous-Waste Infrastructure Program (CHIP) Act would require the...
[July 22, 2002, 6:57]
Internet firms attack US broadband bill
News In a letter to Congress on Tuesday, the companies told Congressman Joe Barton, a Texas Republican, that his bill to revamp telecommunications laws "would fail to protect the Internet". Internet companies including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo are...
[March 29, 2006, 16:00]
US government wants a few good hackers
News Including members of law enforcement, a congressman and security experts, the panel illuminated the problems the government has in securing systems and appealed to hackers not to make it any harder -- both to help the government and to help...
[July 16, 2001, 15:47]
Online music services accused of anti-competitiveness
News During a keynote address at the Jupiter PlugIn online music conference in New York, the congressman also roundly criticised the recording industry's moves to prevent piracy of their copyrighted works.
[July 9, 2002, 10:41]
Civil libertarians to keep an eye on spying
News The site contains information about the possible capabilities of Echelon, a rundown of US and European legislation on information monitoring, and a way for visitors to email their Congressman and urge him or her to investigate Echelon.
[November 17, 1999, 16:24]
Security pros: Our defences need work
News There is a perception that we are dealing with hackers out there who need an intellectual challenge, but there are now organised threats," warned David McCrudy, a former seven-term Oklahoma congressman who is now executive director of the ISAlliance.
[September 10, 2002, 8:16]
RSA namesakes win Turing honours
News This year, US congressman Sherwood Boehlert won the RSA award for his public policy work helping promote cybersecurity research, while the mathematics award went to Mihir Bellare and Phillip Rogaway for their work on provable security.
[April 15, 2003, 10:22]
London council ditches Linux plans
Talkback I hope the reason wasn't the last one, though the possibility shouldn't be ruled out, given that Microsoft (as Enron did) pays enormous amounts to American congressman every year. There are several possible explanations for this:
[January 8, 2004, 9:14]
Cyberterror? Don't make me laugh
News The article includes the usual quote that Congressman Curt Weldon offered reporters earlier this year, upon learning that unclassified Pentagon systems had been cracked over the Internet. How do you keep a concept like our perennially impending...
[October 14, 1999, 11:04]
Berners-Lee: Keep the internet free
News Berners-Lee's views on digital rights management (DRM) technology drew questioning, however, from Representative Mary Bono, a California Republican, who was once married to singer-turned-Congressman Sonny Bono.
[March 2, 2007, 8:12]
Is Microsoft losing ground to Linux?
News In March, Peruvian Congressman Edgar David Villanueva Nunez wrote a letter to Microsoft countering the company's attacks against a bill in Peru that could advocate the use of open-source software by the country's government.
[November 4, 2002, 12:11]
Throwing money at technology
News One congressman even stated that a peanut subsidy, with a $3.5bn price tag, 'strengthens America's national security,'" the 335,000-member group said. Rick White, a former Republican congressman who is now chief executive of the bipartisan lobby...
[October 19, 2004, 16:15]
E-voting company faces congressional inquiry
News By abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Diebold has intimidated numerous Internet service providers to comply with its requests.Congressman Kucinich is working to address these problems by providing some of Diebold's internal memos on...
[December 2, 2003, 11:10]
Email answer to anthrax risk
News We have in our office stopped opening mail, but people can still.communicate with their senator or congressman by email or by phone," Cleland said on CNN. Use of email could skyrocket as an ever-widening anthrax investigation turns "snail mail...
[October 17, 2001, 8:53]
