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US Agrees Ban On Offshore Casino Access
News We're going to ban Internet gambling except for horse racing. The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday evening to slap broad restrictions on Internet gambling by targeting credit cards and bank accounts that Americans use to pay offshore...
[June 11, 2003, 10:32]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback You need to install AdAware (www.lavasoftusa.com) update it, and run it. Or use Spybot S&D: http://www.spybot.info Everyone should download and try one of these programs. If you have popups coming up all the time, weird toolbars in Internet...
[March 9, 2004, 15:35]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback I agree with the 'spyware' block, a lot of programmes get installed and you don't even know about them, some may have Viruses
[March 9, 2004, 11:31]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback "Spyware is needed because it affects the performance of your computer. Plus our personal information is stored into the computer which hackers could get into if you didn't have this sotware or in some unlucky people already have.dollars for a pc...
[March 8, 2004, 14:03]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback I think they should hang these people. There is not going to be anything done about this until they make stiffer penalties. It is a shame that when something good (like computers and internet) come out that someone has to screw it up to make you...
[February 25, 2005, 14:35]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback Spyware is needed because it affects the performance of your computer. Plus our personal information is stored into the computer which hackers could get into if you didnt have this sotware or in some unluckyk people already have.dollars for a pc...
[March 7, 2004, 11:00]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback I am very glad to hear that something is being done about the spyware pop ups. I am so sick of them appearing on my computer every single time I try to get online. The only way to get rid of them is to completely shut my computer down or restart it.
[March 7, 2004, 5:36]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
Talkback I think it's a great idea to make companies have permission before installing anything on peoples computers. I'm sure many people would appreciate not having to download spyware unknowingly, or unwillingly.
[March 7, 2004, 3:31]
US Commission To Recommend Ban On Net Gambling
News Even with an outright ban on Internet gambling, it may be difficult to prevent offshore casinos from taking bets from American citizens. On Friday, the nine-member National Gambling Impact Study Commission will recommend a complete ban of online...
[June 17, 1999, 9:27]
US Legislators Seek To Ban Spyware
News A trio of Washington lawmakers is seeking to stop the spread of "spyware" and "adware" that hijacks people's computers without their consent. Late last week Barbara Boxer, Conrad Burns, and Ron Wyden, introduced the "Spyblock" Act, aimed at...
[March 4, 2004, 8:00]
US Report: Senate Passes Net Tax Ban
News The Internet Tax Freedom Act cleared the upper chamber after nearly a week of debate in which members tacked on numerous amendments dealing with online pornography, electronic verification measures and children's privacy, adding considerable...
[October 9, 1998, 10:42]
Deceptive URLs And 'virtual' Porn Banned
News The US House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to ban pornographic Internet sites with misleading addresses and computer-generated child pornography. The other amendment, which free speech advocates like the American Civil...
[March 28, 2003, 12:14]
US Politicians Oppose Tax On Net Access
News With only months left on a moratorium restricting state governments from taxing internet access, the US House of Representatives on Tuesday began a debate over whether the ban should be made permanent or allowed to lapse.
[May 23, 2007, 11:08]
Toxic Tech Threatening Developing World
News Trade watchdog the Basel Action Network (BAN) revealed in the study that the global trade in toxic discarded computers has escalated. Local experts on the trade told BAN that 500 containers of used computer scrap of various condition and ages enter...
[October 26, 2005, 9:45]
A Year Ago: Netscape Announcement - Giant Lizard Eats San Francisco
News Most notably, the cryptographic features are missing -- in part because that portion of the source contains code licenced from RSA Data Security and cannot be distributed freely, due to the US Government's ban on encryption exports.
[March 31, 1999, 6:02]
Misleading URLs May Become Illegal
News Last year, the US Supreme Court slapped down Congress' first attempt to ban nude images of computer-generated minors and underage teens, saying the 1996 law violated the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of expression.
[March 27, 2003, 10:12]
Fast: 'Ban Them From Any Internet Use'
News We're asking them to co-operate with us and ban people from using their networks, and make a register amongst themselves of people where they have been [found out]. In an interview on Monday — based largely on readers' submitted questions — Fast...
[October 30, 2007, 12:32]
UK Bookies Toe The US Government Line
News Ed Pownall, spokesman for online bookmaker Blue Square, said: "Obviously the US is holy grail territory for us, but we've never accepted US bets, which is a policy based on the fact that if in 10, 15 or 20 years' time they do start awarding...
[May 9, 2003, 14:50]
UN Attacks Tech Giants Over China Co-operation
News In the US, any such ban would have to comply with the First Amendment's protections of freedom of speech. Paschal Mooney, an Irish politician and delegate to the Council of Europe, called for a global ban on internet hate speech, meaning remarks...
[November 1, 2006, 9:42]
UK A Nation Of Pornographers And Spammers
News This spokeswoman also says that the way in which the hole was exploited means that the spam could quite feasibly have originated from the US or anywhere else in the world, making IDT's ban on all communications from the UK seem even more ill-advised.
[October 29, 1999, 13:10]
