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White House Slammed Over Net Porn Bill
News US lawmakers backing a controversial measure to limit online pornography on Wednesday blasted the White House for opposing their proposal. The White House is fighting our efforts in Congress to protect children from Internet porn," said Rep.
[October 16, 1998, 7:02]
US Report: White House Orders Crackdown On Software Piracy
News The White House ordered federal agencies to purge their networks of pirated software Thursday -- and urged other governments to follow its lead. The economic impact of software piracy worldwide was $11bn (£7bn) in 1997, costing 130,000 American...
[October 2, 1998, 11:32]
White House Enters The Napster Fray
News Permitting Napster to shelter itself behind [the act] would defeat this basic statutory quid pro quo," the White House argued. In a brief filed Friday, White House attorneys opposed Napster's argument that PCs should be considered home recording...
[September 11, 2000, 7:57]
White House Confirms Third DoS Attack In A Month
News The White House Web site has been hit by its third denial of service attack this month, which rendered the site inaccessible for more than six hours on Tuesday. The White House has confirmed that the build of traffic created through the attack was...
[May 25, 2001, 12:52]
White House Preps Cybersecurity Plan
News The White House's cyberspace security plan, scheduled to be released Wednesday, envisions a broad new role for the federal government in maintaining Internet security. But because it is backed by the White House during a time of heightened security...
[September 17, 2002, 15:19]
New White House Details Show The Proposed Private Accounts Would Worsen Social Security's Finances
White Papers A fact sheet released by the White House on February 3, 2005 acknowledged that retirees who receive a real rate of return on their private accounts equal to three percent above inflation (which is the Congressional Budget Office's projected rate...
[May 20, 2005, 3:00]
Former White House Adviser Talks Mobile Threats
News Former White House adviser and security strategist Howard A Schmidt discusses whether mobile attacks are overhyped and what new risks have been introduced by virtualisation.
[April 23, 2008, 14:04]
Web Worm Targets White House
News Maiffret, who warned earlier on Thursday that the White House site was the target of the worm, also noted that the flood of data flowing across the Internet during the attack could degrade the overall performance of the Net.
[July 20, 2001, 10:16]
US Report: White House Releases Net Name Plan
News The eagerly awaited final plan, overseen by senior Clinton adviser Ira Magaziner, seeks to resolve the controversy over management of some of the Internet's most basic functions, including the assignment and registration of names for World Wide...
[June 8, 1998, 7:20]
Former White House Official: Governments Rely On Oracle Solutions
White Papers This webcast explains how information sharing provides the foundation of Homeland Security and about Oracle's long history in securing the world's information.
[January 21, 2005, 23:00]
Mission Impossible?: The White House Office Of Homeland Security
White Papers This paper explores the history, authorities, structure, and potential limitations of the Office of Homeland Security, established by the president following the attacks of September 11, 2002. It questions whether the authority of that office is...
[January 17, 2005, 2:00]
US Report: Tech Visa Bill Dies In Senate As Session Ends
News The House approved landmark legislation updating copyright law for the digital age, sending the bill to the White House where President Clinton is expected to sign it into law. The version of the bill up for consideration in the Senate was a...
[October 13, 1998, 10:08]
Developers 'should Be Accountable' For Security Holes
Talkback BUSH White House advisor. The article says he is a "former White House cybersecurity advisor". Let me guess. Heh, I bet I know which administration. Maybe we should pass a law making all cronies liable for all ill effects and opportunity costs of...
[October 12, 2005, 17:49]
Moore: Speech Recognition - To, Two, Too Far Away
News This week, Moore joined Hank Aaron, Bill Cosby, Nelson Mandela and others at the White House to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U.S.s highest civilian award. A champion of both technology and civilisation, Moore took some time out...
[July 11, 2002, 13:52]
Clinton To Propose Net Security Centre
News As the investigation into last week's Internet attacks continues, the White House is expected to propose a new Internet security centre following a meeting on Tuesday between President Clinton and high-tech executives.
[February 15, 2000, 14:25]
Ex-cybersecurity Czar Warns That Complacency Could Lead To Disaster
News So, we reached out to all the security-related agencies -- the NSA, CIA, FBI, even the private sector -- and by 4pm on that day, we had broken the code and knew what was going to happen: At 8pm Eastern Time, 300,000 machines were going to launch a...
[October 24, 2003, 12:30]
Broadcom Warns Bush Over Qualcomm Chip Veto
News Chipmaker Broadcom has urged the White House not to veto a ruling which bans the import into the US of phones containing technology from rival manufacturer Qualcomm. The White House has until 6 August to veto the ITC's decision.
[July 9, 2007, 14:33]
Internet Is Y2K Ready... Almost
News The Internet's core structure is expected to remain operational during the transition to the new year, unaffected by the infamous year 2000 technology problem, a White House official said Tuesday after meeting with a group of Internet experts.
[August 18, 1999, 15:05]
A Year Ago: Clinton To Propose Net Security Centre
News A spokesperson attending the session commented that several of the top executives invited to the White House have been reluctant to attend the meeting out of fear of being pressured into making security steps they'd rather avoid, and are therefore...
[February 15, 2001, 6:04]
Bush To Host High-tech Pow-wow
News Bush held two similar events earlier this year, one at the Texas Governors' mansion, and later a smaller event at the White House. The White House chose not to release an attendance list. If there's any group that has its finger on the pulse of the...
[March 28, 2001, 8:58]
