- Tue Aug 4 1998 House clears copyright act
Months after the Senate's vote, the House OKs a bill safeguarding copyrights for music, software, and written works online.
Posted by Courtney Macavinta
- Fri Oct 6 2006 Standards to stimulate e-voting?
Experts gather at MIT conference to discuss the many obstacles blocking the adoption of voting technology.
Posted by Candace Lombardi
- Fri Aug 2 2002 Software licensing act amended
A group of legal experts modifies a proposed overhaul of state laws governing software licensing to address widespread concern about consumer rights.
Posted by Alorie Gilbert
- Wed Oct 27 2004 E-voting jitters abound
Security expert Herbert Thompson says secure e-voting depends on further advances in software engineering. Until then--keep your fingers crossed.
Posted by Herbert Thompson
- Tue Oct 5 2004 Electronic voting and copyright?
John Palfrey, director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, says Diebold's bid to use copyright law to put a lid on the public debate about the integrity of electronic voting is ill-conceived.
Posted by John Palfrey
- Thu Apr 22 2004 California votes against Diebold
State election officials recommend decertifying some of the company's voting machines after an investigation confirms that errors were made.
Posted by Paul Festa
- Wed Apr 21 2004 Voting panel grills Diebold
The elections systems vendor comes under fierce questioning the day after a staff report for the California secretary of state charged it with breaking state elections law.
Posted by Paul Festa
- Thu Apr 1 2004 Experts downplay 'spim' threat
Spam aimed at instant messengers is on the rise. As corporations adopt IM, how big a threat will unsolicited messages prove to be?
Posted by Marguerite Reardon
- Thu Feb 16 2006 Locking down America's Net defenses
Andy Purdy, acting director of DHS' National Cyber Security unit, says that though progress has been made in protecting the Net, the work isn't done.
Posted by Joris Evers
- Mon Mar 26 2007 Senators skeptical of Real ID Act rules
Two years after voting for federalized ID cards, some politicians are having second thoughts about the rules.
Posted by Anne Broache
