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Do we need a national ID card?
May 23, 2006
There's something wrong when data brokers know more about you than the cops know about felons, CNET editor Robert Vamosi says.
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Broadband boondoggle in the making
January 4, 2005
Tropos Networks CEO Ronald Sege says a new Pennsylvania law will slow the launch of faster, less expensive wireless broadband.
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Compulsory ID cards for U.K. citizens
February 14, 2006
All will be required to register within five years. Critics warn U.K. is "sleepwalking towards a surveillance state."
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Preparing for the open-standards onslaught
October 17, 2005
CCIA President Ed Black explains why he thinks Massachusetts has set an example other governments will follow.
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If you believe in broadband, free IPTV
November 2, 2005
Bruce Mehlman and Larry Irving warn that regulations threaten to strangle a promising broadband technology.
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Police Blotter: Is it legal to use an alias anymore?
October 12, 2007
Arizona senior citizen sentenced to 10 years for inventing the name "Peter Reynolds" and using it to open bank accounts, pay his monthly bills.
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New Orleans to offer free Wi-Fi
November 30, 2005
The Big Easy is building its own wireless Internet network--and it plans to offer free access to all citizens.
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EU unveils e-government action plan
April 27, 2006
Calls for all 25 member states to embrace greater use of online services that will ensure "no citizen is left behind."
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Pioneering desktop Linux project put on ice
September 5, 2006
Norwegian city won't make shift soon, but the man behind the plan denies that the project has been canned.
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When elephants make love, the grass gets trampled
November 10, 2006
perspective Back from the first United Nations Internet Governance Forum, attorney Steve Ryan assesses whether it achieved its stated purpose.
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Voters approve citywide fiber project
July 18, 2005
Residents of Lafayette, La., vote to fund a citywide network to provide high-speed Net, telephony and TV.
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