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Mass. legislators back Net wine sales
November 15, 2005
Taking cue from Supreme Court decision, commonwealth legislators move to allow online purchases from small out-of-state wineries.
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Day 2: Experts talk about ID theft
October 26, 2005
Members of News.com's ID theft roundtable panel open up a discussion with News.com editors and our readers.
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Can Congress be trusted to secure data?
April 3, 2006
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why Washington is hell-bent on a data breach law that could lead to a train wreck.
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New tax for broadband customers?
July 1, 2005
Legislators say broadband companies should contribute to fund for rural areas. Customers would bear load.
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ICANN bosses slam Net phone regulation
April 15, 2005
Lawmakers who define VoIP as phone technology will paint themselves "into a pretty big corner," Vint Cerf says.
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Florida works to kill potential VoIP tax
March 15, 2005
Florida legislators take step toward killing law that could tax businesses using Internet telephony and other networking technologies.
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FTC spotlights proposals on P2P risks
December 8, 2004
Trade regulators say file-swapping companies are starting to regulate themselves on consumer issues.
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Data privacy standards, American style
October 11, 2005
NetIQ's Kimber Spradlin says that when it comes to data privacy, the EU is way ahead of Uncle Sam. That may be about to change.
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Get ready for 'Son of Can-Spam'
October 10, 2005
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh has a bead on lawmakers' latest plans to get tough--once again--on the spam epidemic.
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iPod forever? Not in its current form
July 14, 2006
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says demand for interoperability will force gadget vendors to bring down tech barriers.
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Cox president calls for level playing field
June 6, 2006
Speaking at GlobalComm, he says all he wants is to compete fairly using the same sets of rules the phone companies use.
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Lawmakers tackle national e-waste problem
May 24, 2005
House Republicans, Democrats join in push for national law as environmental groups sound alarms.
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Va. proposal would track sex offenders by e-mail, IM
December 12, 2006
Backed by MySpace, attorney general to propose law next year that would make his state first to require registration of online aliases.
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If video games kill, what about the Bible?
March 18, 2005
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper says blaming the coarsening of society on the game development community is simply a cop-out.
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Navigating the law of unintended consequences
March 14, 2005
A legislative rush to prevent privacy violations could create more problems than they solve, says CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh.
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Charting tactics in the war on spam
June 18, 2003
Christine Gregoire, attorney general from Microsoft's home state of Washington, has some advice for federal lawmakers cooking up spam laws: Don't stifle commerce, and let individuals have their day...
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When PCs pollute
August 17, 2005
E-waste poses health risks in developing world, and gear makers have to own up to the problem, activists say.
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Could broad anti-RFID laws cause problems?
July 14, 2005
Panelists at an industry event to evaluate RFID complain of "Luddite" activists, politicians. But they do want encryption.
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