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Silicon money: Companies shift strategy, take the offensive
March 27, 2006 Technology industry lobbying has become increasingly aggressive, raising questions about its tactics. Chart: Federal lobbying expenditures Chart: Political contributionsBraving the telecom lobbyist backlash
July 31, 2007 On the eve of his congressional testimony, Skydeck CEO Jason Devitt writes that open access is the key to wireless innovation.Fighting for file swapping on Capitol Hill
November 30, 2004 As chief lobbyist for Kazaa's parent company, Philip Corwin says the entertainment industry is sparing no expense to squash the P2P phenomenon.Copyright lobbyists strike again
August 1, 2005 Hollywood, software firms play game of getting Uncle Sam to promote their interests in treaty talks with aplomb, says News.com's Declan McCullagh.Microsoft, Google square off in Washington
September 27, 2007 Thursday will mark the opening round in the heavyweight fight over Google's acquisition of DoubleClick.Oregon proposes local cell phone tax
April 24, 2005 Major cell phone lobbyists launch a campaign opposing a proposed law for Oregon municipalities to collect a 5 percent cell phone tax.Johnny can so program
May 10, 2005 Hand-wringing over America's supposed technical decline badly misstates the reality, UC Davis computer scientist Norm Matloff says.Getting lobbyists to come clean
July 11, 2007 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod says a new Web site will improve access to information about foreign agents working in the United States.Lobbying backlash could hit bloggers
January 18, 2007 Under a broad new bill, some political bloggers who take ads and urge readers to speak up may have to register as lobbyists.Handicapping the race for FCC chairmanship
February 15, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why an Intel lobbyist could surpass the other candidates.Lobby bill spares political bloggers
January 19, 2007 Senators strike a section that would have required some "grassroots" lobbying groups to register or face prison time.Silicon money: Charts
March 27, 2006 In recent years, tech industry's spending on D.C. lobbyists has more than doubled, according to CNET News.com research.Ashcroft firm lobbies for tech titans
March 21, 2006 eBay, Oracle among companies using former U.S. top cop John Ashcroft as a hired gun.Should cities be ISPs?
June 23, 2005 Lobbyists are pressuring Congress to resolve whether governments should be selling Net access.Microsoft draws new fire for lobbyist ties
April 27, 2005 Gay rights groups say software company should sever relationship with former Christian Coalition director.Net neutrality: Meet the winner
June 12, 2006 Verizon's chief Washington lobbyist, Thomas Tauke, has the political muscle to turn his company's wishes into law.Google does K Street
March 30, 2006 Campaign reform advocate David Donnelly says the company can't win the battle over Net neutrality with an insider strategy.AT&T says cooperation with NSA could be legal
August 22, 2006 Company's lobbyist says "very specific" law authorizes surveillance cooperation, which might let companies off the hook in suits.Congress and tech: Little to show
December 11, 2006 Lawmakers made a lot of noise over MySpace, China and Net neutrality, but tech-related laws were hard to come by.Chart: Federal lobbying expenditures
March 27, 2006 Tech companies are no longer shy about writing fat checks to lobbyists in Washington. Sort through the dollar figures.
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