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The erosion of anonymous Internet speech

January 25, 2006 Attorney Eric Sinrod warns against the unintended consequences of a new law designed to prevent telephone harassment. TAGS: identity, speech, law, harassment, telecommunications, First Amendment, freedom, person, Internet Service Provider

Net neutrality or Net censorship?

July 24, 2006 ACLU's Caroline Fredrickson says Dick Armey's criticism of the Christian Coalition misses the point. TAGS: Net Neutrality, speech, Internet Service Provider, AT&T Corp., innovation, Comcast Corp., e-mail

Blog censorship gains support

April 14, 2005 Survey finds most Americans believe bloggers should not be allowed to publish sensitive information about individuals. TAGS: respondent, blogger, survey, censorship, blogging, journalist, blog, personal information, speech, opinion, Google Inc.

High court rejects CDA

June 26, 1997 The Supreme Court finds the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional under the First Amendment. TAGS: Communications Decency Act, First Amendment, statute, speech, minor, provision, court, children, law

Why employers are cracking down on e-mail

July 26, 2006 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that employers increasingly resort to firing employees who abuse electronic communications. TAGS: electronic communication, employer, workplace, First Amendment, blogging, speech, communication, firing, worker, IM, e-mail

Google's Schmidt pitches 'self-governing' Net

February 6, 2007 CEO says nightmare scenario would be an online environment subject to tight regulations, policing of digital identities. TAGS: Eric Schmidt, speech, Google Inc., CEO

The freedom to disallow speech in cyberspace

March 7, 2007 Attorney Eric Sinrod says tech industry escaped a close call that might have imposed shackles on search engines and Internet service providers. TAGS: plaintiff, First Amendment, defendant, cyberspace, freedom, speech, Internet search engine, search engine, federal judge, identity, argument, Google Inc., decision, Internet service, service provider, Internet Service Provider

Microsoft's Mundie: A bottom-up approach to tech

October 16, 2006 newsmaker The high-ranking Redmond exec talks about spreading tech to emerging nations and the challenges of keeping software safe. TAGS: Craig Mundie, Trustworthy Computing, speech, Microsoft Corp., security

New Mexico's video game nanny tax

February 11, 2008 PFF's Adam Thierer says the state's decision is a troubling harbinger for makers and users of electronic game technologies. TAGS: New Mexico, tax, video game, kid, Sudoku, speech, children, measure, games, video, TV

Bush calls for computerized medical records

February 3, 2005 The president says he'll ask Congress for new laws to digitize and share medical information about patients. TAGS: medical record, Cleveland, health care, patient, speech, health, record, president, information technology

Anti-China hypocrisy in Congress?

February 1, 2006 Congress will hold hearings about tech firms in China. CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh asks if politicos are truly in favor of free speech. TAGS: China, Kuwait, speech, Rep., leader, president, Google Inc.

U.K. government loses data on driving-test candidates

December 18, 2007 Hard disk containing details on 3 million candidates goes missing at facility run by contractor for the Driving Standards Agency. TAGS: contractor, candidate, speech, hard drive

Gates still has a long to-do list

October 18, 2007 Even as he moves to part time, Microsoft's chairman will keep pursuing tech such as tablet computing, speech recognition.Video: Gates' crystal ball TAGS: Bill Gates, Pall Corp., speech recognition, speech, chairman, tablet, vision, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, PC, video

Bush allies defend NSA surveillance

January 24, 2006 As lawsuits appear and hearings are set, President Bush and allies go on the offensive over the domestic surveillance program. TAGS: NSA, al-Qaida, lawsuit, authority, president, attorney general, speech, 9/11 commission, Adobe PDF, Washington

U.N. blasts Cisco, others on China cooperation

October 31, 2006 At summit, delegates target tech companies abiding by Chinese censorship policies, call for global free-speech regulations. China: We don't censor the Internet. Really TAGS: U.N., Cisco Systems Inc., summit, speech, China, regulation, technology company, law, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Gates on software innovation: 'Magic threshold'

September 16, 2005 Big ideas don't always translate into quick delivery of everyday software. Just think speech recognition. TAGS: speech recognition, WinFS, threshold, Bill Gates, speech, client, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., keyboard, server, Microsoft Windows

FCC official mum on AT&T-BellSouth merger

November 15, 2006 While quiet on merger and Net neutrality, he says government intervention in market failures must be "narrowly tailored and sunsetted." TAGS: BellSouth Corp., AT&T Corp., Net Neutrality, speech, Republican, merger

Ellison sticks to familiar themes at annual confab

December 9, 2004 Oracle chief recycles speech from last year's show and pledges the company would treat PeopleSoft customers right. TAGS: PeopleSoft Inc., Larry Ellison, Oracle Corp., speech, SAP AG, shareholder, IBM Corp., San Francisco, database

For Bill Gates, the next phase begins

June 27, 2008 The Microsoft co-founder takes the spotlight this week as he puts in his final days of full-time work for the software company. TAGS: Bill Gates, Ina Fried, goodbye, co-founder, software company, speech, coverage, chairman, work, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, video

Should YouTube play the censor and sentinel?

November 9, 2007 The high-profile video-sharing site is embroiled in a heated debate over freedom of speech and how to handle potential criminal activity. TAGS: YouTube, censorship, speech, video, Google Inc.
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