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In U.K. town, it's fingerprint before you drink

October 24, 2006 Town council says biometric program has contributed to a drop in alcohol-related crime. TAGS: fingerprint recognition, alcohol, crime, town, U.K.

Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-town America

June 6, 2007 Companies don't seem interested in building public broadband infrastructure for small cities, so municipalities will have to get creative. TAGS: EarthLink Inc., city, broadband, vice president, town, vendor, motorcycle, reseller, Florida, project, community, Wi-Fi, AT&T Corp., database

eBay targets Romanian fraudsters

June 27, 2007 A common scheme of those hoping to bilk bidders: send e-mails to people who had narrowly lost an auction. TAGS: Romania, fraudster, eBay Inc., Bucharest, fraud, town, e-mail

MySpace to host college campus presidential town halls

May 10, 2007 Social-networking site to enable users at home to watch a Webcast, send instant-message questions to candidates. TAGS: Sen., MySpace, News Corp., Governor, candidate, Webcast, town, Rep., event, IM, TV

Pandora's music box inspires fans

July 20, 2006 Internet radio service gathers listeners as founder tours the U.S. meeting music lovers. Images: Listening in on Pandora TAGS: Tim Westergren, founder, song, town, artist, music, radio, CD

Rocky Mountain high for open source

February 24, 2006 The man behind Steamboat Springs' move to open source sees big gains for local governments. TAGS: e-government, open source, Linux desktop, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Linux server, town, Microsoft Windows Server, server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

FAQ: How far does the new wiretap law go?

August 6, 2007 Protect America Act signed Sunday temporarily makes it easier for the feds to eavesdrop on calls and e-mail. But what are the privacy impacts? TAGS: NSA, law, vote, Democrat, FAQ, Bush Administration, bill, town, power, U.S., e-mail

A trip into the depths of Las Vegas

July 20, 2007 Taking a visit into the storm drainage tunnels underneath Sin City reveals a community of vagabonds and artists.Photos: Las Vegas tunnels TAGS: tunnel, Las Vegas, town

Net firms lose in House spyware vote

June 6, 2007 House votes for a supposed "antispyware" bill that opponents say will imperil legitimate Web sites too. TAGS: bill, town, vice president, spyware, anti-spyware

Telecoms, cable firms take franchise fight to D.C.

February 16, 2006 Phone and cable executives testified before the Senate Commerce Committee on changing video franchise rules. TAGS: Cablevision Systems Corp., cable company, Verizon Communications, franchise, telecommunications, agreement, town, CEO, AT&T Corp., community, law, process, TV, video

Austin, beware: The SXSW geeks are back in town

March 9, 2007 The South by Southwest Interactive confab brings together bloggers, podcasters, and others for five days of shenanigans, partying, and networking. CNET takes a road trip TAGS: iRobot Roomba, Austin, Dan Rather, geek, town, media, Yahoo! Inc., blog, event, video, speakers
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