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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., candidate, Governor, Webcast, town, Rep., IM, event, TV

NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate

November 16, 2007 Due to procedural oddity, question of whether to shield companies from suits alleging cooperation with the NSA won't be resolved until final floor vote. TAGS: immunity, Patrick Leahy, NSA, amendment, lawsuit, cooperation, telecommunications, telecommunications company, Democrat, Sen., committee, aide, bill, senator, law, Republican

Week in pictures: The boob 'series of tubes'

July 22, 2006 A Sen. Ted Stevens techno remix video and an all-electric sports were some of this week's highlights. TAGS: Sen., Ms., Pac-Man, margin, photograph, video

On Capitol Hill, Google and Microsoft spar over DoubleClick

September 27, 2007 Senators say both sides made good arguments but don't say whether the proposed $3.1 billion deal should be blocked. TAGS: DoubleClick Inc., aQuantive Inc., Capitol Hill, online advertising, senator, advertising company, Google Inc., argument, merger, Sen., antitrust, Microsoft Corp., acquisition

Can technology solve air travel woes?

September 27, 2007 Senators and aviation executives say it'll help. Others warn that travel snafus can't all be blamed on a 1950s-era air traffic control system. TAGS: air traffic control, woe, radar, Sen., senator, GPS, operation

Lawyer ratings site not without objections

June 5, 2007 Venture capitalists give $14 million to a how-to-find-an-attorney Web site that lists Abraham Lincoln, Clarence Darrow and felons as available for hire. TAGS: lawyer, Sen., attorney, general counsel, profile, attorney general, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Senators oppose plan to curb phone taxes

June 12, 2007 Limits on federal spending will "place rural America at a tremendous disadvantage," say pro-tax senators in rural states. TAGS: surcharge, senator, Olympia Snowe, John Sununu, wireless provider, tax, Maine, fund, Republican, fraud, Sen., America

Senators voice alarm over terrorist Net presence

May 3, 2007 Homeland Security committee members air concerns about increasing mobilization of groups like al-Qaida on Web, call for response. TAGS: al-Qaida, Joseph Lieberman, terrorist, Sen., mirroring, homeland security, senator, attack, leader

In presidential race, who's getting techies' money?

April 23, 2007 Index offers a peek at which top fund-raisers appear to be doing well with the tech crowd so far. TAGS: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, employer, occupation, Sen., John McCain, Republican, candidate, Democrat, race, attorney, U.S.

Sen. Clinton: Feds must help parents on video games

June 7, 2006 Hillary Clinton, a longtime critic of video games, calls on the government to do more to find out how electronic media may harm kids. TAGS: video game, Hillary Clinton, Sen., parent, children, media, games, video, TV, president

President defends secret wiretapping

December 19, 2005 As controversy grows over electronic spying on Americans, Bush asserts that taps will continue. TAGS: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, hearing, Sen., president, Democrat, Washington, law, U.S.

Senators won't take away FBI surveillance power

March 21, 2007 Top Democrats and Republicans say they prefer oversight, rather than repealing part of Patriot Act used by FBI for illegal monitoring. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Patrick Leahy, senator, oversight, Sen., agent, Democrat, Republican, power

Congress threatens P2P networks on porn

July 28, 2005 Senators say they don't want to rewrite copyright law--but they're peeved that kids can find porn on file-swapping networks. TAGS: porn, P2P, senator, Sen., holder, Grokster Ltd., copyright law, decision, entertainment

Senate moves toward new data security rules

July 28, 2005 Three congressional committees meet to work on new security breach laws, though their proposals aren't quite ready for final vote. TAGS: data security, security breach, Sen., committee, guideline, notification, social security number, Social Security, data protection, bill, security, law, power

Panel: Don't rush into new data security laws

July 22, 2005 Lawyers, academics and former federal officials question urgency of enacting broad-based national rules now pending in Congress. TAGS: Marc Rotenberg, data security, Sen., Rep., legislation, incentive, lawyer, law, security

GAO: Security agency broke privacy laws

July 25, 2005 The TSA broke the law by failing to report why it collected data on nearly 250,000 airline passengers, the agency says. TAGS: Transportation Security Administration, agency, notice, Sen., security

Senators push for anti-spyware law

May 12, 2005 Last year's attempt to enact an anti-spyware law failed. This time may be different--but does it matter? TAGS: anti-spyware, spyware, senator, Sen.

Anti-P2P lawmaker gets top Senate spot

March 17, 2005 Sen. Orrin Hatch once suggested that music pirates' PCs be destroyed. Now he's head of the panel writing copyright laws. TAGS: anti-P2P, Induce Act, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, subcommittee, Sen., RIAA, copyright law, chairman, Napster Inc., PC

Ban on monthly Net access taxes faces obstacles

April 17, 2007 Senator behind proposal to curb state and local taxes on Internet access is trying to extend the ban again, but says he may not succeed. TAGS: Ron Wyden, tax, Internet access, ban, Rep., Sen., government, senator, telecommunications company, Republican, bill, DSL, Washington, telecommunications, Yahoo! Inc.

FBI chief blames computers for privacy flap

March 27, 2007 Senators are told FBI's misleading reports on surveillance are due in part to transferring information between databases--by retyping it manually. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, general counsel, letter, Sen., database, e-mail
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