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Researchers seek funds to study cell phone safety
News Scientists have long debated whether cell phones pose health risk and are now looking for money to fund research to help resolve issue.
Tags: Cellular phones, Children, public health, Wireless, radio frequency, researcher, health care, agency, radio, Cellular phones
Politicos propose new action on Net neutrality
News House bill aims to make the concept enforceable under antitrust law, while senators continue to ponder their own action.
Xerox fires 40 for online pornography on clock
News Xerox, the world's biggest copier maker, has fired about 40 employees this year for looking at pornographic Internet sites at work, the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle reported in its online edition.
Google offers rivals a place in e-books program
News Search giant offers competitors an ability to resell e-books that Google alone could get rights to. But Amazon spurns the offer.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Data Management, Democrat, E-book, Rep., Settlement, Work, Internet, U.S. Congress
UK public targeted by 1,500 monitoring bids per day
News Liberal Democrats claim the United Kingdom has "sleepwalked into a surveillance state" after public authorities make more than half-a-million interception requests in one year.
Tags: Network security, Authentication and encryption, Security, Home Secretary, Democrat, Commissioner, monitoring, technique, service provider, Network security
Net neutrality gets boost from US govt
News The Obama administration includes the FCC's net neutrality principles as conditions for some of the funds it will allocate as part of the economic stimulus package.
Tags: PKI (public key infrastructure), Service level management, Federal Government, Network administration/implementation, Business broadband, Democrat, Broadband, Cable, Net Neutrality, Government
Ballmer: 'Fundamental economic reset' necessary
News Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tells U.S. politicians that economic conditions represent a "once in a lifetime" crisis caused by too much debt and a "restart" is necessary.
Tags: Sales/revenue, Forecasting, Layoffs, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Debt, Democrat, Stock Market, U.S. Senate, Forecasting
US Senate panel OKs US$49B energy 'stimulus' plan
News The Senate Appropriations Committee, over Republican objections that not one hearing had been held on the measure, approves a US$365 billion spending bill.
Tags: Politics, Green IT, Cybersecurity, Republican, Stimulus, Democrat, Byron Dorgan, Broadband, U.S. Senate, information technology
Microsoft calls on U.S. Congress to reconsider bailout
News In a statement, general counsel Brad Smith says the measure was "vitally important to the health and preservation of jobs in all sectors of the economy".
Tags: Government, Microsoft Corp., Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, Brad Smith, U.S. House of Representatives, general counsel, DJIA, financial, job
What the Obama presidency means for tech
News news analysis Democrats in the White House and Congress may have significant repercussions for Net neutrality, trade restrictions and copyright.
Tags: Federal Government, Copyright, Democrat, Free Trade, John McCain, Broadband, Net Neutrality, chief technology officer, Broadband Policy, FCC
UK unveils ID cards for foreign nationals
News Britain's Home secretary Jacqui Smith has unveiled ID cards for foreign nationals, drawing criticism from opposition parties and campaigners.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, Home Secretary, Supplier, Democrat, Database, ID Card, Government, U.K., biometric fingerprint
UK to monitor, store all social-network traffic?
News The U.K. government's proposed Interception Modernisation Programme would enforce tracking and retention of all U.K. citizens' Web communications, including IM conversations.
Tags: Privacy, Mobile platforms/communications, MySpace, Traffic Data, data retention, Tim Berners-Lee, IMP, Bebo, Government, Internet Service
Can new government sort out Thai 3G?
News perspective It seems 3G in the country will be delayed as long as possible so a small minority are kept happy, while businesses, the economy and techy geeks suffer.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Cable, Thailand, Database, ID Card, Standards, font, Government, Cable, CAT
Aus agencies forced to consider open source
News An Australian state has passed legislation encouraging government departments to adopt open-source software.
Organized crime 'will attack ID cards database'
News Organized crime will try and crack the U.K. identity cards database--the National Identity Register (NIR)--the Liberal Democrats warns.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Hacking, Security Management
