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  • Broadband Bill is a 'Dangerous Fantasy'
  • Changing times in tech mecca
  • Blue Martini Goes Continental
  • Nev. lawmakers OK Internet gambling
  • New Navy-Marine intranet aims to cut legacy apps
  • Broadband Deregulation is Essential
  • Ax moldy, Cold War tech-export law
  • Defense sites track visitors
  • Senate Passes Bill To Ease Copyrights For Net Learning
  • Washington State's Highest Court Upholds Anti-Spam Law
  • Florida Utility Uses CRM To Conserve Energy
  • Turkey restricts Web content
  • Legislation urged to protect corporate data, theft of e-mail addresses
  • FTC Member Says Privacy Concerns Becoming 'Hysteria'
  • State Department behind the Internet times
  • House Leader Resurrects Carnivore Concerns
  • Report Supports Move To End IT Export Controls
  • Bangalore Fishes in Troubled U.S. Tech Waters
  • eBay Lawyer Lobbies U.S. for Spam Bill
  • Germany to Update E-Commerce Law
  • Bar Association May Oppose UCITA

Broadband Bill is a 'Dangerous Fantasy'
A broadband bill before Congress is a "dangerous fantasy," TechCentralStation.com host James K. Glassman told the House Judiciary Committee in testimony today

Changing times in tech mecca
Computex, the world's third-largest trade show, highlights chip rivalries, handheld computers and the problems facing Taiwan's tech-heavy economy.

Blue Martini Goes Continental
Blue Martini Software is headed for Europe with a few new tricks in its bag. The CRM software company with the intoxicating name has opened a handful of European offices and is toting new language versions of its application suite.

Nev. lawmakers OK Internet gambling
The Silver State has become the cyberstate as Nevada lawmakers voted to permit Internet gambling by casinos there.

New Navy-Marine intranet aims to cut legacy apps
The Navy-Marine Corps Intranet, the largest single government IT project in history, is on schedule. And as work continues, thousands of legacy applications are being discovered and excised.

Broadband Deregulation is Essential
The Eastern Management Group Addresses Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation (CSEF) on the Merits of the Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act

Ax moldy, Cold War tech-export law
Computing power dwarfing that used to build the most advanced weapons is now available to foes of the United States, making computer-hardware export controls a waste of time.

Defense sites track visitors
One in four Web sites run by the Defense Department have no privacy statement posted, according to an oversight report released.

Senate Passes Bill To Ease Copyrights For Net Learning
The U.S. Senate passed a bill that would ease copyright restrictions on Internet-based content to allow more opportunities for distance learning.

Washington State's Highest Court Upholds Anti-Spam Law
The Washington State Supreme Court unanimously overturned a lower court ruling that had struck down the state's anti-spam law.

Florida Utility Uses CRM To Conserve Energy
Florida Power & Light Co. has launched an Internet-based home energy survey designed to help its customers trim their electricity consumption.

Turkey restricts Web content
Turkey's parliament passed a law that subjects the Internet to the same restrictions as print media but abandoned plans to require official permission to set up a Web site.

Legislation urged to protect corporate data, theft of e-mail addresses
A congressional subcommittee exploring the need for new cybercrime legislation was urgedby private-sector officials to back laws protecting the confidentiality of security data shared with the government.

FTC Member Says Privacy Concerns Becoming 'Hysteria'
Federal Trade Commissioner Thomas Leary said that he doesn't expect the FTC to impose significant regulations on B2B exchanges or privacy issues.

State Department behind the Internet times
At the State Department, where government officials are responsible for watching the world, thousands of employees must get in line to use the Internet.

House Leader Resurrects Carnivore Concerns
House Majority Leader Richard Armey wants to look into privacy concerns associated with the FBI's controversial Carnivore e-mail surveillance technology.

Report Supports Move To End IT Export Controls
A group of 28 national security experts today released a report recommending that Congress eliminate all federal export controls on computers, because the existing limits are no longer effective.

Bangalore Fishes in Troubled U.S. Tech Waters
India's technology state Karnataka is launching a drive to lure U.S. industry players facing cost runs due to a sectoral slowdown into relocating their operations to its capital Bangalore.

eBay Lawyer Lobbies U.S. for Spam Bill
Stricter laws are needed to protect Internet auction users from spammers who harvest e-mail addresses from auction sites, an eBay executive told U.S. lawmakers at a House subcommittee on crime hearing on cybercrime.

Germany to Update E-Commerce Law
The German government has drafted an update of a 1997 teleservices data protection law that would bring it more in line with the European Union's recent e-commerce directive and ease the heavy regulatory burden on e-tailers.

Bar Association May Oppose UCITA
The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act faces more woes, this time from the American Bar Association.

 

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