Avatar Posted by elishassah 5650 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Google drops $5 million on D.C. lobbyg 2010
Google spent more money in Washington in 2010 as it tried to make its case while fending off federal regulators. Doing business in the nation's ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by zimansuf2 5738 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: new Congress tackle privacy Net neutrality
Rep. Tom Price, chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, said yesterday that this week's elections will provide "an opportunity for ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by delmheunge 5696 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Assange freed on bail court rules
Julian Assange had been lying low for months as the WikiLeaks saga unfolded, but this week he&39's been the center of worldwide attention in a U.K.... read more »
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Avatar Posted by respnomafranf 5707 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Chinese leader googled self got mad Google?
Every leader enjoys moments of revelation. In the case of Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member Li Changchun, it seems that his came the moment... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Sophia001 5626 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Man uses GPS on Droid refute speeding ticket
Sometimes, all of Google's wonderfully intrusive inventions can come in useful. I am moved, you see, more than usual by a story in SkatterTech of a m... read more »
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Avatar Posted by acaiberriesfx 5690 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: FTC approves Intel acquisition of McAfee
Intel has received a thumb's up from the Federal Trade Commission for its proposed purchase of McAfee. The chipmaker confirmed the news yesterday ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by sirpnores14kuy85 5509 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Google building Skype-alike software Chrome
Heads up, Skype. Shortly after releasing software for audio and video chat as an open-source project called WebRTC as open-source software, Goog... read more »
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Avatar Posted by howtomakeawebsite 5726 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: My private memory hole
Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below. In "1984," George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, protagonist Winston Smith is ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by clememeeml 5672 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: U.S. patent awards surge 2010; IBM still tops
The number of U.S. patents awarded jumped significantly from 2009 to 2010 among the 10 companies that got the most. (Credit: IFI Claims) There's ... read more »
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Avatar Posted by duoutras 5698 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: WikiLeaks Assange granted bail London
WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange was granted bail today by a London judge, but prosecutors said they will appeal the decision. In a media-mobbed... read more »
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Avatar Posted by kerngesund 5584 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Report: U.S. issue terror alerts via Facebook Tw
The Department of Homeland Security&39's notoriously perplexing color-coded alert system. (Credit: Wikipedia) The Department of Homeland Securit... read more »
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Avatar Posted by TrumnTrib 5551 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: FCC launch disaster alert system cell phones
The Federal Communications Commission is expanding its familiar emergency alert system notifications sent over TV and radio to now include mobile pho... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Adam01 5711 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: FTC wants voluntary Do Track Web
The Do Not Call list easily tops the list of the Federal Trade Commission's popular successes, with one official joking that that it became "the m... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Sophia003 5726 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: TSA plans modest changes virtual strip searches
An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight change... read more »
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Avatar Posted by rleisersir 5549 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Leahys Protect IP bill even worse COICA
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) today introduced a revised version of a controversial bill that would give the Department of Justice and individuals new p... read more »
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Avatar Posted by lveptep 5557 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Lawsuit accuses Apple others of fixing worker pay
A diagram from the suit demonstrating how the tech companies allegedly reached agreements on hires and compensation. (Credit: Lieff Cabraser Heiman... read more »
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Avatar Posted by celgmoncler 5683 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Sony wants LG phones of U.S. market
LG&39's Lotus Elite, one of the phones Sony believes is infringing on its patents. (Credit: Josh P. Miller/CNET) Sony wasn't about to let 2010 expi... read more »
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Avatar Posted by healthcentral 5632 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: Obama dines Jobs Zuckerberg other tech honchos
President Obama talks jobs and the economy with some of the nation&39's top tech leaders. Seated at the president's left is Apple CEO Steve Jobs' a... read more »
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Avatar Posted by Lillian 5709 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: WikiLeaks Assange feel heat (roundup)
Whistle-blower site continues to face heavy criticism and a criminal probe, while founder Julian Assange, sought by Swedish authorities, remains in h... read more »
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Avatar Posted by pharmacykingmak 5714 days ago (http://news.cnet.com)
Category: Politics | Tags: WikiLeaks files detail U.S. electronic surveillanc
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining "security measures, passwords,... read more »
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