An Internet-fueled backlash against air traveler screening is growing amid signs that the Transportation Security Agency will consider slight change...
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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...
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The Federal Communications Commission is expanding its familiar emergency alert system notifications sent over TV and radio to now include mobile pho...
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AUSTIN, Texas--U.S. Sen. Al Franken wants tech savvy entrepreneurs to keep pushing Congress to protect Net neutrality.
Senator Al Franken (D-Minn.)...
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Congressional Republicans are starting to condemn the Obama administration for not doing enough to curb WikiLeaks.
In a calculated affront to of...
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Over the last decade or two, the U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly extended the First Amendment's formidable legal shield to the Web.
In 1997, ...
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Oh, yes, you all take your iPads everywhere with you. You love them. They are so simple even a child can use them without a manual.
But not everyone...
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The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments in Schwarzenegger v. EMA, a cas...
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The topic for today's Senate Homeland Security hearing was supposed to be air cargo security.
But in the wake of growing public concern about the ...
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today unveiled 36 graphic cigarette warning images, 9 of which will make their way to cigarette pack...
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A group of lawsuits filed yesterday by Priceline founder Walker Digital take aim at Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and more than 100 other comp...
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WikiLeaks encountered another round of criticism in Washington political circles today as the two senators who head the Senate Intelligence Commit...
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Every leader enjoys moments of revelation.
In the case of Chinese Politburo Standing Committee member Li Changchun, it seems that his came the moment...
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Google and the U.S. Department of Justice are said to be close to reaching a legal settlement over Google's intended $700 million acquisition of t...
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In a victory for the free speech and privacy rights of Amazon.com customers, a federal judge ruled today that the company would not have to turn ove...
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Comcast today said its proposed deal to acquire control of General Electric's NBC Universal won't get regulatory approval by the end of the year, as ...
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Twitter has just hired its first employee in Washington, D.C.
The microblogging site confirmed today that Adam Sharp, currently an executive produ...
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ordered clandestine surveillance of United Nations leadership, including obtaining "security measures, passwords,...
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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....
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Florida has officially banned jurors from tweeting.
New jury instructions adopted by the Supreme Court of Florida, which judges will pass along to...
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