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The recording industry has reached an agreement on royalty rates and terms with non-commercial webcasters such as Internet-only webcasting operations and college radio stations. The deal means that the recording industry has now negotiated agreements covering every Internet, cable and satellite radio company. The agreement discounts rates for webcasts during the period 1998-2002 as well […]

WASHINGTON — For the time being, proponents of a bill to prohibit U.S.-based banks and credit card companies from making payments to Internet gambling sites have folded their hand in a parliamentary attempt to trump amendments to the legislation that have slowed the movement to curb online gambling. As originally introduced by Rep. Jim Leach […]

When billionaire financier Carl Icahn acquired 80 percent of Reston, Va.-based XO Communications and led the debt-ridden broadband telecom out bankruptcy in January, he said the company would not be timid about growth. He proved that Friday afternoon with a $700 million bid for bankrupt high-speed telecommunications firm Global Crossing. XO’s offer is comprised of […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and NASA are teaming to bring technologies such as remote sensing to the American farmer. The five-year agreement permits the USDA to draw on NASA’s expertise in monitoring, mapping, modeling and systems engineering. According the USDA, the primary purpose of the project is to help increase the production efficiency […]

Financial losses from computer crime are down significantly from last year according to the latest Computer Crime and Security Survey conducted by the Computer Security Institute (CSI) and the FBI. According to the survey, overall financial losses totaled $201.7 million, a sharp drop from the previous survey total of $455.8 million. Overall, the number of […]

According to a new report, the CIA’s view of high tech tools for intelligence analysis is based on “risk exclusion” instead of “risk management” and the policy has resulted in an implicit message to analysts: technology is a threat, not a benefit. The report, Failing to Keep Up With the Information Revolution, was written by […]

Calling for a return of the Clinton-Gore era of high tech prosperity, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (D.-Conn.) is proposing a tech-centric economic plan as part of his presidential campaign. Speaking in San Diego Wednesday, Lieberman said his economic plan would provide additional tax cuts to help spur growth in the high tech sector, increase funding […]

Federal agencies are making “significant strides” in dealing with longstanding IT security issues but much work remains, according to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) FY 2002 Report to Congress on Federal Government Information Security Reform. Although the report says the Bush administration has “applied more rigorous IT security reviews, more threats and vulnerabilities […]

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the U.S. military’s lead agency for communications and information technology, has selected Symantec’s DeepSight Threat Management System and DeepSight Alert Services to serve as key early warning security solutions delivering actionable to DISA’s Department of Defense Computer Emergency Response Team (DOD-CERT) on global cyber attack activity and vulnerability risks. […]

The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) is helping to build the infrastructure for the National Virtual Observatory, a project the agency says will make astronomy research based on archival data easier and more efficient by use of grid services and NCSA computing resources. According to the NCSA, the Digital Virtual Observatory will make heavy […]

The House and the Senate are $1.7 billion apart in their IT spending plans for the Department of Defense (DoD). Last week, the House slashed that amount from the 2004 National Defense Authorization Act while the Senate approved the request backed by the Bush Administration. Overall, both chambers approved more than $400 billion in budget […]

WASHINGTON — Add the Rid Spam Act to the growing list of anti-spam bills in Congress that already includes the Can Spam Act and the Reduce Spam Act. Introduced Friday in the waning moments before Congress’ Memorial Day recess, this newest stab at curbing the rising flood of unwanted, unsolicited e-mail would allow consumers to […]