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Under the provisions of a bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday night, U.S. Internet service providers could be required to block access to or pull advertising from offshore Web gambling sites. In either case, a federal or state court order would be required and ISPs would be under no legal obligation to […]

The House dropped plans Tuesday night to vote on a bill that proposed to grant webcasters a six-month reprieve from controversial copyright royalty rates after the webcasters and the music labels indicated they were nearing a compromise. Webcasters contend that the rates for Internet radio streams, which are retroactive to October 1998, are onerous and […]

Verizon Wireless, the nation’s largest wireless service provider with more than 30 million users, is rolling out its previously announced AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) for its customers with two-way, text-enabled wireless phones. The launch extends the relationship between AOL and Verizon, which added wireless access to AOL e-mail and other content in August via the […]

The U.S. IT workforce has grown less than one percent since the start of the year, while the demand forecast by IT hiring managers for new workers has dropped sharply according to a newly released update to the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) annual workforce study, Bouncing Back. The Arlington, Va.-based ITAA’s quarterly update […]

WASHINGTON — As vendors sipped coffee and anticipated the arrival of Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge at the Homeland Security Tech Expo, reaction to the Bush Administration’s draft version of its National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace released Wednesday was one of enthusiasm followed by rueful smiles, winks and nods. Others simply chose to say no […]

PALO ALTO, Calif. — After nearly a year of testing the waters, the Bush Administration Wednesday released its first draft of its long awaited “National Strategy for Securing Cyber Security.” Written by a White House panel headed by Bush cyber security advisor Richard A. Clarke, this early version of the plan proposes that businesses and […]

In a move expected to generate approximately $150 million in annual revenue, Primus Telecommunications Group is acquiring the U.S.-based retail switched voice services customer base of Cable & Wireless USA for $32 million. The acquisition could potentially add approximately 31,000 small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) and large corporate customers to the McLean, Va.-based Primus’ existing […]

Eliminating the positions of chief operating officer and president, America Online is making sweeping changes in its senior management structure as the Dulles, Va.-based division of AOL Time Warner continues it efforts to revitalize its Internet service. As part of the restructuring, AOL Chairman and CEO Jon Miller, the former USA Interactive executive who took […]

Legislation originally intended to prevent tampering with physical authentication features affixed to software, movies, CDs and similar products has lost the support of its lead Republican co-sponsor, Sen. George Allen (R-Va.), because of Senate Judiciary Committee changes that open the scope of the bill to digital or cyber authentication marks and, according to Allen, exposes […]

WASHINGTON — Three major consumer groups are calling for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to define the common tactics of bulk spammers as unfair and deceptive trade practices as part of a campaign against “an increasingly out-of-control epidemic” of unsolicited e-mail. Unlike previous efforts which have focused on fraudulent products or services offered through e-mail, […]

The Templar Corp. has been selected as the exclusive provider of data sharing technology for an integrated mobile wireless network being developed through the CapWIN Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN) Project. By using Templar’s Informant product, transportation and public safety data in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia will be accessible on a wireless […]

The Department of Defense is evaluating Xybernaut’s wearable computers configured with Protolex field force automation tools during the reconstruction of the Pentagon. The mobile/wearable computing solution, which includes inspection, maintenance, quality assurance and project management capabilities, was developed by the Lanham, Md.-based Protolex for use by site supervisors. As part of the Pentagon reconstruction, site […]