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The United States will eventually transfer oversight of the Internet domain naming system (DNS) to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Just exactly when, however, is still at issue. At a Department of Commerce hearing Wednesday, John Kneuer, the acting assistant secretary for communications and information, said the U.S. government remains committed […]

And another one bites the dust. Kazaa, once one of the titans of the illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) file-swapping business, reached an out-of-court settlement Thursday with the music industry. Under the terms of the settlement, the Australian-based Kazaa agreed to pay a reported $100 million to the trade organizations representing the international music industry. Kazaa, owned […]

Schools and libraries would be required to block access to social networking sites and chat rooms under legislation approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives. Approved on a 410-15 vote, the Deleting Online Predators Act aims to curb the use of the Internet by child predators. The bill calls for any school or library […]

All right, enough already. Drop it. Cease and desist. Alto. Let’s give Ted Stevens, new Internet meme star, a break. While we pause for Moveon.org to launch another million e-mails mocking the senior Republican from Alaska, some background: Last month Stevens, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, gave a rather, well, interesting explanation of how […]

Legislation toughening penalties for child predators — online and offline — passed the U.S. House of Representatives today on a voice vote. The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 creates new criminal penalties for embedding words or images in the source code of a Web site to deceive children into viewing obscene […]

The Business Software Alliance (BSA) said Tuesday it collected more than $2 million in settlements from 19 companies admitting to software piracy. In addition to the settlements, each company agreed to delete any unlicensed copies, purchase any needed replacement software and strengthen its software management practices. “We hope that these announcements will encourage other businesses […]

Perhaps it’s only fitting David Carruthers is sitting in a Texas jail since his life is turning into a country and western song. A little more than a week ago, Fort Worth officials detained Carruthers, the CEO of online British oddsmaker BetonSports plc, on a number of U.S. related gambling charges. Tuesday, he was fired. […]

Reporter’s Notebook: The U.S. House of Representatives expects to vote this week on one of the more controversial data breach disclosure bills before Congress. With stronger measures to choose from, the House Republican leadership decided to promote legislation allowing data brokers to conduct an investigation of a breach and determine if notification to consumers is […]

Advanced Micro Devices confirmed weekend rumors Monday morning that it is buying graphics and chipset specialist ATI Technologies in a $5.4 billion cash and stock deal. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD will acquire all the outstanding stock of ATI for $4.3 billion and 57 million shares of AMD common stock based on the July 21 closing […]

The war on cyber terrorism scored a major victory Wednesday when British authorities arrested a London man wanted in Connecticut for allegedly aiding and abetting a terrorist Web site operation. Syed Talha Ahsan was charged with participating in a conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, including the creation and use of Web sites, e-mail […]

WASHINGTON — Microsoft pledged Wednesday to continue to comply with the court-ordered provisions of its historic antitrust settlement after parts of the deal begin expiring next year. As part of its post-antitrust settlement pledge, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, outlined 12 principles that would guide Redmond in the future development of its Windows operating system, […]

A week ago, David Carruthers, the urbane, 49-year-old British CEO of BetonSports PLC, was campaigning to legalize, regulate and tax Internet gambling in the United States. Today, he is sitting in a Fort Worth jail cell. As CEO of BetonSports, Carruthers oversees an online gambling empire with licensed operations in Europe and the Caribbean basin. […]