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U.S. Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.) is taking aim at the controversial practice of Internet-assisted hunting, garnering support from the Humane Society and the Safari Club International, odd bedfellows behind Davis. Davis dropped a bill into the hopper earlier this week to ban guides from operating sites where remote users can shoot mounted rifles at live […]

WASHINGTON — LexisNexis and ChoicePoint took their lumps before Congress today after admitting to more customer data security breaches not previously disclosed by the data brokers. The breakdowns all occurred prior to 2003, when a California state law began requiring brokers to disclose breaches to consumers. While no numbers were disclosed to a testy Senate […]

WASHINGTON — The 108th Congress ducked telecom reform over the last two years with a timeless dodge: the 109th Congress would deal with it. Thomas Donohue, president of the National Chamber of Commerce, says don’t believe it. “I don’t see [telecom reform] getting anywhere this year,” Donohue said. Donohue’s comments came during the announcement of […]

With data ID thieves increasingly putting the bite on consumers, U.S. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) moved Monday to add more teeth to her two-year-old identity-theft legislative proposal. Based on a California state law, the bill requires a business or government agency to notify an individual in writing or by e-mail when it is believed that […]

In introducing tech-related legislation today, U.S. Sen. George Allen rolled out one of his favorite themes: old taxes and new technology are a bad combination. In particular, the Virginia Republican doesn’t think a tax from the Spanish-American War has any place in an IP world. Allen’s Federal Internet Tax Prohibition Act of 2005 seeks to […]

When the World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a ruling Thursday in a trade dispute involving Internet gambling services, Washington quickly claimed victory over the tiny island nation of Antigua. The smallest nation in the WTO, however, refuses to fold its digital hand. In a ruling specific to the U.S. and Antigua, the WTO’s appellate panel […]

The federal government today revved up its campaign against fraud in the nation’s E-Rate program, announcing a 22-count indictment against six companies and five individuals. The indictments follow two convictions for fraud and two settlements last year in the $2.25 billion program that helps schools and libraries connect to the Internet. Thursday’s indictments by a […]

Come fly with me and surf the Internet while you’re at it? Adding new meaning to high-speed connections, communications firm Arinc is rolling out two-way satellite broadband service for business aircraft. Under a license granted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Annapolis, Md.-based company’s SkyLink can service up to 1,000 private aircraft over the […]

Antigua came up craps today as the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body sided with the United States in an Internet gambling dispute. The decision, according to the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR), allows the U.S. to continue its ban on online sports and casino wagering. Home to a number of online […]

WASHINGTON — Congress is toying with the idea of mandating one standard for all online music platforms. Thanks but no thanks — the industry can figure it out, said music industry and consumer groups at a congressional hearing about the plan Wednesday. During a hearing to discuss mandating interoperability standards between competing music platforms such […]

TechNet, the political networking group of technology CEOs, has raised its visibility in Washington by naming White House official Lezlee Westine as its new president and CEO. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based organization also announced plans to open its first Washington office when Westine, who currently serves as the White House director of public liaison and […]

MCI is providing high performance computing company Cray with an IPv6 network in order to perform interoperability testing on its supercomputers. IPv6 is the next generation protocol for the Internet, which currently uses IPv4. The existing IPv4 protocol is almost 20 years old. IPv6 is expected to address limitations in IPv4, including limited IP address […]