http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/958/all xx http://www.itworld.com/security/80183/opinion-p2p-law-would-do-nothing-make-congress-feel-good In response to some incidents in which peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing caused sensitive information to show up on computers that it shouldn't be on, Congress reasonably decided to hold hearings in anticipation of actions it might take that would prevent future compromises. Unfortunately, one of the actions that Congress has taken is to consider passage of the most useless law imaginable. http://www.itworld.com/security/80183/opinion-p2p-law-would-do-nothing-make-congress-feel-good#comments Government Security Opinion legislation p2p privacy issues Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:46:47 -0400 ITworld staff 80183 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/79262/lawmakers-eye-bill-make-p2p-file-sharing-safer The House Committee on Commerce and Energy will hold a markup hearing Wednesday on a bill designed to make it safer for consumers to use peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing software. http://www.itworld.com/government/79262/lawmakers-eye-bill-make-p2p-file-sharing-safer#comments Government Security News file sharing legislation p2p Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:31:11 -0400 ITworld staff 79262 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/78129/cerf-turning-pieces-net-not-sensible In an exclusive interview, the Internet 'father' explains how he helped commercialize the Web and what he's doing now at Google. http://www.itworld.com/internet/78129/cerf-turning-pieces-net-not-sensible#comments Government Internet Interview Google legislation Vinton Cerf Fri, 18 Sep 2009 09:22:44 -0400 ITworld staff 78129 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/76813/us-expands-h-1b-fraud-case-against-nj-firm The U.S. government has filed a new, expanded indictment against a New Jersey IT services firm that prosecutors say fraudulently used H-1B visas to reap millions of dollars from reduced employee wages. http://www.itworld.com/government/76813/us-expands-h-1b-fraud-case-against-nj-firm#comments Government News H-1B visa legislation regulation Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:42:25 -0400 ITworld staff 76813 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/70257/open-source-bias-cheered-booed-planned-ec-rules-review Industry groups criticized and praised on Monday what they consider is a bias in favor of open source software in the European Commission's plans to update the rules governing industry standard technologies. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/70257/open-source-bias-cheered-booed-planned-ec-rules-review#comments Government Open Source News legislation regulation Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:19:28 -0400 ITworld staff 70257 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/69884/network-shutdown-bill-faces-changes-aide-says A bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow President Barack Obama to shut down parts of the Internet during a cybersecurity crisis will likely be rewritten and needs input from private businesses, said a congressional staff member associated with the legislation. http://www.itworld.com/government/69884/network-shutdown-bill-faces-changes-aide-says#comments Government Internet Security News cybersecurity legislation Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:53:14 -0400 ITworld staff 69884 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/69531/fcc-probe-exclusive-mobile-handset-deals The FCC will open an inquiry into harm caused to consumers by exclusive handset deals between mobile carriers and handset makers. http://www.itworld.com/mobile-amp-wireless/69531/fcc-probe-exclusive-mobile-handset-deals#comments Government Mobile & wireless News cell phone legislation smartphone Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:21:08 -0400 ITworld staff 69531 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/69385/irs-now-wants-repeal-cell-phone-tax The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is now recommending that a complicated law that would tax personal usage of business cell phones be repealed, after the agency caused an uproar last week with attempts to simplify the law. http://www.itworld.com/government/69385/irs-now-wants-repeal-cell-phone-tax#comments Government News IRS legislation Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:47:21 -0400 ITworld staff 69385 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/69319/real-id-opposition-sparks-revisions-national-drivers-license-standard Widespread opposition to a 2005 bill designed to create a national standard for driver's licenses has prompted a revised version of the bill that no longer contains its most controversial provisions. http://www.itworld.com/security/69319/real-id-opposition-sparks-revisions-national-drivers-license-standard#comments Government Security News legislation privacy Real ID Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:55:19 -0400 ITworld staff 69319 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/69159/new-coalition-pushes-big-broadband Schools, libraries and health-care providers in the U.S. need broadband speeds of 100M bps to 1G bps in order to adequately serve their customers' needs, according to a new coalition pushing for "big" broadband for those organizations. http://www.itworld.com/government/69159/new-coalition-pushes-big-broadband#comments Government News broadband legislation Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:55:18 -0400 ITworld staff 69159 at http://www.itworld.com