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Republicans declare war on FCC Net neutrality rules

Posted December 22, 2010 - 1:55 pm

The Federal Communications Commission may have a fight on its hands early next year as a result of the regulatory board's approval of new network neutrality rules. Republican lawmakers are not happy about the FCC's new rules. The decision has inspired incoming committee chairs in the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives, senior Republican senators and others to declare war against what they see as further government intrusion into private life.
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FCC's net neutrality order: The basics

Posted December 22, 2010 - 1:47 pm

A look at the FCC's net neutrality outline
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Uncle Sam's dumbest tech buys

Posted November 9, 2010 - 2:35 pm

The U.S. government has made some less-than-successful tech investments over the years. Here are some choice examples of goofy federal and state government tech buys in recent history.
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Have we entered a computer police state yet?

Posted September 14, 2010 - 4:07 pm

"Ok son, pull your laptop over to the side of the road and let me see your hard drive. Warrant?
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Facebook gets a little too personal

Posted April 28, 2010 - 8:36 pm

When you're a social network with tens of millions of users and you've got the attention of the US Congress, that's almost never a good thing.
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Meet your new Facebook friend: Johnny Law

Posted March 16, 2010 - 4:26 pm

You say you've just gotten a friend request from someone with a square jaw, a buzz cut, and a flag pin on his lapel? Congratulations; the FBI is now your FBBFF.(That's Facebook Best Friend Forever, for the acronymically challenged.)
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Obama Team Targeted by Chinese, Russian Hackers

Posted November 10, 2008 - 5:23 pm

Disgruntled Republicans may find some solace in recent news that Chinese and Russian hackers recently hacked the computer systems of president-elect Barack Obama -- unfortunately, they also infiltrated John McCain's system, too.
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