Politics Stories for 2011

Edison Would Have Loved New Light Bulb Law, Says His Great-Grandson 473
Tensions Over Hormuz Raise Ugly Possibilities For War 969
New Group Paves Way For 2012 Online Primary 249
Occupy Protesters Are Building a Facebook for the 99% 451
Rackspace: SOPA "Is a Deeply Flawed Piece of Legislation" 213
Why American Corporate Software Can No Longer Be Trusted 240
America's Turn From Science, a Danger For Democracy 900
Will Hackers Try To Disrupt the Iowa Caucuses? 162
Anti-Whaling Group Using Drones To Find Whalers 377
Inside Obama's Twitter Blitz On the Payroll Tax 294
GoDaddy Backs SOPA 353
USTR Publishes Rogue Sites List 82
Democratic Super PAC Buys Newtgingrich.com 630
Kim Jong-Il Was an "Internet Expert" 238
Ready For Your Payroll Software Update? 105
Using WikiLeaks As a Tool In Investigative Journalism 39
North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Il Dead at 70 518
SOPA Creator In TV/Film/Music Industry's Pocket 345
Kazakhstan Disables the Internet , Telecomix Restores 156
No SOPA Vote Until 2012 181
Congress's Techno-Ignorance No Longer Funny 477
Meet the Strange Bedfellows Who Could Stop SOPA 231
E-Crime Police Raid Melbourne Newspaper 52
Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone 663
Publicly Available Russian Election Results Hint At Fraud 304
Draft Alternative To SOPA Released 170
Twitter Bots Drown Out Anti-Kremlin Tweets 125
Iranian TV Shows Downed US Drone 612
Iran Shuts Down US Virtual Embassy 451
The Unique Candidates of the New Hampshire Primary 116
Reverse Robocall Turns Tables On Politicians 252
US Launches Virtual Embassy For Iran 174
Kaspersky Quits BSA Over SOPA Support 140
Greenpeace Breaks Into French Nuclear Plant 561
Senator Uses FCC Nomination Process To Question National Wireless Network 101
Russian Websites Critical of Elections Targeted In DDoS Attack 156
Iran's Military Claims To Have Downed US Surveillance Drone 522
Syria Bans iPhone, Protest App 69
Mexican Gov't Shuts Down Zetas' Secret Cell Network 300
Fed Gave Banks Eye-Popping Emergency Loans, Without Telling Congress 629
Interpreting the Constitution In the Digital Era 144
Patriot Act Clouds Picture For Tech 203
Kyoto Protocol Renewal Efforts Struggling 393
US Senator Proposes Bill To Eliminate Overtime For IT Workers 1167
Tracking Censorship Through Copyright Proposals Worldwide 34
Should Composting Be Mandatory In US Cities? 861
Battlefield 3 Banned In Iran 248
EU Targets Facebook's Ad System 170
California Going Ahead With Bullet Train 709
15 Years In Jail For Clicking 'Like' 449
South Africa Passes Secrecy Bill, Makes Whistleblowing a Dangerous Act 118
Viacom's SOPA/PIPA Pitch Video, Annotated 177
Debt Reduction Super Committee Fails To Agree 954
Petition Calls For Making Net Access Inalienable Right 427
Swedish Pirate Party Member To Be EU's Youngest MP 152
Open Source Tool Lets Anyone Redistrict New York 102
Are SOPA Sponsors Violating SOPA Rules? Not So Fast, Says Ars Technica 115
Climate Panel Says To Prepare For Weird Weather 469
The $443 Million Smallpox Vaccine That Nobody Needs 290
NYPD Dismantling Occupy Wall Street Encampment 933
Pirate Party Gains Another Seat In EU 156
Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine? 625
Predicting US Supreme Court Justice Votes 186
Technical Glitch Lets Reporters Eavesdrop On Obama, Sarkozy 411
Ask The Yes Men 53
Bill Gates Advocates Tax On Financial Transactions 694
Could Crowd-Sourced Direct Democracy Work? 594
Pirate Party Invited To, Then Banned From Gaming Exhibition 115
Slashdot Asks: Whom Do You Want To Ask About 2012's U.S. Elections? 343
Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' 667
Australia Approves Final R18+ Gaming Guidelines 67
Iranian Police Tracking Dissidents Using Tech From Western Companies 161
Libya Elects Engineer To Acting Prime Minister Post 188
US Defunds UNESCO After Palestine Vote 735
White House Responds To Software Patents Petition 276
Microsoft Proposes Fix For E-Voting Attack 111
The White House Responds To We the People Petition 920
Wikileaks Suspends Publishing Of Cables Due To "Financial Blockade" 316
Ron Paul Wants To End the Federal Student Loan Program 1797
Solar Panel Trade War Heats Up 232
US Troops To Leave Iraq By End of Year 386
A Digital Direct Democracy For the Modern Age 308
$529M DOE Loan Spawns $97K Made-in-Finland Cars 372
When Political Mapping Leaks Into Science Research 154
Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) 2247
Reuters Reports Death of Gaddafi In Libyan City of Sirte 302
US Student Loans Exceed $1 Trillion 917
Galileo To Be Europe's Answer To US GPS 402
Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global 944
Is the OMB Trying To End Planetary Exploration? 236
Behind the Scenes: How Conflict Photographs Come To Be 178
Ask Slashdot: How Do You View the Wall Street Protests? 1799
The Data Crunching Prowess of Barack Obama 334
EU Parliament Group Opposes Long Copyrights and Oppressive DRM 172
Iran Blocks VPN Ports 134
Facebook Forming a PAC 217
NY Senators Want To Make Free Speech A Privilege 624
Should Science Be King In Politics? 737
Verizon Challenges FCC's Net Neutrality Rules 179
Amendment: Violation of ToS Should Not Be a Crime 74
Senators Slam Firm For Online Background Check 196
White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" 2115
Pirate Party Wins Seat In Berlin 241
Inspector General Investigated For Muzzling Inconvenient Science 276
Senate Lets Teachers, Students Be Facebook Friends 66
FCC To Test Opening White Spaces Up To Public 68
UK Man Jailed For Being a Jerk On the Internet 898
Of Diamond Planets, Climate Change, and the Scientific Method 821
YouTube Disables Comments and User Uploads For Korean Users 237
How the Webb Space Telescope Got So Expensive 133
Amazon Folds In California Sales Tax Deal 639
Obama Admin Wants Hackers Charged As Mobsters 568
World Population Expected To Hit 7 Billion In Late October 522
USPS Losing Battle Against the E-mail Age 734
The UK Government's Struggle With Digital Rights 155
Journal Editor Resigns Over Flawed Global Warming Paper 396
Mr. President, There Is No (US) Engineer Shortage 580
WikiLeaks Publishes Cable Archive In Full 296
Environmental Enforcement Agents Targeting Guitars 379
SEC Hit With Data Destruction Complaint 148
After Rick Perry's Stem Cell Treatment, Misplaced Enthusiasm? 340
Teacher Cannot Be Sued For Denying Creationism 775
Pakistan Lets China View US Stealth Technology 297
Egyptian Charged For Threatening Facebook Post 101
UN Climate Report Fails To Capture Arctic Ice: MIT 465
US Energy Panel Cautiously Endorses Fracking 294
UK Police Arrest 12 Over Facebook Use Inciting Riots 369
UK To Shut Down Social Networks? 403
Right-Wing German Extremists Tricked By Trojan Shirts 457
Syrian Hackers Deface Anonymous' Social Network 80
S&P's $2 Trillion Math Mistake 1040
Breaking the Codes In Oslo Terrorist's Manifesto 231
McAfee Disclaims Claims of Chinese Involvement in 'Shady RAT' 56
United States Loses S&P AAA Credit Rating 1239
Belarus Cracks Down On VKontakte 111
New Federal CIO Is Former Microsoft, FCC Exec 59
The Story Behind Recent Patent Reform 102
Low Violence Red Orchestra 2 For Australia 42
Missouri Law Says Students, Teachers Can't Be Facebook Friends 415
Prosecuted For Critical Twittering 334
Debt Deal Reached 844
Seigniorage Hack Could Resolve Debt Limit Crisis 696
House Panel Approves Bill Forcing ISPs To Log Users 277
Followup: Anti-Global Warming Story Itself Flawed 536
Senators Want Secret Warrantless Wiretap Renewal 198
McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing 722
Climate Unit Releases Virtually All Remaining Data 507
A Congressman and an Astronaut Propose a New Plan For NASA 221
For Texas Textbooks, a Victory For Evolution 626
Internet-Based Political Party Opens Doors 291
Online Call To Shoot President Ruled Free Speech 395
Anonymous Releases Restricted NATO Document 187
Australian Attys General Agree in Principle on R18+ 32
Fed Audit's Initial Report Reveals Trillions in Secret Loans 499
Bill Clinton Says 'Paint Your Roofs White' 722
How the New Spectrum Bill Would Harm the Tech Community 58
Security Consultants Warn About PROTECT-IP Act 298
McCain Asks For Committee On Wikileaks, Anonymous 268
James Webb Space Telescope Closer To the Axe 226
Congress Voting To Repeal Incandescent Bulb Ban 990
Study: Fair Use Drives Large Part of US Economy 70
Few Contribute To Aussie Classification Review 114
UN Names N. Korea Chair of Disarmament Committee 182
Congressmen Pushing To Reopen Yucca Mountain 212
Ask Slashdot: Large-Scale DIY Outdoor Cooling of Cairo's Tahrir Square? 259
New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' 932
Panetta Says Defeat of Al Qaeda 'Within Reach' 249
Facebook Helps Israel Blacklist Air Travellers 478
EU Proposal: Shift Farming Subsidies To Science 154
Anti-PowerPoint Party Formed In Switzerland 113
Hijacked Fox News Twitter Account Falsely Claims Obama Shot Dead 290
Hacker Exposes Parts of Florida's Voting Database 261
Facebook/Twitter Banned In Thailand For Election 177
LulzSec, Anonymous Reason For PROTECT IP Act, Says RIAA 228
Survey Shows Support For New Privacy Laws 80
The Intentional Flooding of America's Heartland 477
E-Voting Reform In an Out Year? 218
LulzSec Posts First Secret Document Dump 835
Politics: Paul-Barney Bill Would Legalize Marijuana Federally 688
Bill Would Make Carriers Publish 4G Data Speeds 99
FCC Plans To Stop Cell Phone Bill Mystery Fees 157
Aussie Climate Scientists Receiving Death Threats 638
Military Drone Attacks Are Not 'Hostile' 892
Online Poker Legalization Bill Coming Next Week 168
US Pressing Its Crackdown Against Leaks 213
Huawei Calls Charge of Unfair Government Help 'Hogwash' 90
Osage Oppose Wind Power At Tallgrass Prairie 147
Software Patent Reform Happening Now 130
Political Robocallers Indicted In Maryland 85
US Senate Votes For Repeal of Ethanol Subsidies 395
Chinese Legislature Conducts Large Online Vote 152
Sunlight Foundation Announces 'Sarah's Inbox' 227
Iceland Taps Facebook To Rewrite Its Constitution 264
Franken Bill Would Protect Consumers Location Data 90
Senator Releases First Senate Mobile App 107
Obama: 'We Don't Have Enough Engineers' 651
International Monetary Fund Hit By Cyber Attack 208
State of Alaska Prints Out Palin's E-Mails; Online Distribution 'Impractical' 516
Why Apple's DUI Checkpoint App Ban Is Stupid 228
5 Tips For Politicians Seeking Online Affairs 1
Palin Fans Deface Paul Revere Wikipedia Page 767
Wikileaks Cables Say No Bloodshed Inside Tiananmen Square 235
Hacker Group LulzSec Challenges FBI 308
California Assembly Approves Internet Tax 454
NATO Report Threatens To 'Persecute' Anonymous 388
Germany To End Nuclear Power By 2022 822
China Censors Web To Curb Inner Mongolia Protests 103
RMS Cancels Lectures In Israel 609
Patriot Act Extension By Autopen Raises Questions for Congressman 247
US Senate Committee Passes PROTECT IP Act 338
Poland's Prime Minister Goes For Open Government 80
Redistricting 2.0: Cloud Lets Voters Take Part 83
EFF Co-founder Faces Copyright Heavyweights At EG8 151
Can Egypt's Telecom Giants Be Sued In the US? 105
Civil Society Statement To the E-G8 and G8 44
German Police Seize German Pirate Party Servers 121
Congress Makes Deal To Renew Patriot Act For 4 Years 350
8 of China's Top 9 Govt. Officials Are Engineers 403
New Bill Ups Punishment For Hosts of Infringing Video Streams 278
Bill Clinton Suggests Internet Fact Agency 336
Canadian Music Industry Seeks Copy Tax On Memory Cards 265
Porn Reportedly Found At Bin Laden Compound 537
Algorithm Glitch Voids Outcome of US Green Card Lottery 131
Newt Gingrich's Amazon Book Reviews 275
NASA Banned From Working With China 284
US Navy Creates MMO To Fight Somali Pirates 318
Bin Laden Hideout Recreated In Counter-Strike 502
Draft Proposal Would Create Agency To Tax Cars By the Mile 932
Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands 1855
European Commission Paints Itself Into ACTA Corner 90
US Offered To Draft NZ 3-Strikes Law, Fund Copyright Initiative 204
Idle: Fairytale Character Map Raises Ire In Russia and Ukraine 146
Wikileaks Says Public Forced Canadian DMCA Delay 177
South Australia AG Backs R18+ For Games, But Not MA15+ 68
WikiLeaks Releases Guantanamo Prisoner Files 426
Mac Users More Liberal Than Windows Users 638
Pirate Party of Canada Promises VPN For Freedom 98
What Happened To the Climate Refugees? 471
Local Currencies To Replace Dollar For 5 Countries' Dealings 519
Need a Receipt On Taxes? The Federal Tax Receipt 642
NZ MP Enjoys Copyright Infringement, Votes For 3 Strikes 220
Senator Wants to Tax Internet Shopping 705
What If America Had Beaten the Soviets Into Space? 255
No U.S. Government Shutdown This Week 385
House Votes To Overturn FCC On Net Neutrality 388
Afghanistan Called First "Robotic War" 288
US Open Government Sites To Close 385
Engineering Election Debates With Subtle Cues 105
Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued For $1 Billion Over Intifada Page 350
Congressman Wants YouTube Video Covered Up 884

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