Government Stories for 2010

YouTube Legally Considered a TV Station In Italy 254
One Tip Enough To Put Name On Terrorist Watch List 446
VoIP Now Technically Illegal In China 181
Wikileaks and Democracy In Zimbabwe 669
Amazon Cloud Not Big Enough For Feds and WikiLeaks 204
NASA To Continue Funding Canceled Ares Project Until March 229
Auditors Question TSA's Tech Spending, Security Solutions 239
Putin Orders Russian Move To GNU/Linux 500
If the FCC Had Regulated the Internet From the Start 191
The Wrong Way To Weaponize Social Media 90
Crookes, RIAA, MPAA, ICE — 'Linking Is Publishing' 369
White House Warns of Supercomputer Arms Race 123
FCC Chair Seeks Comcast-NBC Merger Conditions 68
TSA Investigates Pilot Who Exposed Security Flaws 394
New Zealand Government Opens UFO Files 100
Spanish Congress Rejects Internet Censorship Law 229
US Spurs Plethora of Problem Solving Prizes 140
Is Net Neutrality Really Needed? 705
CIA Launches WTF To Investigate Wikileaks 402
Electric Cars May Be Made Noisier By Law 620
Hacking Neighbor Pleads Guilty On Death Threats and Porn 284
Data Breach Could Test Massachusetts Law 73
British ISPs Respond On Filtering 163
DHS Seized Domains Based On Bad Evidence 235
Al Franken Makes a Case For Net Neutrality 604
Vint Cerf, US Congresswoman Oppose Net Regulation 156
FBI Defend Raids On Texas Datacenter 115
A Blue-Sky Idea For the USPS — Postal Trucks As Sensors 252
Cablegate, the Game 90
UK Gov't Wants To Block Internet Porn By Default 642
Senate Repeals 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' 828
'YouCut' Targets National Science Foundation Budget 760
NSA Considers Its Networks Compromised 239
Australian Stats Agency Goes Open Source 51
Google Fiber Delays Broadband Award To 2011 90
The French Government Can Now Censor the Internet 419
Stuxnet Virus Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by 2 Years 349
BSD Coder Denies Adding FBI Backdoor 239
Air Force Blocks NY Times, WaPo, Other Media 372
FBI Alleged To Have Backdoored OpenBSD's IPSEC Stack 536
EPA Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Bees 410
The Future of Web Video At Stake In Comcast-NBC Regulatory Review 121
Judge Declares Federal Healthcare Plan (Partly) Unconstitutional 1505
Icicles Kill Record Numbers of Russians 5
Detroit Government To Abandon More Than 20% of City 6
The Woman Who's Making Your Privacy Her Business 120
Feds To Adopt 'Cloud First' IT Policy 142
Venezuelan Gov't Seeks Internet Content Bill 248
Apple, Google Diss the DoD Over Mobile Security 150
EC Calls For End To Mobile Roaming Charges 173
Porn Site Gave Federal Agents Free Rein 319
Walmart Stores Get CCTV-Enabled, Breathalyzin' Wine Vending Machines 135
USDA Services Moving To the Microsoft Cloud 146
Pentagon Papers Ellsberg Supports Wikileaks 464
FCC Approving Pay-As-You-Go Internet Plans 414
China's Influence Widens Nobel Peace Prize Boycott 360
DOJ Ramping Up Crackdown On Copyright-Infringing Sites 366
Digging Into the WikiLeaks Cables 810
Report Finds More Aussie Gov't Workers Misusing Internet 90
WikiLeaks Took Advice From Media Outlets 385
Rear-View Cameras On Cars Could Become Mandatory In the US 754
China Views Internet As "Controllable" 185
Bill Calls For Wi-Fi Base Stations In All Federal Buildings 196
IAEA Forms Nuclear Fuel Bank 224
Schneier Recommends Nuclear-Style Cyberwar Hotlines, Treaties 123
Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans' Real Time Credit Card Activity 299
Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park 648
House Passes TV Commercial Volume Bill 408
WikiLeaks Moves To Swiss Domain After DNS Takedown 488
Moscow Has Eyes On WikiLeaks, Too 579
Wikileaks Booted From Amazon 528
Race On To Fingerprint Phones, PCs 139
Aussie Government Gives PDF the Thumbs Down 179
Aussie Gov't Decides ISPs Aren't Responsible For Infected Computers 129
Compiling the WikiLeaks Fallout 833
Chinese DNS Tampering a Real Threat To Outsiders 181
China's Politburo Behind Google Cyber-Attack? 142
The Luck of the Irish Runs Out 809
DHS Seizes 75+ Domain Names 529
Australian Telstra Monopoly Dead 100
UK Asks News Outlets Not To Publish WikiLeaks Bombshell, US Prepares For Fallout 606
US Government Seizes Torrent Search Engine Domain 305
Homeland Security Drops Color-Coded Terror Alerts 183
Chicago Using Coyotes To Fight Rodents 222
Next Step For US Body Scanners Could Be Trains, Metro Systems 890
FCC To Allow Texting To 911 321
FCC Commissioner Blasts Verizon On Net Neutrality 157
How the 'Tech Worker Visa' Is Remaking IT In America 436
Google Warns Irish Government Against Tax Increase 542
Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos 151
Oregon Senator Stops Internet Censorship Bill 315
British Gov't Releases Spending Data 89
Oregon Senator Seeks To Block COICA 81
New Bill Would Put DHS In Charge of 'Critical' Private Networks 193
Senate Panel Approves Website Shut-Down Bill 390
US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary 1065
MPAA Dismisses COICA Free Speech Concerns 300
Emergency Broadcast System Coming To Cell Phones 256
Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes 309
Proposed Final ACTA Text Published 148
Internet Blacklist Back In Congress 278
US Marshals Saved 35,000 Full Body Scans 712
Canada To Mandate ISP Deep Packet Inspection 313
New Castle Councilman Calls Cops On Boys' Cupcake Sale 7
Proposed ADA Requirements May Affect Public Internet Use 420
State-Sponsored CyberAttacks Expected To Rise 33
OKC Mayor Says No To Lingerie Football 1
NSA Adds Kahn Collection To Cryptologic Museum 34
Vint Cerf Calls For IPv6 Incentives In UK 164
National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches 647
Facebook Postings Lead To Arrest for Heresy In the West Bank 496
Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules 222
Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong' 127
White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report 368
UK Terror Chief Blocked From Boarding Aircraft 237
NSA Says Its Secure Dev Methods Are Publicly Known 114
Critics Call For Probe Into Google Government Ties 289
Worker Rights Extend To Facebook, Says NLRB 340
Net Pioneers Say Open Internet Should Be Separate 216
US Wants Upper Hand In Battling High-Tech Bad Guys 81
The Queen Joins Facebook 155
Obama Says Offshoring Fears Are Unwarranted 763
USPTO Decides To Lower Obviousness Standards 129
Income Tax Quashed, Ballmer To Cash In Billions 650
Europe Simulates Total Cyber War 80
Despite FTC Settlement, Intel Can Ship Oak Trail Without PCIe 140
EPIC Files Lawsuit To Suspend Airport Body Scanner Use 559
FTC Taps Ed Felten As First Chief Technologist 76
2010 Election Results Are In 1530
UK's National Rail Shuts Down Free Timetable App 145
NSF Funds Data Anonymization Project 36
Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft 407
How Technology Gets the News Out of North Korea 173
UK Wants ISPs To Be Responsible For Third Party Content Online 158
US Says Genes Should Not Be Patentable 127
Annual US Intelligence Bill Tops $80 Billion 230
Scholars Say ACTA Needs Senate Approval 204
Separating Cyber-Warfare Fact From Fantasy 111
Australia's Privacy Boss Slams Gov't Data-Retention Scheme 82
Verizon To Pay $25M For Years of 'Mystery Fees' 215
Launch Command Preserved In Power Failure, But Nuclear Designs Still Risky 167
CIA Invests In Anti-Cybercrime Startup 38
FTC Ends Probe of Google StreetView Privacy Breach 99
Most Americans Support an Internet Kill Switch 398
Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far 171
Spanish Prostitutes Wear Reflective Vests To Avoid Fines 0
Inside a Full-Body-Scanning X-Ray Van 313
US Presidential Nuclear Codes 'Lost For Months' 322
On Several Fronts, US Gov't Prepares To Regulate Online Privacy 123
Microsoft Unbundles Software For NY City 131
NASA Reveals Hundred Year Starship Program 351
China Now Halting Shipments of Rare Earth Minerals To US 738
Scientists Fight Back In Canada 277
Assange Denied Swedish Residence On Confidential Reasons 260
Plastic Chemical BPA Declared Toxic In Canada 168
Congress Investigates Carriers' Debt Collections 134
Internet Dismantling the State Church In Finland 547
The Intimate Social Graph 21
French Government May Subsidize Music Downloads 187
FCC Approves Changes To Cable Box Rules 439
Government Admits Spying Via Facebook 240
UK Police Force Posts All Its Calls On Twitter 66
Judge Approves $100 Million Dell Settlement 72
Badgers Digging Up Ancient Human Remains 172
IBM Australia Announces New Global Research Development Lab 68
FCC Will Tackle Cell Phone 'Bill Shock' 477
Careful What You Post, the FBI Has More of These 761
Feds Discover 1,000 More Government Data Centers 246
Dutch Hotels Must Register As ISPs 152
IRS Servers Down During Crucial Week 93
Economy Puts US Nuclear Reactors Back In Doubt 392
French City To Use CCTV For Parking Fines 297
Chinese Nobel Winner's Wife Detained 289
Alaska To Export Billions of Gallons of Water 290
NASA Head Ignores Congress, Eyes Cooperation With China 271
UK Scientists Leave Labs To Protest Expected Cuts 315
North Korea Opens .kp Sites On the Internet 175
DC Internet Voting Trial Attacked 2 Different Ways 123
US Monitoring Database Reaches Limit, Quits Tracking Felons and Parolees 270
UAE Says RIM Played Ball, Will Maintain Service 41
College Student Finds GPS On Car, FBI Retrieves It 851
US Negotiators Cave On Internet Provisions To ACTA 80
Ubuntu Won't Moan To EU About Microsoft 248
Libya Takes Hard Line On Link Shortening Domains 354
Mexican Senate Votes To Drop Out of ACTA 96
Tech CEOs Tell US Gov't How To Cut Deficit By $1 Trillion 311
China Becoming Intellectual Property Powerhouse 140
Firefighters Let House Burn Because Owner Didn't Pay Fee 2058
DC Suspends Tests of Online Voting System 170
Minnesota Moving To Microsoft's Cloud 345
'The Laws Are Written By Lobbyists,' Says Google's Schmidt 484
1,200 NASA Layoffs, Shuttle Fuel Tank Plant Shuts Down 236
New York To Spend $27.5 Million Uncapitalizing Street Signs 322
Senate Votes To Turn Down Volume On TV Commercials 625
Safety Commission To Rule On Safety of Rulers In Science Kits 446
Govt To Bomb Guam With Frozen Mice To Kill Snakes 229
House Passes NASA Authorization Bill 149
Cyber Command Will Miss Friday's Operational Deadline 156
Does A Company Deserve the Same Privacy Rights As You? 379
US Gov't Assisted Iranian Gov't Mobile Wiretaps 161
Obama Highlights IPv6 Issue 442
Largest Simulated Cyber Attack To Date 71
Aussie Gov't Won't Help Fight Cyber Attacks 101
Other Tech the Senate Would Have Banned 264
Obama Wants Broader Internet Wiretap Authority 646
Stuxnet Infects 30,000 Industrial Computers In Iran 263
Pentagon Makes Good On Plan To Destroy Critical Book 306
UK Pursues Tax Evaders Using Stolen Bank Details 315
JPL Scientists Take NASA To the Supreme Court 238
Why Warriors, Not Geeks, Run US Cyber Command Posts 483
Digital Radio Mondiale, a Better Standard Than US-Adopted IBOC? 134
Long Island Town Enacts Tough Cell Tower Limits 310
FCC White Space Rules Favor Tech Industry 135
CIA Drones May Have Used Illegal, Inaccurate Code 279
NSA Chief Wants Internet Partitioned For Government, 'Critical' Industries 258
Copyright License Fees Drive Pandora Out of Canada 254
Some Countries Want To Ban 'Information Weapons' 321
UK Man Prevented From Finding Chipped Pet Under Data Protection Act 340
UK Goverment IT Chief Backs Open Source Suppliers 72
FCC Set To Finalize Rules For Next-Gen Wireless 107
MPAA Asks If ACTA Can Be Used To Block Wikileaks 322
Ballmer, Bezos Fund Effort To Undermine Bill Gates 866
New Legislation Would Crack Down On Online Piracy 350
Europe Proposes International Internet Treaty 116
Afghan Government Turns To Iran For Internet 80
Swiss Canton Abandons Linux Migration 442
US Couple Arrested For Transmitting Nuclear Secrets In Sting Operation 372
UK ISPs To Pay 25% of Copyright Enforcement Costs 255
72% of US Adults Support Violent-Game Ban For Minors 478
PA's Dept. of Homeland Security Shared Oil-Shale Protester Info With Companies 293
Appeals Court Rolls Back Computer Privacy Guidelines 88
US Gov't Makes a Mess of Classifying Sensitive Data 100
Dept. of Homeland Security To Test Iris Scanners 221
Canadian Government Muzzling Scientists 352
Australian Politician Caught Viewing Porn 150
Microsoft Complaints Help Russian Gov't Pursue Political Opposition Groups 249
£32k a Day For Birmingham Council Website 150
Pentagon Aims To Buy Up Book 347
Patent Office Admits Truth — Things Are a Disaster 278
WikiLeaks Set To Release Unpublished Iraq War Docs 411
EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party 343
Australia's National Broadband Network To Go Ahead 222
Swedish Police Shoe Database May Tread On Copyright 156
DHS CyberSecurity Misses 1085 Holes On Own Network 86
Biometric IDs For Every Indian Citizen 166
Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? 425
Online Ads, Privacy Remain In FTC Crosshairs 95
NSA Director Says the US Must Secure the Internet 250
The Gaping Holes In the UAE's Net Firewall 107
Google Says Microsoft Is Driving Antitrust Review 295

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