United States Stories for 2009

What Would Have Entered the Public Domain Tomorrow? 331
NY Times, LA Times Want Amazon To Collect More State Taxes 507
What DARPA's Been Up To, At Length 54
TSA Wants You To Keep Your Seat, and Your Hands In Sight 888
Patrolling the US Border Via Webcam 249
Man Tries To Use Explosive Device On US Flight 809
Fraudulent Anti-Terrorist Software Led US To Ground Planes 147
Texas County Will Use Twitter To Publish Drunk Drivers' Names 301
Florida Congressman Wants Blogging Critic Fined, Jailed 549
New USPTO Test Could Limit Software-Based Patents 123
Call To "Open Source" AIG Investigation 259
Computer Scientist Looks At ICBM Security 124
FCC's New Broadband Plan Prioritizes Competition 71
Former Congressman Learns About Streisand Effect 527
US FTC Sues Intel For Anti-Competitive Practices 230
Cybersecurity Czar Job Is Useless, Says Spafford 104
Broadband Rights & the Killer App of 1900 565
House Outlaws Obama's NASA Intervention 209
White House Plans Open Access For Research 74
Sci-Fi Author Peter Watts Beaten, Charged During Border Crossing 1079
USPTO Asking For Ideas To Enhance Patent Quality 42
FTC Says Virtual Worlds Bad For Minors 355
America's Army Games Cost $33 Million Over 10 Years 192
US No Longer Leading the World In Spam 96
DVD-by-Mail Services Cleared In Patent Troll Case 73
EFF Wants To Know If the Feds Are Cyberstalking 135
EU About To Grant US Unlimited Access To Banking Data 277
NRC Relicensing Old "Zombie" Nuclear Plants 260
Hacker McKinnon To Be Extradited To US 571
CIA Manual Thought Lost In 1973 Available On Amazon 190
Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned 670
Program To Detect Smuggled Nuclear Bombs Stalls 224
WHO Says Swine Flu May Have Peaked In the US 138
Federal Judge Says Corps of Engineers Liable For Katrina Damage 486
Chicago's Camera Network Is Everywhere 327
US Government Using PS3s To Break Encryption 570
Accountability of the Scientific Stimulus Funding 242
TSA Changes Its Rules, ACLU Lawsuit Dropped 285
US Cybersecurity Plan Includes Offense 101
90% of 200 CUNY Students Can't Do Basic Algebra Problems 20
How To DDoS a Federal Wiretap 112
How Vulnerable Is Our Power Grid? 359
Justice Dept. Asked For Broad Swath of IndyMedia's Visitor Records 244
10% of US Energy Derived From Old Soviet Nukes 213
Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers 462
Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House 1698
Comcast's New Throttling Plan Uses Trigger Conditions, Not Silent Blocking 698
N.Y. AG Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Intel 169
FCC/DOT Want High-Tech Cure For Distracted Driving 432
AT&T Sues Verizon Over "Map For That" Ads 249
Rise of the Robot Squadrons 245
Attorney General Says Wiretap Lawsuit Must Be Thrown Out 493
Find DARPA's Balloons, Win $40K 252
Federal Judge Says E-mail Not Protected By 4th Amendment 451
The Internet Turns 40, For a Second Time 152
FCC Begins Crafting Net Neutrality Regulations 297
Nationwide Shortage In Supply of Swine Flu Vaccine 579
CIA Invests In Firm That Datamines Social Networks 190
Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality Push 200
Open Source Effort To Codify America's "Operating System" Online 98
Cisco, Motorola, and Other Companies Take Aim At Net Neutrality Rules 239
What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Costs $32M? 158
High-Temp Superconductors To Connect Power Grids 332
FBI Bringing Biometric Photo Scanning To North Carolina, Via DMV 221
New Jersey Outshines Most Others In Solar Energy 240
Executive Order Bars Federal Workers From Texting and Driving 236
Relaunched Recovery.gov Fails Accessibility Standards 197
New Bill Proposes Open Source Requirement for Publicly Funded Books 317
US Relaxes Control Over ICANN 230
Federal Summit Eyes Crackdown On Texting While Driving 408
Idaho Tops America's Most-Spammed States 97
Newly Declassified FBI Docs Reveal Predictive Data System 185
Judge Rejects Approval of Engineered Sugar Beets 427
Using Encryption Garners Exemption For Data Breach Notification 101
Mozilla Firefox Not In Violation of US Export Rules 127
New "JUSTICE" Act Could Roll Back Telecom Immunity 263
New York's Video-Game-Based Public School 214
Professor Posts "Illegal Copy" of Guide To Oregon Public Record Laws 318
Congress Mulls Research Into a Vehicle Mileage Tax 792
DHS To Review Report On US Power Grid Vulnerability 138
Insurance Won't Cover Smartphones, When Pricey Alternatives Exist 419
How To Make Science Popular Again? 899
Future of NASA's Manned Spaceflight Looks Bleak 452
What the DHS Knows About You 402
ELF Knocks Down AM Towers To Save Earth, Intercoms 616
Google Patents Its Home Page 390
Librarians Express Concern Over Google Books 144
Cato Institute Critique of Software Patents 242
Homeland Security Changes Laptop Search Policy 273
FBI Investigating Mystery Laptops Sent To US Governors 329
FTC Rules Outlawing Robocalls Go Into Effect Next Week 277
US Call-Center Jobs — That Pay $100K a Year 362
Database Records and "In Plain Sight" Searches 154
VA Mistakenly Tells Vets They Have Fatal Illness 108
ACLU Sues For Records On Border Laptop Searches 337
FCC Declares Intention To Enforce Net Neutrality 343
US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked 1053
Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker 869
US Tests System To Evade Foreign Web Censorship 219
$18M Contract For Transparency Website Released — But Blacked Out 384
Science, Technology, Natural History Museums? 435
Database Error Costs Social Security Victims $500M 299
Illinois Bans Social Network Use By Sex Offenders 587
US Cell Phone Plans Among World's Most Expensive 827
FTC May Cast A Closer Eye On How Businesses Share Personal Data 72
US Marine Corps Bans Social Networking Sites 202
Defense Department Eyes Hacker Con For New Recruits 154
"Cash For Clunkers" Program Runs Out of Gas 594
DHS Tries to Safeguard Against Giant Monster Attack 77
Funds Dwindle To Dismantle Old Nuclear Plants 315
P2P Network Exposes Obama's Safehouse Location 307
Feds Seek Input On Cookie Policy For Government Web Sites 74
The Rocky Road To Wind Power 281
White House Panel Seeks Input On Spaceflight Plans 224
Keeping Up With DoD Security Requirements In Linux? 211
America's 10 Most-Wanted Botnets 84
F-22 Raptor Cancelled 829
New Coalition To Promote OSS To Feds 99
Study Highlights Gap Between Views of Scientists and the Public 670
US Seeks Volunteers To Review Broadband Grant Applications 123
US Offering $45M For Huge Wind Energy Test Bed 91
Online Attack Hits US Government Web Sites 199
US Finalizes Stem Cell Research Guidelines 249
Four Missed Opportunities for Privacy 67
Social Security Numbers Can Be Guessed 268
Testing 3G Networks Across the US 108
Space Station Marathon Starting This Weekend 61
The Chemistry of Firework Displays 65
US Couple Gets Prison Time For Internet Obscenity 574
200-Year-Old Cipher Finally Cracked 141
NSA To Build 20-Acre Data Center In Utah 226
TSA Asked to Ensure Safety Of Customer Data After Clear Closing 75
US Sets Up Emergency Multi-Band Radio Project 130
What the US Can Learn From Europe's Pollution Credit System 425
US Gov. Launches Web Site To Track IT Spending 58
Rhode Island Affiliates Banned From Amazon.com Sales 532
Comic Artist Detained For Script Containing 9/11 Type Scenarios 441
Text Comments Out In YouTube "National Discussion" of Health Care 287
EPA Quashed Report Skeptical of Global Warming 1057
DARPA Wants a 19" Super-Efficient Supercomputer 200
FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order 167
US House May Pass "Cap & Trade" Bill 874
Middle-School Strip Search Ruled Unconstitutional 528
Pentagon Confirms Cyber Command, Under NSA Control 120
The Worst US Cities To Work In IT 538
DHS To Kill Domestic Satellite Spying Program 150
Verified Identity Pass Shuts Down "Clear" Operations 171
US Open Government Initiative Enters Phase Three 572
Minn. Supreme Court Upholds City's Right To Build Own Network 252
Crowdsourcing Big Brother In Lancaster, PA 440
FTC To Monitor Blogs For Paid Claims & Reviews 129
How the Obama Copyright Policies Might Unfold 188
White House Panel Considers New Paths To Space 151
US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan 925
FCC To Probe Exclusive Mobile Deals 159
$1.9 Million Award In Thomas Case Raises Constitutional Questions 439
ACLU Sues DHS Over Unlawful Searches and Detention 460
Visualizing the Ideological History of SCOTUS 151
US Plans To Bulldoze 50 Shrinking Cities 806
Montana City Requires Workers' Internet Accounts 836
Bill Ready To Ban ISP Caps In the US 439
IRS Now Wants To Repeal Cell Phone Tax 124
Senators To Examine Exclusive Handset Deals 234
Climate Change Bill Includes IP Protections 236
Administration Wants To Scale Back Real ID Law 317
US Switch To DTV Countdown Begins 293
DOJ Turns Up the Heat On Google's Book Deal 64
Why Isn't the US Government Funding Research? 599
Software Bug Adds 5K Votes To Election 239
Sequoia Disclosing Voting System Source To DC 100
9th Circuit Says Feds' Security Checks At JPL Go Too Far 139
Is Arizona's Internet Voting System Safe Enough? 171
Internet Tax Approved By Louisiana House 305
FTC Shuts Down Calif. ISP For Botnets, Child Porn 224
Download Taxes As a Weapon Against File-Sharing 451
Google, Yahoo!, Apple Targeted In DoJ Antitrust Probe 166
Secret US List of Civil Nuclear Sites Released 167
Supreme Court To Review "Business Method" Patents 181
How American Homeless Stay Wired 287
Who Would Want To Be Obama's Cybersecurity Czar? 131
Homeland Security To Scan Citizens Exiting US 676
Hackers Breached US Army Servers 209
Cancer Patient Held At Airport For Missing Fingerprints 323
An Argument For Leaving DNS Control In US Hands 607
A Push To End the Online Gambling Ban 205
White House To Appoint "Internet Czar" 205
FBI, US Marshals Hit By Virus 156
Smile! Urine Candid Camera! 370
Sci-Fi Writers Dream Up Ideas For US Government 123
FCC Reserves the Right To Search Your Home, Any Time 589
Hard Drive With Clinton-Era Data Missing From Nat'l Archives 180
Craigslist Fights Back, Sues SC Atty General 286
Freshman Representative Opposes "TSA Porn" 620
Spy Satellite Photos Used To Fight Drug Smugglers 381
US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 1186
Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker 550
FCC's Duplicity On BPL Revealed 97
NY Bill Proposes Fat Tax On Games, DVDs, Junk Food 793
Schneier Says We Don't Need a Cybersecurity Czar 173
Funding For Automotive Fuel Cells Cut 293
DOJ Nixes Lax Policy, Hardens Antitrust Enforcement 249
MPAA Says Teachers Should Camcord For Fair Use 286
What's Getting Cut From Science Part of the Federal Budget 201
Unclean Military Hard Drives Sold On eBay 369
Do We Really Need a National Climate Service? 358
IP Enforcement Treaty Still Being Kept Secret 172
Let Big Brother Hawk Anti-Virus Software 405
European Union Asks US To Free ICANN 503
FDA Could Delay Adult Stem Cell Breakthroughs 261
The Coder Behind the Mortgage Meltdown 379
Bill Would Declare Your Blog a Weapon 780
Virginia Health Database Held For Ransom 325
Battle Lines Being Drawn As Obama Plans To Curb Tax Avoidance 1505
White House Joins Facebook, MySpace, Twitter 144
Why Is It So Difficult To Fire Bad Teachers? 1322
FEMA Removes 9/11 Coloring Book For Children From Website 324
What Kind of Data Center Can You Build With $500M? 204
Minnesota Latest To Try To Block Gambling Sites 138
Air Force One Flyby Causes Brief Panic In NYC 898
Obama Says 3% of GDP Should Fund Science Research And Development 753
New Flu Strain Appears In the US and Mexico 315
Chinese Hackers Targeting NYPD Computers 212
A Cyber-Attack On an American City 461
Pentagon Cyber-Command In the Works 90
Computer Spies Breach $300B Fighter-Jet Project 330
NSA Overstepped the Law On Wiretaps 164
Obama Proposes High-Speed Rail System For the US 1385
The Secret History of the FBI's Classified Spyware 133
The End of Tax-Free Internet Shopping? 784
Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA 587
Tesla CEO Says Gov't Loan Is 99% Sure and Deserved 652
Paper Companies' Windfall of Unintended Consequences 284
EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush 904
Climate Engineering As US Policy? 355
Pentagon Cyber Defense Bill Comes To $100M For 6 Months 92
US Electricity Grid Reportedly Penetrated By Spies 328
Obama Administration Defends Warrantless Wiretapping 788
Data.gov To Launch In May 111
The NYT Compares Broadband Upgrade Costs in US, Japan 257
Believing In Medical Treatments That Don't Work 467
Verizon Promises 4G Wireless For Rural America 135
New CyberSecurity Bill Raises Privacy Questions 319
Texas Senate Proposes a Budget With a No-Vista-Upgrades Rider 290
Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod 649
National Security Letters Reform Act Reintroduced 117
Supreme Court Lets Virginia Anti-Spam Law Die 77
Anonymous Blogger Outed By Politician 300
Mixed Outcome of Texas Textbook Vote 646
FTC Warns Against Deceptive DRM 159
Strip-Search Case Tests Limits of 4th Amendment 1240

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