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Calif. Senate passes e-mail privacy bill

May 26, 2004 The bill would require employers to notify workers if they plan to read their e-mail or track Internet usage. TAGS: Debra Bowen, bill, worker, California, e-mail

Phone companies win TV franchise battle in Texas

August 10, 2005 The bill, which would streamline the process for phone companies entering the TV market, now goes to Gov. Rick Perry. TAGS: Texas, bill, Governor, TV

House OKs revamp of patent system

September 7, 2007 Congress takes major step toward changes long sought by big tech companies. But there's no guarantee that proposal will become law. TAGS: bill, vote, Bush Administration, Republican, Democrat, technology company, law, Washington, Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Nationwide data breach bill clears a hurdle

April 3, 2006 House committee approves a bill that, if passed, would force all companies to notify customers when their data is exposed. TAGS: audit, bill, security

Bill to bounce back CD-ROMs gets dumped

April 28, 2004 The California State Assembly has voted down a bill that would have required companies to include a stamped envelope with every CD-ROM that they mass-mail to households. TAGS: CD-ROM, bill, Time Warner Inc., America Online Inc.

Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?

September 20, 2007 Patent-dependent companies and inventors have fighting words for a bill that passed the House and, they hope, will die in the Senate. TAGS: Dean Kamen, bill, Segway, patent, Silicon Valley, start-up, Apple QuickTime, eBay Inc., component, Apple Computer, video

House OKs billions of dollars for federal science, tech projects

August 2, 2007 Tech industry-backed bill is expected to go before the Senate on Friday amid lingering reservations about its price tag. TAGS: bill, science, grant, Rep., dollar, Republican, leader, chairman, training, CEO

Patent law changes power ahead in Congress

July 20, 2007 Sweeping changes to U.S. patent system have been approved by Senate and House committees. The high-tech industry is pleased, but others aren't. TAGS: bill, patent, Qualcomm Inc., litigation, president, Microsoft Corp.

House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suits

November 16, 2007 Drawing veto threats from White House, legislators OK spy law rewrite sans lawsuit protection for aids of government spying. TAGS: immunity, warrant, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, terrorist, bill, legislation, Democrat, law, Bush Administration, telecommunications company, telecommunications, U.S.

Net neutrality may not resolve Comcast vs. BitTorrent

November 30, 2007 Comcast's throttling of the popular file-sharing protocol may actually be permitted under the Net neutrality laws being proposed. TAGS: Net Neutrality, network management, Comcast Corp., BitTorrent, broadband provider, legislation, bill, P2P, broadband, law

House takes small step toward revising patent law

May 17, 2007 But politicians, others remain divided over crucial sections in bill to rewrite patent law, so it's unlikely to proceed without major changes. TAGS: bill, venture-capital company, litigation, section, venture capital, chairman

Oregon eyeing open formats

March 28, 2007 Electronic document standards proposed for state agencies, but not ODF exclusively. TAGS: OpenDocument Format, Oregon, agency, bill, freeware, open source

House committee endorses SSN limits, antispyware effort

May 10, 2007 Two bills win unanimous approval from a key committee, paving the way for a floor vote, but some outside Congress still have reservations. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, bill, anti-spyware, Rep., limit, requirement, spyware

Senate to mull tech spending bills

June 23, 2005 Senate Appropriations Committee gives three spending bills laced with science and tech initiatives unanimous go-ahead. TAGS: bill, science

Lawmakers to vote on spyware, piracy bills

September 3, 2004 A House committee is set to consider two bills meant to combat spyware and piracy. TAGS: spyware, bill

House panel passes spyware permission bill

June 18, 2004 No more sneaking monitoring software onto people's PCs if this becomes law. TAGS: Mary Bono, bill, spyware, adware, monitoring, PC

Democrats push for privacy officers

May 20, 2004 Lawmakers introduce a bill requiring that all federal agencies have chief privacy officers. TAGS: chief privacy officer, Democrat, homeland security, bill, agency

Australia pushes further Web censorship

September 21, 2007 Touted as tool for targeting phishing and terrorist sites, new bill would allow police to alter current Internet "blacklist." TAGS: censorship, Australia, terrorism, police, crime, bill, phishing

NSA telecom immunity still unsettled in Senate

November 16, 2007 Due to procedural oddity, question of whether to shield companies from suits alleging cooperation with the NSA won't be resolved until final floor vote. TAGS: immunity, Patrick Leahy, NSA, amendment, telecommunications, lawsuit, cooperation, telecommunications company, aide, Democrat, Sen., committee, bill, senator, law, Republican

NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?

October 22, 2007 White House wanted immunity for phone companies over possible cooperation with NSA, but new bill also would shield e-mail, IM providers. TAGS: NSA, cooperation, immunity, lawsuit, e-mail company, IM, bill, law, service provider, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, president, e-mail, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Adobe PDF
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