Quantcast
Channel: Ogadei: Politics
Browsing latest articles
Browse All 15 View Live

PC Landfill Tax May Be On The Horizon

A group of prominent politicians is proposing a national sales tax on each CRT and LCD display sold, as well as on any device containing a CPU. The money would be used to help solve the problem of...

View Article



P2P Fight Heads To The Supreme Court

On March 29th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of MGM vs. Grokster. A number of industry trade groups, consumer advocates and lawyers have filed briefs in support of peer-to-peer...

View Article

The Coming Crackdown On Blogging

According to experts, political blogs are in for some rough times in the coming months and years. New campaign reforms being proposed may alter how the political blogging community operates...

View Article

Ohio Residents Will Need License To Sell On eBay

A new Ohio law, effective May 2nd, requires residents to obtain a license and post a $50,000 bond in order to sell on eBay as part of a business. While occasional sellers are probably immune, it is...

View Article

Blogging vs. Your Job

CNET has posted an interesting FAQ about blogging and your job. The bottom line is that if you blog, do it on your own time and don't talk about your employer in your blog. Also, employment laws will...

View Article


Kerry Claims Bush Supporters 'Hacked' US Election

Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of former presidential candidate John Kerry, has claimed that the 2004 presidential election might have been computer hacked by supporters of President Bush...

View Article

PITAC Cyber Security Report

The President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) has released the latest Cyber Security Report. Among other findings, the PITAC states that "The information technology infrastructure...

View Article

Hillary Clinton Goes After Violent Video Games

Hillary Clinton, a possible 2008 presidential candidate, has condemned violent videogames as a "major threat" to morality, and may make it one of the leading issues of her campaign...

View Article


U.K. Government Funding Open Source Initiative

The government of the U.K. is funding an initiative, called the Open Source Academy, to increase the use of open source software within the public sector. The initial focus of the initiative is create...

View Article


Online Dating Sites May Soon Be Regulated in Some States

The State of Florida is debating legislation that would regulate online dating sites by forcing them to disclose information about what kind of member screening measures are in force at each particular...

View Article

Spammer Who Was Making $750K Per Month Sentenced To 9 Years

One of the nation's biggest spammers has been sentenced to 9 years in prison. According to court records, his spamming operation was grossing about $750,000 per month by sending out at least 10 million...

View Article

ICANN Approves .JOBS and .TRAVEL Top Level Domains

The ICANN Board has approved the creation of two new top level domains (TLDs). The .jobs and .travel top level domain registries have been designated to be Employ Media and Tralliance Corporation,...

View Article

WTO Ruling Puts U.S. Online Gambling Ban In Limbo

The U.S. ban on Internet gambling was dealt a blow this week, as the World Trade Organization ruled that certain aspects of the ban violated international trade agreements. The case was brought before...

View Article


Theft of Personal Information on 310,000 Americans at LexisNexis

European data broker Reed Elsevier, operator of the LexisNexis system, today announced that 59 security breaches of its databases may have resulted in the theft of personal information on 310,000 U.S....

View Article

Bill Gates Wants To Eliminate H1-B Quotas

Bill Gates spoke at the Library of Congress and said that he wanted to see H1-B quotas, which currently stand at 65,000 per year, be eliminated. He said that H1-B quotas pose a great threat America's...

View Article

Browsing latest articles
Browse All 15 View Live




Latest Images