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Routers in space: Defense to launch (literally) space-based Internet

The Defense Dept. plans to put a router in space by 2009 to allow troops to access voice, data and video over IP, the BBC reports. Eventually DoDs Iris project could allow satellites to send data directly between each other, instead of sending it via ground stations. "Iris...

Tags: Government technology, Defense

Blog posts 2007-04-13

Internet: The next generation (or 'Routers in Space')

Back in the 1960s, it was a US Defense Department agency, DARPA, that created the network that has become the Internet. Now, the DOD has approved and funded a new project, Iris, that might wind up jump-starting a new chapter in Internet history - the wired cosmos. The...

Tags: Defense, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-04-13

MO puts an end to prisoners use of penpal websites

The ability to communicate to millions of people over the Internet was not what Missouris Department of Corrections had in mind when the allowed inmates to write letters to people on the outside. But thats just what some inmates are doing, forcing the department to ban offenders from soliciting penpals...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, inmate, Web site, Internet, Web

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Internet over TV airwaves

Internet, online and on the air Microsoft, Google, Dell, HP, Intel and Philips say they can deliver Internet over TV airwaves - and theyre pushing the FCC to give them the green light, says the Washington Post. The coalition has come up with a device that would...

Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, Internet, cable, TV-Internet, TV

Blog posts 2007-03-13

Iowa takes strong stance against net hunts

If there is one thing that Iowan lawmakers on both sides of the aisle can agree on its a ban on Internet hunting. The ability to shoot animals such a turkeys and deer remotely by clicking a computer mouse is so unsportsmanlike that it has inspired a bill to...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-03-01

Candidates focus on Net campaigning

Writing in The Washington Post, EJ Dionne gives Barack Obama good odds to win over the Internet in the Democratic primary. Since the Internet has gone mainstream in politics, though, Hilary Clinton is sure to put up a good fight. While the Clinton-run Democratic establishment scoffed at MoveOn and the...

Tags: Government technology, Elections

Blog posts 2007-02-20

Open Wi-Fi networks leave many places for criminals to hide

Whats happening over that cafe Wi-Fi - maybe even over the very unsecured network you run in your home? Probably nothing. But on some networks people are downloading child porn, soliting kids for sex, and engaging in criminal conspiracies. The Washington Post points to a typical case: ...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, network, Wi-Fi

Blog posts 2007-02-12

FL considers expanding AG's power to prosecute net crimes

The chief security officer of MySpace.com, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and Florida legislators testified before a state House committee on a proposal to expand McCollums power to prosecute Internet-related crimes, the Tallahassee Democrat reports. The bill is chiefly aimed at prosecuting child predators. Hermanshu Nigam, chief security officer...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, MySpace, Bill McCollum, McCollum

Blog posts 2007-02-07

OK bill would create email registry for sex offenders

The Oklahoma State Legislature is cracking down on registered sex offenders by offering up a measure that would ban registered sex offenders from communicating with children over an Internet Web site, reports the Ardmoreite. The measure, which has been passed by the Criminal Justice and Corrections Subcommittee, authorizes...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, Privacy, offender, sex offender

Blog posts 2007-02-07

State Dept., Internet cos., human rights groups grapple with censorship

Under fire from Congress and the American public, as well as by internal dissension from employees, over their compliance with censorship demands from China and other repressive regimes, the big Internet companies called on the US government to provide some guidance on how to respond to censorship demands, News.com reports....

Tags: Vertical industries, Internet, censorship, government

Blog posts 2007-01-31

IL House may consider Internet voting

With all of the controversy over the insecurity of physical e-voting machines and a backlash move towards paper ballots, youd think the last thing on anyones agenda would be Internet voting, with all of the security issues that raises. But thats one Illinois legislator wants to investigate. State Rep....

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Elections, Internet Voting

Blog posts 2007-01-23

In ME, Internet behind push for kiddie porn penalties

In Maine, the state Legislature heard from parents of abused children who want stiffer penalties for possession of child pornography. The rapid pace at which a childs images can spread around the Internet is driving the calls, the Bangor Daily News reports. Advocates of stricter laws want to reduce...

Tags: Government technology, possession

Blog posts 2007-01-23

Campaign 08: Internet video is at the center

You will hear a thousand times over the next two years that in 2008 the role of Internet video will be unprecedented. Not just because campaigns are posting videos of the candidates speaking their carefully written announcements into a camera. But because some campaign managers really get the power and...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, video

Blog posts 2007-01-22

KY moves to strengthen Internet pharmacy laws

In Kentucky, Attorney General Greg Stumbo wants to crack down on Internet pharmacies. The states top law enforcement official is pushing legislation that would require people to have "face-to-face" examinations before ordering prescription drugs over the Internet, The Lexington Herald-Leader reports. State law currently allows people to order...

Tags: Government technology, State &, Local Govt, Regulations, pharmacy law, Greg Stumbo

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Utah moves to stiffen sentences for Internet predators

A nationwide crackdown on Internet crimes continued in Utah, as the state House passed a bill that increases penalties for predators who use the Internet to find victims, The Deseret UT News reports. Under current law, enticing a minor over the Internet with the intent to commit a first-degree...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, felony, Internet

Blog posts 2007-01-17

ND plans to crack down on Internet sex crimes

North Dakota plans to crack down on child pornograpy in 2007, with a special effort on predators use of the Internet, The Grand Forks Herald reports. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said luring children via the Internet and child pornography are uncomfortable subjects, but they must be addressed. "These are...

Tags: Law enforcement, State &, Local Govt, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-01-02

Proposal for new Internet laws in MN

Minnesota Attorney General-elect Lori Swanson wants to update the states criminal code to deal more effectively with Internet offenses. Swanson released a package of proposals, ranging from a new felony for adults who sexually engage minors online to a requirement that school districts have cyber-bullying policies. "Were updating...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Law enforcement, Government technology, minor

Blog posts 2006-12-29

As UN's ITU meets, concern about its limits and potential

The International Telecommunications Union, not a union at all but the UN agency that is concerned with the Internet (and note the capital I in "Internet") and represents 191 countries and 650 companies, is meeting this week in Hong Kong but, The New York Times observes, part of the...

Tags: Internet, I.T.U., International Telecommunications Union, International, Government technology

Blog posts 2006-12-04

Inmates sue for right to printouts

Is allowing inmates access to the Internet - even in the ultimate in slow access: receiving printouts of websites through the mail - a proper restriction or a fundamental violation of free speech? Its a question the federal courts will address in an inmate lawsuit, USAToday reports. Even MySpace is...

Tags: MySpace, Internet

Blog posts 2006-11-24

Debating the political potential of the Net

2006 may mark the end of the Republican era in Congress but it may ultimately be more important for another change in politics - the Netification of politics. One old canard of the Internet is that is lowers barriers to entry, so that a guy in his PJs can become...

Tags: Government technology, Elections, Net, Internet

Blog posts 2006-11-06