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Task force recommends more tools for assessment of nano impact: As nanotechnology becomes more commonplace in food, drugs and cosmetics, the FDA must revise its regulatory standards to assess the emerging technology, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. An agency task force reported recently that nanotechnology, based on those tiny particles so small that they're measured in billionths of a meter,...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-07-27
Net radio saved from the axe - maybe: Taking the conflict all the way to the 11th hours and then some, SoundExchange, the broadcasting royalty collection arm of the recording industry, and Internet radio stations have agreed to a certain, limited repreive from what may stations considered a Draconian new rate structure, Wired reports.Under the new proposal, which...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-07-13
Schneier: Will data reuse foster creation of a police state?: The current era of "extreme data collection" puts crytography expert Bruce Schneier in mind of how the government abused US Census data collection during World War II. Writing in Wired, Schneier recalls that Census rules specifically banned the re-use of Census data, precisely so people would provide data without fear...; Tags: Privacy, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-06-29
Judge: TorrentSpy must turn over logs in RAM: The fight for music and music distribution rights continues to drone on as the MPAA strategizes new ways to bring the illegal downloaders to justice. The latest wrinkle, reports News.com, is that a judge has ruled that evidence of an electronic trail that shows up briefly in a computer server's...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-06-12
Informant ran tax scam under Secret Service's nose: Never trust a snitch. That seems to be the lesson from the case of Brett Shannon Johnson, who was hired by the U.S. Secret Service to catch credit card and identity thieves. Johnson, worked undercover for 10 months for the U.S. Secret Service until it was discovered that he was...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-06-07

Sat photos help human rights work in Darfur: In an unusual effort to publicize human-rights violations, Amnesty International is launching a new website that uses high-resolution satellite cameras to post images of threatened villages in the Darfur region of Sudanreports the Associated Press."We're hoping that by shining a light that we will deter the abuse from ever happening,"...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-06-06
Fallen soliders MySpace profiles serve as everlasting voices: In yet another way the Internet has changed the way Americans view the Iraq war, fallen soldiers memories are preserved in their MySpace profiles and blogs reports the Associated Press.Army Pfc. Johnathon Millican of Trafford, Ala., wrote on his MySpace page before he was killed in Karbala, Iraq:"You don't have...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-29
British politician is busy Twittering on the campaign trail: Fairfax County, Va., pols may just getting used to the idea of blogs, but in the UK national politicians are getting hip to every technoweenie's fave activity, Twitter, generically described as microblogging. The Guardian says that Labour Party deputy leadership contender Alan Johnson is actively twittering away, posting 50-odd...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-18
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Google thumbnails OK, federal judge rules: That handy Google feature of displaying postage stamp-size previews on an image search got a stamp of approval from a federal appeals court Wednesday, reports Reuters.A lower court ruled in favor of Perfect 10, an adult magazine and Web publisher, which brought suit against Google and Amazon for displaying unauthorized...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-16
Deadline for ISPs to provide wiretap access for the feds: U.S. broadband and VOIP providers have to prove they have the ability to allow wiretaps on their systems - and the deadline is coming up quick, reports IDG News ServiceThe 2005 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act CALEA states that broadband ISPs and VOIP carriers that connect to public telephone...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-15
Amsterdam's Schiphol starts body-scanning at airport: Ultramodern Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam today began using new body-scanning technology at security checkpoints on, the first major airport to use the technology, Reuters reports.Going through the scanner takes about three seconds, allowing users to avoid metal detectors or body searches. For privacy, the digital images are viewed by security...; Tags: Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-15
DNA testing in NH solves murder in Alaska: While civil libertarians have objected to states widening of DNA sampling (in many states, all convicted of felonies and misdemeanors are sampled and some states sample all arrestees), its just such laws that led to the solving of the 1994 murder of a college student in Alaska, The Boston Globe...; Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement; Blog posts 2007-05-14
DOD turns off access to YouTube, MySpace, Pandora: Soldiers stationed overseas wont be watching their favorite YouTube videos anytime soon. The Department of Defense has announced it will begin blocking 12 popular websites in order to protect information and reduce drag on the departments networks, reports the Associated Press. "This recreational traffic impacts our official DoD network...; Tags: Defense, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-14
Two controversial bills aim to rein in identity theft: In the war on identity theft, two new bills were recently approved by the influential House Energy and Commerce Committee, but despite Congresss overwhelming support, some industry insiders still have reservations, reports CNET News. The proposals would create new regulations on spyware and set greater limits on the use...; Tags: Congress, Government technology, Privacy; Blog posts 2007-05-14
Scottish election suffers from e-voting woes: The US isnt the only country with e-voting problems. In Scotland, elections last week were seriously marred by spoiled paper ballots, which led to technical problems with electronic counting systems that delayed election results, Computerworld reports. The supplier, DRS, told Computerworld UK that the problems were not about being...; Tags: Elections, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-11
Bloggers no fan of Clinton - but does it matter?: Sam Stein, writing at The Politico, identifies Hilary Clintons "blogger problem" but wonders if it makes a difference. Are politicians and politics-watchers losing perspective with their obsesson with the "netroots" when they should be watching their base? “Her model of doing politics is based on pandering to individual groups,”...; Tags: Elections, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-11
Bloggers' eye view of the war isn't pretty: After announcing new regulations censoring the content of all electronic communication written by soldiers, the U.S.Army retreated somewhat by saying it would not enforce the new regulations, reports Slate.com The Army instituted the new rules after stating that there were reports of terrorists groups who were using the Internet...; Tags: Defense, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-11
Intel agency considers cracking down on sat images: The intelligence community is concerned about the widespread availability of satellite images on sites like Google Earth. The little-known National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency says the government may act to restrict distribution, the Associated Press reports. "If there was a situation where any imagery products were being used by adversaries to...; Tags: Intelligence, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-09
Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senate: The debate rages on over citizen privacy rights versus government standards for drivers licenses, reports the Washington Post. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) stood his ground over protecting citizen privacy by stating that he would support a repeal of the RealID Act, a 2005 law that...; Tags: State &, Local Govt, Privacy, Government technology; Blog posts 2007-05-09