- Fri Sep 14 2007 New Net taxes could arrive in November
Because Congress has yet to renew a moratorium on Net access taxes, users could pay more for DSL and cable modem bills.
- Mon May 21 2007 Work bill would create new ID database
Senate takes up draft legislation creating massive Homeland Security database that would say "yes" or "no" to an employee's eligibility to work.
- Mon Oct 9 2006 OK, so Eric Schmidt is a moron
CNET News.com's Charles Cooper writes that Google's $1.65 billion deal for YouTube puts Mark Cuban in the position of soothsayer.
- Sat Oct 22 2005 Fighting for custody of the Net
- Fri Dec 24 2004 Year in review: Online politics gone wild
In 2004, the Internet finally made a massive impact on U.S. politics. It wasn't just the presidential candidates, though. Animators and bloggers also left their mark.
- Tue Jan 20 2004 IT industry watches Iowa
Offshoring shapes up as a top tech issue in candidates' presidential campaigns as Democratic primaries get underway. - Wed Aug 6 2003 'Fritz' calls it quits
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, the senator who united an often-fractious tech community because of his views on copyright law and Net filters, is retiring at the end of his term.
- Wed Jul 2 2003 Spam bills roil California lawmakers
As a key committee sends one spam bill to a vote of the California Assembly, leaving a second one to die, the author of the failed bill places the blame with Microsoft.
- Thu Feb 7 2008 FAQ: How will Real ID affect you?
What are the privacy implications? What happens next? News.com tries to clear up some of the confusion surrounding the controversial law.
- Tue Feb 20 2001 Internet bills get second look in Congress
The House and Senate have seen a flurry of bills pertaining to the Internet introduced recently that bear an uncanny resemblance to ones that fell short of passage last year.




