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  • Wed Oct 7 4:07 PM PDT 2009 Wife bans FBI head from online banking

    FBI Director Robert Mueller discusses arrests made in a huge international phishing case and the phishing attempt that prompted his wife to ban him from banking online.

    Posted in InSecurity Complex by Elinor Mills

  • Thu Apr 16 8:01 AM PDT 2009 FBI seizures highlight law as cloud impediment

    Last week's raids by FBI agents of at least two data centers in Texas are yet another example of how US public policy is often at odds with running a business in the cloud.

    Posted in The Wisdom of Clouds by James Urquhart

  • Fri Mar 20 4:05 PM PDT 2009 Experts: Policy could make, break cloud computing

    Congress has to carefully regulate cloud computing in a way that won't stifle the market, forum attendees say. Meanwhile, the federal CIO leads a group creating its own cloud advice.

    Posted in News - Politics and Law by Stephanie Condon

  • Wed Dec 10 1:10 PM PST 2008 Amazon Web service's European vocation

    Amazon is making EC2 available in two new EU-based availability zones, giving the cloud community its first "regulation compliant" infrastructure. What does it mean to the future of cloud computing and the law?

    Posted in The Wisdom of Clouds by James Urquhart

  • Tue Dec 2 4:00 AM PST 2008 Obama's attorney general pick: Good on privacy?

    Eric Holder, the deputy attorney general under President Clinton, has criticized the warrantless wiretapping program. But he wanted to limit encryption use, and his views on other online policies may not be that far from the Bush administration's.

    Posted in News - Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh

  • Wed Nov 26 11:49 AM PST 2008 Buzz Out Loud 861: Ice blue and the hot breaths

    We've got a host of Black Friday news today, like Apple retail stores matching online promotions, Sony still refuses to lower the price on the PS3.

    Posted in Buzz Out Loud Blog by Molly Wood

  • Fri Oct 31 12:00 PM PDT 2008 Technology Voter Guide 2008: Ralph Nader

    The independent presidential candidate says the FISA Amendments Act sets up a double standard of justice. And his favorite gadget: "Typewriter!"

    Posted in News - Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh

  • Fri Oct 24 8:15 AM PDT 2008 CEA launches YouTube contest on DTV transition

    The Consumer Electronics Association has teamed up with Google's YouTube to sponsor a contest encouraging homemade public education videos on the DTV transition.

    Posted in Crave by David Katzmaier

  • Wed Sep 24 4:15 AM PDT 2008 Online critics take aim at $700 billion financial bailout proposal

    Skepticism of the Bush administration's financial bailout plan, which would put the total bailout cost at around $1.8 trillion, is growing, and crossing normal ideological lines.

    Posted in News - Politics and Law by Declan McCullagh

  • Mon Sep 8 7:54 AM PDT 2008 Exclusive: Widespread cell phone location snooping by NSA?

    It appears that the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping scandal spreads far beyond AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.

    Posted in Surveillance State by Chris Soghoian