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Bush administration opposes UN Web control

News In a sign that traditionally obscure discussions about Internet control have taken on new prominence, President Bush broached the topic in a meeting this week with European Commission President José Barroso.

21 October 2005, 9:58

Bush administration objects to .xxx domains

News The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red-light district reserved exclusively for Internet pornography. But in a letter to ICANN earlier in the day, Lawley said he would agree...

16 August 2005, 9:46

Bush wants Google's porn search records

News In court documents filed on Wednesday, the Bush administration asked a federal judge in San Jose, California to force Google to comply with a subpoena for the information, which would reveal how often users of the major search engine are hunting...

20 January 2006, 9:23

News.blog: Bush roasting video flies across Web

News Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert is one of the Internet's hottest acts this week after video of the comedian skewering President Bush spread rapidly on the Web. Colbert made news on Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Association annual...

4 May 2006, 9:26

US reaches Web detente with UN

News The Bush administration and its critics at a United Nations summit in Tunis, Tunisia have inked a broad agreement on global Internet management that will preclude any dramatic showdown this week. By signing the statement, the Bush administration...

17 November 2005, 9:31

US passports to be fitted with RFID chips

News All US passports will be implanted with remotely readable computer chips from October 2006, the Bush administration has announced. But the Bush administration chose to go ahead with embedding 64KB chips in future passports, citing a desire to abide...

26 October 2005, 8:42

US to retain control of Internet domain names

News The Bush administration announced on Thursday that the U.S.government will not hand over control of the Internet to any other organisation, a surprise move that could cause an international bun fight.

1 July 2005, 9:38

Ring tones -- the new protest songs

News The remark is a snippet from a speech Bush made in the flooded southern city, in which he praised Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael Brown shortly before Brown resigned. But instead of the commonplace digital bleeping or buzzing, it...

21 October 2005, 10:11

New US law cracks down on P2P pirates

News File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet can be imprisoned for up to three years, under a US bill that President Bush signed into law on Wednesday. The protection of intellectual property rights is vital to...

28 April 2005, 16:06

Web gives vent to emotions over London blasts

News Thank you to the kind lady in her MPV running a free shuttle service between Marble Arch and Shepherd's Bush last night," said one anonymous writer in Shepherd's Bush. I have one question, what the hell have Bush and Co.been doing for the last few...

11 July 2005, 10:01

Prison terms on tap for 'pre-release' film pirates

News Because the bill has already cleared the Senate, it now goes to President Bush for his signature. File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet can be imprisoned for up to three years, under a US bill that's...

25 April 2005, 13:34

Hillary Clinton calls for energy revolution

News Senator Hillary Clinton has called for a new fund to fuel investments in energy-related technologies and decried the Bush administration's current energy policies. The New York Democrat called on government and business leaders to "put research in...

26 October 2005, 9:04

Photos: Missile targets falling satellite

News That was what President Bush decided to do to take out said defunct satellite before it could crash-land, with the potential, the government says, of spewing a toxic fuel called hydrazine in a populated area.

Tags: earth, satellite, entering, department

22 February 2008, 9:53

US to take cybersecurity seriously

News First there was Richard Clarke, a veteran of the Clinton and first Bush administrations who left the post with a lucrative book deal. For the last few years, it hasn't always been clear who in the US government is responsible for overseeing...

19 May 2005, 10:23

UN report challenges US control of Internet

News The report says that "no single government should have a pre-eminent role in relation to international Internet governance" -- which runs directly contrary to the Bush administration's position announced last month.

18 July 2005, 8:38