Firms Struggle Against Web Viruses- March 20, 2008 The number of malicious software programs vying to take up residence on unsuspecting computer users' hard drives has quadrupled in the past two years, according to security experts.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/255676664... FCC Asked to Probe Auction- March 20, 2008 The failure of a Federal Communications Commission auction to draw sufficient bids to build a wireless network for emergency responders provoked sharp criticism by members of Congress, consumer groups and leaders of the 911 Commission yesterday. It also prompted a call to investigate whether...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/255676663... New Interagency Group to Oversee Cyberattack Defense- March 20, 2008 The Bush administration is planning to tap a Silicon Valley entrepreneur to head a new interagency group that will coordinate the government's efforts to protect its computer networks from organized cyberattacks.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/255676661... Join the Christopher Ward Club, and Don't Be Sorry- March 20, 2008 Last Thursday, the National Republican Congressional Committee accused its former treasurer, Christopher Ward , of diverting at least "several hundred thousand dollars" from its coffers into his personal accounts and of faking outside audits to help cover his tracks.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/255676662... FCC Raises Record $19.6 Billion In Auction of Wireless Airwaves- March 19, 2008 The Federal Communications Commission's auction of valuable wireless airwaves ended yesterday after raising a record $19.6 billion and setting the stage for the first nationwide network that would be open to all devices and software.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/255572013... EPA Closure of Libraries Faulted For Curbing Access to Key Data- March 14, 2008 A plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to close several of its 26 research libraries did not fully account for the impact on government staffers and the public, who rely on the libraries for hard-to-find environmental data, congressional investigators reported yesterday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/253042045... What Did the FCC Do About That- March 14, 2008 The Federal Communications Commission processes 95 percent of the citizen complaints it receives but does a poor job of tracking how it resolves them, congressional auditors said in a report released yesterday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/253042046... System Would Allow Use of All Cellphones- March 13, 2008 Metro is taking the first step toward building a new wireless system that would let all riders talk on their cellphones while riding the subway after years of customer complaints that only Verizon users can get reception underground.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/253042047... Anti-Terrorism Efforts Hailed- March 7, 2008 Islamic extremists have been targeting Europe instead of the United States because the Bush administration has made a domestic attack much more difficult through improvements in U.S. traveler screening and border security, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said yesterday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/246927018... The Dark Market Of 'Murderabilia'- March 6, 2008 There is a reason we have prisons. One of them is to keep people like Hadden Clark far, far away from the rest of us.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/technology/techpolicy/index_xml/~3/246927021... |