   September 26, 2004 - October 02, 2004 ArchiveSeptember 30, 2004VeriSign Plans to ID Your Kids Online
How do you make kids safe from Internet predators? According to VeriSign and the government-funded i-Safe, you give them hardware keys that verify their age and gender!
The Senate's Taste for RIAA Kool-Aid
There's so much bad press about the Induce Act that we can't keep up, yet Hatch & Co. remain stubborn.
PubPat Busts Microsoft Patent
The Public Patent Foundation has succeeded in blowing one of Microsoft's amazingly broad patents out of the water. Way to go!
More Induce Act in the News
The New York Times on today's negotiations.
September 29, 2004Innovating by Ear
Our own Annalee Newitz on how innovation happens.
IPac - Supporting Copyfighters in Congress
There's a brand new nonpartisan PAC that supports legislators who stand up to the entertainment industry on intellectual property issues - meaning you can help the good guys get elected.
Internet Voting in Switzerland Deemed a Success
By Swiss authorities, that is. Security experts weren't nearly as convinced.
ACM Opposes E-voting
The world's oldest professional society of computer scientists recently came out against voting machines that don't provide a paper trail.
IBM Puts Big Bucks Behind RFID
The company will spend $250 million over the next five years on its "pervasive computing" initiatives.
Induce Act Still Gag-Inducing
The latest version of this nasty bill is no easier to swallow than the first. Wired News explains why.
Bits v. Discs: Plastic Is King - For Now
A European study says CDs rule - but predicts that digital downloads will outsell them by the end of the decade.
ACLU Wins Huge PATRIOT Act Victory!
Great news - a federal judge sided with the ACLU and found some powers under the PATRIOT Act unconstitutional!
The Long, Winding Road to Digital Hollywood
Movie studios and tech companies at the Digital Hollywood conference pondered the perpetual problem: how to put even stronger locks on the stuff you buy.
Biting the Hand that Feeds You
EFF's Fred von Lohmann on why suing customers is (still) a bad idea.
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