Lavasoft’s Michael Helander and Jane Whitty help us make sense of the two competing anti-spyware bills making their way through Capitol Hill, and they share their thoughts on why neither one is likely to pass the Senate or become law this year.

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The IT security industry, represented at the recent CSIS Conference on 9/11 legislation and the private sector, told staff members of the House and Senate homeland security committees that allowing the Department of Homeland Security to set preparedness standards — particularly Internet security standards — for private companies — would be a big mistake.

SAN FRANCISCO, December 24, 2006 (PodTech News) — Former Vice President Al Gore addressed a large crowd of earth scientists and journalists gathered in San Francisco for the American Geophysical Union’s fall conference on December 14th. Perhaps because he was talking to a room full of scientists, Gore ...

MENLO PARK, June 30, 2006 (PodTech News) — “We certainly want the (telecoms) to recover their investment,” said Art Brodsky, communications director of Washington D.C-based public advocacy group Public Knowledge. “The way to get the money is to let ...

MENLO PARK, June 29, 2006 (PodTech News) — A ‘net neutrality’ amendment to a Telecom bill was rejected by the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee late Wednesday in a tie vote. Both sides of the net neutrality debate claim the tie as a step closer to victory. PodTech ...

MENLO PARK, June 22, 2006 (PodTech News) – “If we want people and entrepreneurs and companies to invest the billions of dollars to get true broadband, then we cannot put restrictions on that in effect are price controls that ...