Tech Politics Rundown
Tech Politics Rundown is a show co-hosted by News.com executive editor Charles Cooper and chief political correspondent Declan McCullagh. Each week these veteran politics watchers offer a no-spin analysis of the intersection between the worlds of Washington D.C. and Silicon Valley. If you need to know the real deal about what Congress and the White House are doing about technology laws and regulation that might affect you, this is your one-stop shop.
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Tech Politics Podcast: Is Google turning into Microsoft?
There was a time when antitrust regulators considered Microsoft enemy No. 1. But that was a decade ago. Is it Google's turn now?
Tue, 10 Jul 2007 04:00:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Why Barney Frank wants Web gambling back
The Massachusetts congressman wants to overturn a six-month ban against online gambling.
Tue, 12 Jun 2007 10:55:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: China's Internet conundrum
With the Olympics coming up, human rights campaigners are urging the Chinese to do more when it comes to free speech. Will they listen?
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:42:00 PDT
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Download mp3Podcast: Dick Armey takes on the politics of Net taxation
Silicon Valley would love Congress to extend an existing Internet tax moratorium. But there's a new political constellation these days.
Mon, 21 May 2007 16:25:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Copyright, copied wrong, battle goes on
There's much ado about copyright, whether in Congress, among the movie and recording industries or with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Mon, 14 May 2007 16:41:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Real ID may be coming to U.S.
Sorting through the legal issues, political pressure points and likely short-term course of digital ID cards.
Mon, 07 May 2007 12:39:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Will money buy tech a presidential friend?
As another presidential cycle approaches, the newest roster of political donations shines the spotlight on Silicon Valley's inability to project political influence.
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Net's future as tax-free haven
The Internet has been an almost tax-free zone for more than a decade. How much longer can that last?
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:00:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Determining H-1B rights and wrongs
Do the visas really harm U.S. workers? CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Declan McCullagh speak with program critic Norm Matloff.
Fri, 06 Apr 2007 08:08:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Why xxx still doesn't mark the spot
At least it won't anytime soon, if ICANN has its druthers.
Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:59:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Spying and porn, a heady mix in D.C.
Another legal setback for the Net porn ban, and lots of national security letters, but no database.
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:31:00 PDT
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Behind the Google-Microsoft copyright kerfuffle
A closer look at Microsoft general counsel's assertion that Google poses threat to publishers, and the FBI's abuse of provisions in the Patriot Act to get records.
Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:50:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: The beginning of the end for the DMCA
Congressman John Doolittle explains why he decided to take a run at one of digerati's most detested pieces of legislation.
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:53:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Rebellion brewing against digital IDs?
Passage of a controversial digital-identification law could lead to a Washington showdown.
Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:22:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Cyberdissidents on the firing line
It's been tough couple of years for cyberdissidents, and new reports suggest the trend remains grim. What will it take to change the picture?
Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:16:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Clock is ticking on video-sharing sites
Are new complaints about the cavalier treatment of copyright infringement by video-sharing sites a harbinger of congressional action?
Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:37:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Holding U.S. energy policy to a tech test
Making sense of President Bush's State of the Union call for energy independence. Is there a potential for a meeting of the minds between the public and private sectors?
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 17:05:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Why Bush blinked
This week saw a remarkable reversal by the administration over electronic surveillance. Also, tough talk by the U.S. over managing the Internet.
Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:15:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Net neutrality back in new Congress
Start of the 110th Congress brings with it proposals for privacy and digital copyright as well.
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:58:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Taxes, child porn and e-voting
It's a full tech docket as Congress heads down the home stretch of the political season before the Christmas break.
Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:42:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: New Congress, old tech questions
It's time for Silicon Valley to read the tea leaves as the new power constellation takes form.
Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:59:00 PST
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Download mp3Tech Politics Podcast: Has tech lost its political sizzle?
With off-year elections less than a month away, there's hardly a peep about technology issues. Has tech lost its political sizzle?
Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:00:00 PDT
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