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FCC wireless tests aim to end debate

The FCC may gather enough data through wireless testing this week in Seattle to quiet debates over the potential interference that could result from a proposed spectrum auction.

| News | Government | Mobile & wireless | 09/04/08 at 5:23 pm |

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The innovation gap is real, all right

In 2005, the National Academies noted that federal financing of research in the physical sciences was 45% less in 2004 than in 1976. More recently, according to a report released in June from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), engineering bachelor's and master's degrees are on the decline — particularly among electrical engineering and computer science. All this adds up to an innovation deficit.

| Opinion | Government | 09/04/08 at 9:42 am |

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European court won't stop UK hacker's extradition to US

The European Court of Human Rights has refused U.K. hacker Gary McKinnon's appeal against demands for his extradition to the U.S. McKinnon stands accused of breaking into computers belonging to NASA and the U.S. military, and had appealed against his extradition under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

| News | Government | Legal | Security | 08/28/08 at 1:20 pm |

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Privacy group: US border-crossing database raises concerns

A plan by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect personal information on every traveler coming into the country and keep that information in a database for 15 years could have huge privacy implications for U.S. residents, one privacy group said.

| News | Government | Security | 08/26/08 at 9:26 pm |

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