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Capitol Hill Quiet On Tech

Posted by Zonk on from the busy-with-all-that-pork dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This year's Democratic-controlled Congress largely ignored technological issues in favor of social problems, CNet notes in another 2007 retrospective. Issues important to the tech industry (such as net neutrality) received short shrift, while the political body spent a considerable amount of time decrying the evils of the Internet. 'Hot topics this time around included foreign cybersecurity threats to U.S. government systems, terrorist cells flourishing on the Web, inadvertent file sharing through peer-to-peer networks, and sexual predators ensnaring unsuspecting youth through online social sites. And for a third time, the House passed not just one, but two, different bills aimed at deterring spyware.'"

3 of 110 comments (clear)

  1. fuck it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Anarchy in '08

    It might take a flame thrower to light these people's candles.

  2. Surpise? by DesScorp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Democrats concentrated on social issues...this is a shock?

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  3. Re:security requires detection and response by dangitman · · Score: 2, Funny

    so that we can identify who is responsible for maleware

    Abercrombie & Fitch? Georgio Armani? Levi's? Nike?

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.