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How to join the virtual march on Washington for immigration reform -
There are two key problems that require immediate remediation in Congress, according to the coalition of companies, politicians, and nonprofits: jobs, and fairness.
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MacBreak Weekly 351: There Will Always be Donuts -
Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Alex Lindsay, Chris Breen, and I talk about Tim Cook testifying to congress, new Macs made in the USA, perhaps a Retina MacBook Air, and more.
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McCain Introduces Bill for 'a la Carte' Cable TV -
Hate having to pay for hundreds of cable TV channels when you watch less than a dozen? How about those blackout rules that make it so you can't watch your favorite NFL team when a home game isn't sold out?
If Sen.
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Apple's $17 billion bond deal is the largest in history -
The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple made the largest corporate-bond deal in history on Tuesday, when it raised US$17 billion in bonds -- the first time the company has offered bonds in 20 years.
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Bloomberg-Backed Gun-Control Campaign Falls Short With Congress -
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg may have been able to sway public opinion with a multi-million-dollar ad campaign promoting new gun-control measures, but his message, transmitted often by gun violence victims, swayed few votes where it mattered most -- in Congress.
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YouTube still protected under DMCA, says Judge, Viacom sent packing -
YouTube trends may have changed over the last few years, but the company's legal standing hasn't: according to a federal judge, the DMCA still protects the streaming site from Viacom's copyright claims.
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The Law Should Never Be Secret, So Why Will CISPA Debate Be Secret? -
As we mentioned last week, CISPA is scheduled for markup tomorrow, and the markup will be done behind closed doors without any public scrutiny allowed.More from TechDirt
Groups Call On Congress To Explore Fixing DMCA's Broken Anti-Circumvention Provisions -
A bunch of companies (including us) and public interest groups all came together this week to ask Congress to hold hearings to look into fixing the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions, and to recognize that any law that says you don't actually own what you've bought is a big problem.More from TechDirt
The Power Of International Trade Agreements To Prevent You From Owning What You've Bought, And Why This Must Be Fixed -
Back when the US was negotiating ACTA, we were among those who raised the alarm about just how troubling this trade agreement was -- negotiated in back rooms by the USTR, with details that were kept in secret until they were locked in.More from TechDirt
Law enforcement groups push law forcing carriers to store all customer text messages -
In what’s sure to be a controversial proposal, several law enforcement groups are pushing Congress to pass a law requiring wireless carriers to store all their customers’ text messages so they can be accessed by police during investigations.More from Boy Genius Report
Mozilla makes strides with mobile-oriented Firefox OS -
The Mozilla Foundation announced a greatly expanded lineup of hardware and carrier partners for its upcoming HTML-based Firefox OS yesterday at Mobile World Congress.
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Congress to hold hearings about killer asteroids -
All it took was an unexpected meteorite exploding in western Siberia, along with a record close flyby by another space rock to concentrate Washington's attention on something other than political blood sport.More from CNET News
John Chambers: 'I'm A Loyal U.S. Citizen' But Cisco Won't Hire Or Acquire In The U.S. Anymore (CSCO) -
Cisco has $46 billion in cash, but CEO John Chambers says he is no longer willing to use it to acquire U.
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Despite Protests, Congress To Bring Back CISPA Exactly As It Was Last Year, While Obama Signs Exec Order -
Last week, we told you that CISPA was coming back, and it's now been confirmed that it is coming back tomorrow and it will be identical to the extremely flawed bill that passed the House last year.More from TechDirt
All 100 US Senators Have A Twitter Account -
History is made over the weekend, not just because of the country’s first black president being sworn in for his second term, Congress too, has achieved a milestone of their own.
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Good News For Entrepreneurs On Fiscal Cliff: R&D Tax Credit Extended -
The government gave the nation's suit-and-tie mad scientists a tax break again this year, agreeing to extend the much-loved R&D tax credit.More from CrunchGear
Wind energy tax credits survive as Congress passes fiscal cliff deal -
Congress approved a fiscal cliff deal on Tuesday and in it included an extension of the wind energy tax credits for wind projects built in 2013.More from GigaOm
