Posts Tagged with ‘house-of-representatives’

We have already started to see various examples of tech companies experiencing the negative effects of the financial crisis we are now in. But it looks like the economic turmoil will not only damage stocks of tech companies but will also affect damage some servers as well. Today’s example is the website of the House of Representatives that was hit on Monday with incredible traffic of millions of people eagerly trying to find out the decision on $700 billion bailout. [...]

There are a number of things the government has no business legislating. Some of these things are because government doesn't belong in a certain type of decision. Some of them, however, are because the government doesn't fully understand the issue. HR 4279 falls into the second category, along with the SAFE Act discussed here yesterday. The matching Senate bill, not yet voted upon, is S 522.
What is the purpose of HR 4279? Good question. Sponsored by Rep John Conyers Jr [...]

The online auction powerhouse eBay has lately come under increased pressure to sort out fraud- and theft-related nonsense occurring on its site. US retailers, as well as state authorities, recently called on Congress to require eBay, among other auction portals on the Web, to make mandatory the posting of product serial numbers in order to better help target those conducting the criminal activity.
Yesterday, Reuters released a report stating that a bipartisan consensus on a House Judiciary subcommittee has already shown [...]