Since that pesky healthcare thingy has been wrapped, the United States Senate has decided to fight the disease of lax laws for cybercrimes. A bill introduced in the Senate on Tuesday seeks to establish a new system for identifying countries that don’t do enough to stop tech-based criminals, and finding ways to pressure them into more »

Who knew that the DTV drama could be so exciting? First it was voted to delay by the Senate, voted down by the House Republicans, voted back again by the Democrats, and then the House finally approved with just a simple majority.

Here we go again, indeed. The DTV transition was originally scheduled for February 17, but Democrat Senators wanted to pass a bill that would postpone it for 4 months because they thought 6.5 million people were not ready yet.

I can imagine that, if Americans are anything like me, they would probably wait until Valentine’s day and give a loved one a converter box if they needed one. Then, a few days ago the House Republicans blocked the bill, because they did not get the necessary 2/3 to pass it, even though the majority was for it, so it’s back to the drawing board. Last night, the Senate unanimously passed the same bill, hoping this time it will get through the House.