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News A US federal law aimed at curbing internet pornography violates Americans' free speech rights and is unconstitutional, an appeals court ruled on Thursday. The analysis is the one we were making from the very beginning, which is that the law makes... [07 Mar 2003]
US Supreme Court checks out online porn sites
News The US Justice Department is appealing against a federal court ruling that the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), passed in 1998, violates the right to free speech. The Supreme Court yesterday said that it would hear the case. [22 May 2001]
Allowing Errors in Speech Over Wireless LANs
White Paper By forcing error-free reception of speech, scarce bandwidth and energy are unnecessarily expended, and the delay of the packets increases. Wireless LANs are becoming commonplace because of their ease in providing mobile communication. [13 Aug 2007]
Allowing Errors in Speech Over Wireless LANs
White Paper By forcing error-free reception of speech, scarce bandwidth and energy are unnecessarily expended, and the delay of the packets increases. Wireless LANs are becoming commonplace because of their ease in providing mobile communication. [03 Sep 2007]
Speech Recognition
White Paper New chips containing dedicated speech circuitry will soon be standard PC features. Speech recognition is now positioned to overcome the barrier of direct capture from physician to allow it to be a cost-effective means of clinical reporting and... [24 Feb 2004]
Linux Standard Base (LSB) Benefits
White Paper Linux is the means to a completely different end - a free (as in free speech), reliable, scalable open source solution. A lot has been said of late regarding the possibility that Linux will fragment into incompatible versions. [03 Jul 2008]
Will cost and controversy keep Britain ID-free?
News Blunkett is pushing to get the ID scheme included in this year's Queen's speech in November, in order to see legislation to introduce the cards hit parliament in the next session, but despite his enthusiasm for the scheme, cabinet colleagues... [22 Sep 2003]
McNealy on .Net: "You know the first hit of heroin is free"
News Java is a truly open standard, he added during a speech made at the JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco. In a wide-ranging speech, McNealy went on to say that the computer industry is far from maturity. [27 Mar 2002]
NTL offers free Internet access
News Meanwhile, later this day UK Prime Minister Tony Blair will give a speech declaring his intention to ensure all libraries and schools have Internet access within two years and UK homes within five years. [07 Mar 2000]
Add Speech Capability to Your Applications and Games for Mobile Devices!-Level 200
White Paper This webcast takes you on a text-based adventure as you explore the key issues, options and techniques used when adding speech capability to an application or game. Topics include the Microsoft Speech Application SDK 1.0 (SASDK), the Microsoft... [16 Apr 2007]
Broadband Backgrounder: Public Policy Issues Raised by Broadband Technology
White Paper Reno, "the Internet is a far more speech-enhancing medium than print, the village green, or the mails. The extraordinary growth and innovation of the Internet, its ability to empower individuals, and its role in promoting free expression and... [24 Feb 2004]
VoiceWeb: Wizard of Oz
White Paper The speech system we work with is the Galaxy system of MIT, it is a speaker independent system. Like most speaker independent speech systems, Galaxy works with different domains. The operator listened to the questions, typed in a code and the... [24 Feb 2004]
Bloggers get a helping handbook
News Free-speech advocate Reporters Without Borders has published a guide for blogging in China, Iran and other countries that strictly censor the web. Released on Thursday, the handbook is available for free online, in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi... [23 Sep 2005]
Terrorist websites "unacceptable", says Clarke
News In a parliamentary speech yesterday, Home Secretary Charles Clarke said in going beyond the boundaries of usual national security measures, the government would have to "tread carefully" around free speech. [21 Jul 2005]
Google keeps the faith with the Church of Scientology
News The link to Xenu.net, which was originally removed following the complaint, was restored to the search engine days after the infringement notice was sent following uproar from free speech activists. Google has begun posting complaints about sites... [15 Apr 2002]
